Tender for Procurement of a Project Management System Ministry of ICT 2021

MINISTRY OF ICT, INNOVATION AND YOUTH AFFAIRS TENDER DECEMBER 2021 

(CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRMS SELECTION)

The Ministry of ICT, Innovation and Youth Affairs, The State Department for ICT and Innovation invites sealed bids from eligible contractors for the Tender for Procurement of a Project Management System as follows:

The Government of Kenya has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Kenya Youth Employment and Opportunities Project, and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services.

The project targets unemployed young men and women of 18-29 years with no more than a secondary education who are unemployed or working vulnerable jobs. The project is implemented in a component approach which includes; 1) improving employability 2) support for job creation, 3) improving labor market information and, 4) strengthening youth policy develop­ment and project management.

The KYEOP is jointly implemented by the Ministry of ICT, Innovation and Youth Affairs (MIIYA), the by Micro and Small Enterprise Authority (MSEA), the National Industrial Training Authority (NITA) and the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection (MLSP).

The consulting services (“the Services”) include Tracer Studies for the first two components for Cycle 5. The first component, which is concerned with improving employability, is implemented jointed by MPYG and NITA. The component provides targeted youth with training and work experience in the private sector or with master craftsmen with the goal of improving youth employ­ment outcomes. The second component, which encompasses support for employment creation, is implemented jointly by MSEA and MIIYA. In order to assess the effectiveness of the KYEOP interventions, it will be important to trace the graduates in order to measure the Project’s outcomes in terms of; employment, earnings, skill enhancement, usefulness of skills they acquired, challenges facing graduates and the outcome of all trainings provided by KYEOP. The Tracer studies will also cover beneficiary youth who did not graduate and dropped out to better understand reasons for non-completion of the program.

The Ministry of ICT, Innovation and Youth Affairs through State Department for Youth Affairs now invites eligible consulting firms (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demon­strating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services.

The shortlisting criteria are:

Preliminary Mandatory requirements

Registration Certificate, Valid Tax Compliance Certificate, Signed & Stamped Confidential Business Questionnaire, Valid Business Permit and the REOI document MUST be paginated and serialized.

Minimum requirement for Shortlisting

1. Minimum of five years’ relevant experiences and technical capacity in implementation of tracer studies (2016 to present);
2. At least two assignments of similar nature in the past five years (2016 to present), one of which should be in education or employment; and
3. Experience in conducting beneficiary assessments (provide supporting statements from previous experiences);
4. Demonstration of capacity to analyze data rigorously and present the results to a non-technical audience.

Key Experts will not be evaluated at the shortlisting stage.

The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to paragraph 1.9 of the World Bank’s Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants [under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits & Grants] by World Bank Borrowers, January 2011 Revised July 2014 (“Consul­tant Guidelines”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest. In addition, please refer to the following specific information on conflict of interest related to this assignment: 1.9 (b) of Consultant Guidelines.

Consultants may associate with other firms to enhance their qualifications but should indicate clearly whether the association is in the form of a joint venture and/ or sub consultancy. In the case of joint venture, all the partners of the joint venture shall be jointly and severally liable for the entire contract if selected. However, the experience of sub-consultant will not be considered while short-listing. A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Quality Cost Based Selection method set out in the Consultant Guidelines.

Interested eligible candidates may obtain further information at the State Department for Youth Affairs Headquarters, P. O. Box 30050 – 00100, Nairobi, located at Bruce House, Standard Street Supply Chain Management Office, 3rd Floor Room No. 305 during office working hours.

Complete REOI enclosed in plain sealed envelope marked with the tender reference number and addressed to the Principal Secretary, State Department of Youth Affairs P. O. Box 30050 – 00100, Nairobi, Kenya should be deposited in the tender box located in Bruce House 3rd Floor so as to be received on or before Tuesday 14^th  January 2022, at 10.00 hours.

The REOI will be opened immediately thereafter in the presence of the candidates or their representatives at the KYEOP Board­room located in Bruce Hose 3rd Floor Standard Street Nairobi.

Head Supply Chain Management Unit

FOR: PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, STATE DEPARTMENT FOR YOUTH AFFAIRS