AFCC2/RI-Regional Communications Infrastructure Project

INVITATION FOR BIDS(IFB)

Issuing date of the IFB :  20^th  August  2014

Name of Country: Kenya

Name of Project: Kenya Transparency & Communications Infrastructure Project (KTCIP)

Loan / Credit Number: 4284-KE

IFB Title: Supply,Installation and Commissioning of Active Network Elements and Communication Infrastructure for Nairobi City County

IFB Number:  ICTA/KTCIP/ICB/26/2014-2015

1.        This Invitation for Bids (IFB) follows the General Procurement Notice (GPN) for this project that appeared in UNDB online on 2^nd November 2007.

2.        The Government of Kenya has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of Kenya Transparency & Communications Infrastructure Project (KTCIP). KTCIP will be executed by the ICT Authority under the Ministry of Information and Communications. The ICT Authority therefore intends to apply part of the proceeds to payments under the agreement(s) resulting from this IFB: Supply, Installation and Commissioning of Active Network Elements and Communication Infrastructure for Nairobi City County IFB No: ICTA/KTCIP/ICB/26/2014-2015. The Government of Kenya is the recipient for the proposed activity.

The ICT Authority serves as the implementing agency for the project and now invites sealed bids from eligible Bidders for: Supply, Installation and Commissioning of Active Network Elements and Communication Infrastructure for Nairobi City County

LOT 1: Supply Installation and Commissioning of Active Network Elements

Item1:  Head Office and Branch Office Access Network Switch (60)

Item2:  Branch Routers (17)

Item3:  HQ Campus Distribution Switch (4)

Item4:  Campus Core Switches (2)

Item5:  Data Centre Core Router (2)

Item6:  Campus Wireless LAN (70)

Item7:  Hardware requirements for the Access Points (1)

Item8:  Wired and Wireless Network Management Solution (1)

Item9:  Data Centre Core Switches (2)

Item10: Data Center Access Switches (2)

LOT 2: Supply Installation and Commissioning of Physical and Network Security

Item1:  Data Centre and Internet Edge Firewall Specifications (4)

Item2:  Reverse Proxy Server (2)

Item3:  Next Generation Network Intrusion Prevention System (2)

Item4:  Web Security (2)

Item5:  Email Security (2)

Item6:  IP Video Surveillance (Video Surveillance Management System and Cameras (150)

Item6:  The Electronic Access Control System (1)

Iterm7: UCS Billing server (1)

LOT 3: Supply Installation and Commissioning of a Collaboration Solution

Item1:  Unified Communication (1)

Item2:  UC monitoring solution (1)

Item3:  Executive IP Phones (30)

Item4:  Manager IP Phones (100)

Item5:  Conference IP Phones (10)

Item6:  Front Office IP Phones (17)

Item7:  Standard IP Phones (1200)

Item8:  HQ Board Rooms Video Specifications(4)

Item9:  Video Conferencing Call Control Server (1) Specifications

Item10:  Video Conferencing Internet Gateway (1)

Item11:  Video Conferencing Management System (1)

Item12: Video Conferencing Multi-Point Control Unit (1)

Item13:  TCS - Recording Server (1)

LOT 4: Supply Installation and Commissioning of an Infrastructure to Host Enterprise Applications

Item1:  Blade Servers (Quantity 8)

Item2:  Data Center Unified Management (1)

Item3:  Data Center Unified Storage (1)

Technical Support and Training (per Lot)

Bidders can bid for one or more than one LOT. Bidders must bid for all items in a LOT. Bids will be evaluated, and contracts awarded on a LOT by LOT basis. Bids quoting for incomplete items (i.e. any missing item and/or missing required quantities) in a LOT shall be considered non-responsive.

3.        Bidding will be conducted using the International CompetitiveBidding (ICB) procedures specified in the World Bank's Guidelines: Procurement under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits, edition of IDA Credits: May 2004 (revised October, 2006), and is opento all Bidders eligible as defined in these Guidelines, that meet thefollowing minimum qualification criteria:

Financial and Technical Capability

1. Submission of evidence/documentation of at least 2 similar contracts undertaken by the Bidder in the past 5 years, each with a value of at least Kenya Shillings 100 million or an equivalent amount in a freely convertible currency for each Lot. In order to be acceptable, these 2 similar contracts should have incorporated supply, installation, configuration, commissioning and maintenance of DataCenters as well as user training on the IT, networking.

2. Submission of audited balance sheets or, if not required by law of the Applicant's country, other financial statements acceptable to the Purchaser, for the last two years to demonstrate an annual revenue of at least Kenya Shillings 100  million or an equivalent amount in a freely convertible currency for each LOT.

4.     Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from ICT Authority and inspect the bidding documents at the address given below from 9.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m. and 2.00 p.m.- 4.00 p.m.every day excluding weekends and public holidays, or send mails to :procurement@ict.go.ke, with the Bid Ref.  No as the Subject.    A pre-bid meeting which potential bidders may attend will be held on 3rd September 2014, at 10.00am East AfricanTime at the ICT Authority offices, 12th Floor – Boardroom Teleposta Towers, Kenyatta Avenue Entrance, Nairobi.

5.     A complete set of bidding documents in Englishmay be obtained from the ICT Authority Procurement Office at 12th Floor, Teleposta Towers, between 9.00 a.m. – 1.00 p.m. and 2.00 p.m. – 4.00 p.m. Upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of Kenya Shillings (KES) 1,000/= or an equivalent amount in a freely convertible currency.  The method of payment will be in cash or banker'scheque payable to the, ICT Authority. The document may be downloaded free of charge from: www.ict.go.ke

6.     Bids must be delivered to the address below at or before:  1^st October 2014. Bids need to be secured by abid security. The amount of Bid Security required is Kenya Shillings One Million per LOT.  Late bids will be rejected.  Bids will be opened in the presence of Bidders' representatives who choose to attend at the address below at 10.00 a.m. East African Time on 3^rd September 2014 at the ICT Authority offices, (Main Boardroom) 12th Floor Teleposta Towers, Kenyatta Avenue Entrance, Nairobi.

7.      The attention of prospective Bidders is drawn to (i) the fact that they will be required to certify in their bids that all software is either covered by a valid license or was produced by the Bidder and (ii) that violations are considered fraud, which can result in ineligibility to be awarded World Bank-financed contracts.

8.     Bids should be submitted in a plain sealed envelope clearly marked:

TCIP PROGRAMME MANAGER

KENYATRANSPARENCY & COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT (KTCIP)

ICT AUTHORITY,

12^th Floor Teleposta Towers- Kenyatta Avenue

P.O. BOX 27150 – 00100

Nairobi, Kenya.

BID NO:  ICTA/KTCIP/ICB/26/2014-2015: Supply, Installation and Commissioning of Active Network Elements and Communication Infrastructurefor Nairobi City County

andplaced in the Tender Box situated at ICT Authority entrance, 12^th floor Teleposta Towers or mailed so as to reach the above address on or before 1^st  October , at 10.00am East African Time.