PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF MCH/LAB AT DOLDOL SUBCOUNTY HOSPITAL IN LAIKIPIA COUNTY

financially autonomous and not receiving any significant subsidies or budget support from any public 
entity or Government, and; 
(iii) 
operating under commercial law and vested with legal rights and liabilities similar to any commercial 
enterprisetoenableitcompetewithfirmsintheprivatesectoronanequalbasis. 
3.9 
Firms and individuals shall be ineligible if their countries of origin are: 
(a) 
As a matter of law or official regulations, Kenya prohibits commercial relations with that country; 
(b) 
By anactofcompliancewith a decision of the United Nations Security Council taken under Chapter VII of 
the Charter of the United Nations, Kenya prohibits any import of goods or contracting of works or 
services from that country, or any payments to any country, person, or entity in that country. 

 
 
 
 
A tenderer shall provide such documentary evidence of eligibility satisfactory to the Procuring Entity, as 
the Procuring Entity shall reasonably request. 
3.10 
Foreign tenderers are required to source at least forty (40%) percent of their contract inputs (in supplies, local 
sub-contracts and labor) from citizen suppliers and contractors. To this end, a foreign tenderer shall provide in 
its tender documentary evidence that this requirement is met. Foreign tenderers not meeting this criterion will 
be automatically disqualified. Information required to enable the Procuring Entity determine if this condition 
is met shall be provided for this purpose in “SECTIONI II - EVALUATION AND QUALIFICATION CRITERIA, 
Item 9”. 
3.11 
Pursuant to the eligibility requirements of ITT 3.10, a tender is considered a foreign tenderer, If it is registered 
in Kenya and has less than 51 percent ownership by nationals of Kenya and if it does not subcontract to foreign 
firms or individuals more than 10 percent of the contract price, excluding provisional sums. JVs are considered 
as foreign tenderers if the individual member firms registered in Kenya have less 51 percent ownership by 
nationals of Kenya. The JV shall not subcontract to foreign firms more than 10 percent of the contract price, 
excluding provisional sums. 
3.12 
The National Construction Authority Act of Kenya requires that all local and foreign contractors be registered 
with the National Construction Authority and be issued with a Registration Certificate before they can 
undertake any construction works in Kenya. Registration shall not be a condition for tender, but it shall be a 
condition of contract award and signature. A selected tenderer shall be given opportunity to register before 
such award and signature of contract. Application for registration with National Construction Authority may 
be accessed from the website www.nca.go.ke. 
3.13 
The Competition Act of Kenya requires that firms wishing to tender as Joint Venture undertakings which may 
prevent, distort or lessen competition in provision of services are prohibited unless they are exempt in 
accordance with the provisions of Section 25 of the Competition Act, 2010. JVs will be required to seek for 
exemption from the Competition Authority. Exemption shall not be a condition for tender, but it shall be a 
condition of contract award and signature. A JV tenderer shall be given opportunity to seek such exemption as 
a condition of award and signature of contract. Application for exemption from the Competition Authority of 
Kenya may be accessed from the website www.cak.go.ke. 
4.14 A Kenyan tenderer shall be eligible to tender if it provides evidence of having fulfilled his/her tax obligations 
by producing valid tax compliance certificate or tax exemption certificate issued by the Kenya Revenue 
Authority. 
4.0 
Eligible goods, equipment, and services 
4.1 
Goods, equipment and services to be supplied under the Contract may have their origin in any country that is 
not ineligible under ITT 3.9. At the Procuring Entity's request, Tenderers may be required to provide evidence 
of the origin of Goods, equipment and services. 
4.2 
Any goods, works and production processes with characteristics that have been declared by the relevant 
national environmental protection agency or by other competent authority as harmful to human beings and to 
the environment shall not be eligible for procurement. 
5.0 
Tenderer's responsibilities 
5.1 
The tenderer shall bear all costs associated with the preparation and submission of his/her tender, and the 
Procuring Entity will in no case be responsible or liable for those costs. 
5.2 
The tenderer, at the tenderer's own responsibility and risk, is encouraged to visit and examine and inspect the 
Site of the Works and its surroundings and obtain all information that may be necessary for preparing the tender 
and entering into a contract for construction of the Works. The costs of visiting the Site shall beat the tenderer's 
own expense. 
5.3 
The Tenderer and any of its personnel or agents will be granted permission by the Procuring Entity to enter 
upon its premises and lands for the purpose of such visit. The Tenderer shall indemnify the Procuring Entity

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