Consulting services to undertake midterm review for the Food Systems Resilience Project — Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development (Kenya)

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State Department for Agriculture

Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development

NAIROBI

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

(CONSULTING SERVICES-FIRMS SELECTION)

Country: Kenya

Name of project: Food Systems Resilience Project

Project No: P177816

Credit No.: 7328-KE, 7327-KE

Assignment Title: Consulting services to undertake midterm review for the Food Systems Resilience Project.

Reference No. KE-MOALF-550197-CS-CQS

• The Government of Kenya has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Food Systems Resilience Project (FSRP) and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services.

• The Consulting Services (“the Services) include Consulting services to undertake mid term review for the Food Systems Resilience Project. The estimated period of assignment is three (3) calendar months.

• The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment can be found at the following website: www.kilimo.go.ke.

• The State Department for Agriculture (“the Client”) 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:

(a) Core business and years in business: The firm shall be registered/incorporated as a consulting firm with core business in undertaking socio-economic research; program/project baseline/Midterm/End Term studies; impact studies; project evaluation or related fields for a period of at least eight (8) years.

(b) Relevant experience: The firm shall demonstrate as having successfully executed and completed at least two (2) similar assignments of similar nature, complexity and in a similar operating environment in the last eight (8) years. Details of similar assignments, Name and address of the client, scope, value, and period should be provided and submitted. The expression of Interest should include enumeration of these similar past assignments.

(c) Technical and managerial capability of the firm: The firm shall demonstrate as having the requisite technical capacity, including relevant equipment, tools, software etc. and managerial capacity to undertake the assignment in the submitted company profile(s). Key Experts will not be evaluated at the shortlisting stage.

• The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to Section III, paragraphs, 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” First Published July 2016 and revised 4th Edition November 2020 (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.

• 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 a sub-consultancy. In the case of a joint venture, all the partners in the joint venture shall be jointly and severally liable for the entire contract, if selected

• A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Consultant Qualification Selection method set out in the procurement regulations.

• Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours 0900 to 1600 hours East African Time (EAT).

State Department for Agriculture

Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development

National Project Coordinator

Food Systems Resilience Project (FSRP)

Nairobi, Kenya

Capitol Hill Towers, 3rd Floor, Cathedral Road.

E-mail: [email protected]

• Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form to the address below (in person, or by e-mail) by 3rd June, 2026 at 1100 hours EAT and be deposited in the tender box clearly marked State Department for Agriculture located at Kilimo house main reception Ground floor, Cathedral Road Nairobi, or be sent to [email protected] and clearly marked “Consulting Services to undertake mid term review for the Food Systems Resilience Project., Contract Ref. No. KE-MOALF-550197-CS-CQS.

Address:

The Principal Secretary

State Department for Agriculture

Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development

Nairobi, Kenya.

E-mail: [email protected]

Head Supply Chain Management

For: Principal Secretary