Accelerating Sustainable and Clean Energy Access Transformation - Regional Energy Access Financing ( - Тендер #66367104)

• Project ID

P181328

• Project Title

Accelerating Sustainable and Clean Energy Access Transformation - Regional Energy Access Financing

• Country

Eastern and Southern Africa

• Notice No

OP00373907

• Notice Type

Request for Expression of Interest

• Notice Status

Published

• Borrower Bid Reference

KE-TDB-495979-CS-QCBS

• Procurement Method

Quality And Cost-Based Selection

• Language of Notice

English

• Submission Deadline Date/Time

Sep 03, 2025 17:00

• Published Date

Aug 18, 2025

• CONTACT INFORMATION
• Organization/Department

Trade and Development Bank

• Name

Wema Kategile

• Address

184 Lenana Road P.O. Box 48596 – 00100 Nairobi, Kenya

• City

• Province/State

Eastern and Southern Africa

• Postal Code

• Country

Eastern and Southern Africa

• Phone

254785603727

• Email

Wema.kategile@tdbgroup.org

• Website

https://www.tdbgroup.org

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

(CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRMS SELECTION)

Country: Kenya

Project: Accelerating Sustainable and Clean Energy Access Transformation (ASCENT)

Project ID: P181328

Loan No./Credit No./ Grant No.: TF-C3188

Assignment Title: Consulting Services for Independent Verification Agent

Reference No.: KE-TDB-495979-CS-QCBS

• The Eastern and Southern Africa Trade and Development Bank (TDB) Group has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Accelerating Sustainable and Clean Energy Access Transformation (ASCENT) and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services.
• The consulting services (“the Services”) include the Consulting Services for Independent Verification Agent (IVA) assignment for a period of two (2) calendar years from contract commencement date. The objective of the assignment is to independently verify claims and activities submitted by awardees and applicants seeking or having received financing from the Grant Facility, ensuring the accuracy and authenticity of sales claims, milestones, results achieved, or other agreed-upon triggers for eligible products or services within the program. Contracts under this facility will detail specific triggers, performance metrics, disbursement timelines, and other verifiable elements.
• The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment can be found at the following website: https://www.tdbgroup.org/procurement-consulting/consulting-services-for-independent-verification-agent-for-the-trade-and-development-bank/
• TDB 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:
• Core business and years in business: The firm shall be registered/incorporated as a consulting firm in the business of conducting monitoring, evaluation, independent verification activities or related field for at least 7 calendar years
• A Relevant experience: The firm shall demonstrate successful execution of at least 1 assignment of similar nature, complexity and in a similar operating environment (i.e. projects financed by the World Bank or similar Development Finance Institutions or Multilateral Development Banks) in the last five (5) calendar years. Details of similar assignments-Name and address of the client, scope, value, and period should be provided in the submitted Expression of Interest including enumeration of these similar past assignments.
• A Technical and managerial capability of the firm: Demonstration by the firm of having the requisite managerial and technical capacity including relevant equipment, tools, software etc. and managerial capacity to undertake the assignment in the submitted firm 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 Fifth Edition September 2023, (“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 Quality and Cost Based Selection (QCBS) method set out in the Procurement Regulations
• Further information can be obtained at the address below from 0900 to 1700 hours East African Time (EAT) from Monday to Friday excluding lunch hour (1230 to 1400hours EAT) and public holidays. All inquiries should be sent to the following email address: wbtaprocurements@tdbgroup.org
• Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form to the e-mail address: procurement@tdbgroup.org by 3rd September 2025, 1700 hours (EAT- Nairobi) and quoting the reference “KE-TDB-495979-CS-QCBS – Consulting Services for Independent Verification Agent” in the e-mail subject line

Dawit Amare

Associate Group Executive, POD/ CSA Departments

The Eastern & Southern African Trade & Development Bank (TDB),

TDB Tower, 184, Lenana Road,

Nairobi, Kenya

Email address: wbtaprocurements@tdbgroup.org

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