Lake Victoria Basin Development Program — LVBDP Kenya Project

COUNTRY: KENYA

NAME OF PROJECT: LAKE VICTORIA BASIN DEVELOPMENT PROJECT (LVBDP)

SECTOR: TRANSPORT

Grant No.: E5920

• The Government of Kenya (GoK) has received a grant in the amount of US$3 million equivalent from the World Bank toward the cost of the proposed Lake Victoria Basin Development Project (LVBDP), and it intends to apply part of the proceeds to payments for preparatory activities including the procurement of goods, non-consulting services and consulting services under the proposed project.

• The proposed project will include the following components:

(i) Component A: Improving the movement of people and goods, and digital services on and around the Lake Victoria Basin region

(ii) Component B: Facilitation of Regional Trade and Transport

(iii) Component C: Improvement of Access to Basic Socioeconomic Services in the project area

(iv) Component D: Institutional Strengthening of Transport and Related Institutions

• The consulting services that will be procured through Open International Competitive Procurement include:

(a) Carrying out feasibility and engineering design studies for: (i) selected roads, (ii) bridges and, (iii) fiber optic cable installations, and (iv) inland water transport, on and around Lake Victoria Basin region, as well as preparing the associated safeguards instruments.

(b) Carrying out needs assessment to identify and prioritize community socio-economic infrastructure aimed at improving access to basic services within the project area.

• Procurement of contracts financed by the World Bank will be conducted through the procedures as specified in the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers First Published July 2016 and Revised Sixth Edition February 2025 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 no objection.

• Specific procurement notices for contracts subject to open international competitive procurement will be announced, as they become available, on the World Bank’s external website and Kenya National Highways Authority’s (KeNHA’s) free access website: www.kenha.co.ke and newspapers of national circulation in Kenya.

• Interested eligible firms and individuals who would wish to be considered for the provision of goods, non-consulting services and consulting services for the above-mentioned proposed project, or those requiring additional information, should contact the Borrower at the address below:

Address:

Supply Chain Management

Attn: Acting Deputy Director, Supply Chain Management

Kenya National Highways Authority,

Barabara Plaza, Block C, 2nd Floor, North Wing, Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) off Airport South Road, along Mazao Road,

Nairobi, Kenya

Phone: +254 204954000/ +254 700423606

E-mail: [email protected]

Website: www.kenha.co.ke

Deputy Director, (Supply Chain Management)

For: Acting Director General