Construction of Water Pans in Wajir County — HoAGW4RP Project

SPECIFIC PROCUREMENT NOTICE

Request for Bids

Country: Kenya

Name of Project: HORN OF AFRICA - GROUND WATER FOR RESILIENCE PROJECT (HoAGW4RP)

Contract Title: Procurement of Construction of Works Batch 1 Water Pans Within Wajir County

Loan No./Credit No./ Grant No.: IDA-7082-KE

RFB Reference No.: KE-WRA-537048-CW-RFB

• The Government of the Republic of Kenya (GoK) has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of The Horn of Africa Groundwater for Resilience Project, Kenya. (HoAGW4RP), and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for Procurement of Construction of Works Batch 1 Water Pans Within Wajir County

• The Water Resources Authority (WRA) now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for Construction of Water Pans - Batch 1 ((Habaswein Water Pan, Omar Digile Water Pan, Madha Libah Water Pan, Masalale Water Pan, Sarman Water Pan and Abagerasmo Water Pan)) in Wajir County as detailed below:

• Madha Libah - Capacity 17,700m3

• Omar Digile - Capacity 20,000m3

• Masalale - Capacity 11,600m3

• Sarman- Capacity 51,600m3

• Abaqerasmo - Capacity 11,600m3

• Habaswein - Capacity 31,000m3

• Ancillary Works -Construction of Cattle troughs, intake and draw off facilities.

• Bidding will be conducted through National Competitive Procurement using a Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” dated July 2016, revised in September 2023, 5th Edition (“Procurement Regulations”), and is open to all Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations.

• Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from Water Resources Authority, Agatha Njuguna, [email protected] and inspect the bidding document during office hours 0800 to 1700 hours local time from Monday to Friday, except public holidays. at the address given below.

• Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 10TH April 2026 at 12.00PM

. Electronic Bidding will not be permitted. Late Bids will be rejected. Bids will be publicly

opened in the presence of the Bidders’ designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend at the address below on 10TH April 2026 at 12.00PM

• All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security of KES 2,800,000.00 (Kenya Shillings Two Million Eight Hundred Thousand) in the form of a Commercial bank guarantee and shall be valid for 152 days.

• The address referred to above is:

For the attention:

Chief Executive Officer

Water Resources Authority (WRA)

SHA Building, 9th Floor, Wing B, P.O. Box 45250 – 00100 NAIROBI

NAIROBI.

Kenya.

Telephone: 2732291,2729048/9

Electronic mail address: [email protected] / [email protected]