THE INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY AUTHORITY TENDER JUNE 2025
Specific Procurement Notice
Request for Bids Goods (Two-Envelope Bidding Process)
TENDER FOR SUPPLY, DELIVERY, INSTALLATION & COMMISSIONING OF ENTERPRISE CYBER SECURITY TOOLS
Loan No./Credit No./ Grant No.: 7289-KE and 7290-KE
RFB Reference No.: KE-ICTA-441867-GO-RFB
1. The Government of Kenya has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost
of the Kenya Digital Economy Acceleration Project and intends to apply part of the
proceeds toward payments under the contract for Supply, Delivery, Installation and
Commissioning of Enterprise Cyber Security Tools. For this contract, the Borrower shall
process the payments using the Direct Payment disbursement method, as defined in the
World Bank’s Disbursement Guidelines for Investment Project Financing, except for
those payments, which the contract provides to be made through letter of credit.
2. The Information and Communications Technology Authority (ICTA) now invites sealed
Bids from eligible Bidders for Supply, Delivery, Installation & Commissioning of
Enterprise Cyber Security Tools: Security Firewalls:
a) Item 1: High Performance Internet Gateway Perimeter Firewalls, Quantity Six (6)
b) Item 2: High Performance Internal (DMZ) Firewalls, Quantity Two (2)
c) Item 3: Firewall Central Management Appliance, Quantity One (2)
3. Bidding will be conducted through international competitive procurement using a
Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for
IPF Borrowers” First Published July 2016 and Revised fifth Edition September 2023
(“Procurement Regulations”), and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the
Procurement Regulations.
4. Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from ICTA, Deputy Director,
Supply Chain Management through email procurement@ict.go.ke and inspect the
bidding document during office hours 0900 to 1600 hours at the address given below.
5. The bidding document in English may be downloaded free of charge by interested
eligible Bidders from the ICTA’s website https://www.icta.go.ke/tenders or Public
Procurement Information Portal website https://www.tenders.go.ke Bidders who
download the bidding documents are invited to notify the purchaser by e-mail with full
contact details if they intended to participate, as this will facilitate issuance of
notifications by the Purchaser during the procurement process, to all bidders where necessary.
6. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 31st July 2025 at 1000 hours
EAT. Electronic Bidding will not be permitted. Late Bids will be rejected. The outer
Bid envelopes marked “ORIGINAL BID”, and the inner envelopes marked “TECHNICAL
PART” will be publicly opened in the presence of the Bidders’ designated representatives
and anyone who chooses to attend, at the address below on 31st July 2025 at 1000 hours
EAT. All envelopes marked “SECOND ENVELOPE: FINANCIAL PART” shall remain
unopened and will be held in safe custody of the Purchaser until the second public opening.
7. All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security of Kes. 7 Million (Kenya Shillings
Seven Million) or equivalent in a freely convertible currency.
8. Attention is drawn to the Procurement Regulations requiring the Borrower to disclose
information on the successful bidder’s beneficial ownership, as part of the Contract
Award Notice, using the Beneficial Ownership Disclosure Form as included in the bidding document.
9. The address(es) referred to above is (are):
Stanley Kamanguya, OGW
Chief Executive Officer
The Information and Communications Technology Authority
12th Floor, Telposta Towers, Kenyatta Avenue
P.O. Box 27150-00100,
Nairobi, Kenya.
(+254) 20 667 6999
info@ict.go.ke / procurement@ict.go.ke
www.icta.go.ke
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