GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE COUNTRY: REPUBLIC OF KENYA NAME OF PROJECT: LAKE VICTORIA BASIN CONNECTIVITY AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECT (LVBCDP) SECTOR: TRANSPORT SECTOR PROJECT ID NO. P520201 The Government of the Republic of Kenya intends to apply for financing in the amount of USD 1 billion equivalent from the World Bank toward the cost of the Lake Victoria Basin Connectivity and Development Project (LVBCDP), to be implemented by the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) and intends to apply part of the proceeds to payments for goods, works, non-consulting services and consulting services to be procured under this project. The project will include the following components: Component A: Improvement of Intermodal Mobility and Accessibility of People, Goods and Digital Connectivity. The activities will include Upgrading of approx. 815km of Selected Road Sections and Installation of approx. 815km Fiber Optic Cable network along the Lake Victoria Basin Transport Corridor in Migori, Homa Bay, Kisumu, Siaya, Busia, Vihiga, Nandi and Uasin Gishu Counties; Component B: Facilitation of Regional Trade and Transport Integration around the Lake Victoria Basin. The activities will include Construction of Rest Stops/Truck Parking facilities, Export Aggregation Hubs, Logistics Support Infrastructure, and One-Stop Border Facilities at Selected locations along the Lake Victoria Basin Transport Corridor; Component C: Improvement of Access to Basic Social Services for Communities living along the Lake Victoria Basin Transport Corridor. The activities will include Construction of Key Selected Social Economic Infrastructure Facilities in Migori, Homa Bay, Kisumu, Siaya, Busia, Vihiga, Nandi and Uasin Gishu Counties; and Component D: Institutional Strengthening and Capacity Building of Selected Transport and Related Institutions. The activities will include provision of multifaceted support to various MDAs within the Ministry of Roads and Transport. The works, consulting services, goods and non-consulting services to be procured through open international competitive procurement are expected to include: (i) Works: upgrading of the approx. 815km road sections under design-build contracts, including associated civil works for the fibre optic cable network, and construction of socio-economic infrastructure, port and other marine facilities, logistics and cross-border trade facilities; and (ii) Consulting Services: Feasibility studies, construction supervision of the road sections and associated fiber optic cable civil works, preliminary engineering designs for socio-economic infrastructure, port and other marine facilities, and logistics and cross-border trade facilities. Procurement of contracts financed by the World Bank will be conducted in accordance with the procedures specified in the World Bank's "Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers: Procurement in Investment Project Financing - Goods, Works, Non-Consulting and Consulting Services", revised September 2025 (Seventh Edition) (the "Procurement Regulations"), and is open to all eligible firms and individuals as defined in the Procurement Regulations. After project negotiations, the World Bank shall arrange the publication on its external website of the agreed initial procurement plan and all subsequent updates once it has provided a no objection. Specific procurement notices for contracts subject to international competitive procurement will be announced, as they become available, on the World Bank's external website, on the Kenya National Highways Authority website and in newspapers of wide circulation in Kenya. Initial Selection of Contractors will be required for the design-build of the following road sections; PK1: NB Muhuru Bay - Sori - Nyagwethe (176km); PK2: Nyagwethe - Mbita - Homa Bay (174km); PK3: Awasi - Katito - Otonglo - Asembo (188km); PK4: Asembo - Nyamonye - Port Victoria - NB Mulwanda (177km); PK5: Chavakali - Kapsabet - Eldoret (100km). Interested eligible firms and individual…
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_____________________________________________________ REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (CONSULTING SERVICES - FIRMS SELECTION) Country: Multinational Name of Project: Accelerating Access to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in the Eastern and Southern Africa Region Project Grant No .: P506439 Assignment Title: Procurement of consultancy services for Utility Diagnostics, Performance Improvement Action Plans (PIAPs), Digitalization Maturity Assessment and New IBNET Benchmarking under the AFE WASH MPA Regional Support Project Reference No : 006/AUDA/DITIR/QCBS/2027 Method: Quality and Cost Based Selection (QCBS) Introduction The African Union Development Agency - New Partnership for Africa Development (AUDA-NEPAD) has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the "Resilient Irrigation for a Sustainable Economy Project", and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services. " Procurement of consultancy services for Utility Diagnostics, Performance Improvement Action Plans (PIAPs), Digitalization Maturity Assessment and New IBNET Benchmarking under the AFE WASH MPA Regional Support Project " Description of Services The consulting services ("the Services") include: Task 1: Inception and Utility Prioritization : confirms full alignment of the baseline diagnostic methodology with the AFE WASH MPA PAD (P506439), Component 3 results framework, and World Bank ESF requirements , applies a Utility Prioritization Framework ranking utilities. The consultant will work with a maximum list of 06 proposed utilities by the MPA participating countries, and build a database using, key baseline data on utility characteristics, size and performance, but also considering the characteristics of the enabling environment including criteria related to accountability, transparency, government reform commitment, and climate vulnerability to produce the final utility list and country sequencing for Round 1 (Months 1 to 10) and Round 2 (Months 8 to 20) etc; Task 2: NewIBNET Benchmarking including Digital Maturity: conduct a data audit assessing completeness and reliability of existing performance data against NewIBNET KPI requirements (including but not limiting to - NRW rates, billing and collection efficiency, energy consumption per m³, staffing ratios, O&M and capital expenditure per connection), provide hands-on support for data collection, cleaning, formatting, and platform submission, confirm national adoption of the NewIBNET as a preferred/standradized tool for performance assessment, which will translate into successful enrolment within six months of contract effectiveness etc; Task 3: Utility Diagnostic Baseline Assessments: Operational: NRW loss component analysis separating real losses (leakage, overflows) from apparent losses (meter error, illegal connections, data errors); service continuity by zone; production capacity versus demand; O&M practices and maintenance management systems etc; Task 4:Costed Performance Improvement Action Plans (PIAPs): Costed priority interventions, sequenced in time, assessing impact and feasibility, linked explicitly to the diagnostic root causes they address, and organised by reform dimension, SMART targets for example: reduce NRW from the diagnosed rate to the realistic target / as per resources available to implement the PIAP, by Month X; achieve operational cost recovery of 100% by Month Y; reduce specific energy consumption to the benchmark value by Month Z. These targets should then be calibrated against NewIBNET regional benchmarks etc; Task 5: Capacity Building and Regional Training: Module 1: PIAP Implementation and Utility Turnaround: translating diagnostic findings into managed reform; performance contracting (include successful cases); and turnaround case studies from the AFE region, Module 2: Leadership and Corporate Governance: board effectiveness; CEO accountability frameworks; performance-based management; customer service culture etc; Task 6: Knowledge Management and …
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