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Government and/or public administration,(ii) financially autonomous and not receiving any significant subsidies or budget support from any public entity or Government,and(iii)operatingundercommerciallawandvestedwithlegalrightsand liabilities similar toany commercial enterprise toenable it compete withfirms inthe private sector on an equal basis. Public employees and their close relatives are not eligibletoparticipateinthetender. 3.9 Tenderersmaybeineligibleiftheircountriesoforigin(a)asamatteroflaworofficial regulations, Kenya prohibits commercial relations with that country, or (b) by an act of compliance with a decision of the United Nations Security Council taken under ChapterVIIoftheCharteroftheUnitedNations,Kenyaprohibitsanyimportofgoods or contracting for supply of goods or services from that country, or any payments to any country, person, or entity in that country. Atenderer shall provide such documentary evidence of eligibility satisfactory to the Procuring Entity, as the ProcuringEntityshallreasonablyrequest. 3.10 Tenderers shall provide the qualification information statement that the tenderer (includingallmembersofajointventureandsubcontractors)isnotassociated,orhave been associated in the past, directly or indirectly, with a firm or any of its affiliates which have been engaged by the Procuring entity to provide consulting services for the preparation of the design, specifications, and other documents to be used for the procurementofthegoodsunderthisInvitationfortenders. 3.11 WherethelawrequirestendererstoberegisteredwithcertainauthoritiesinKenya, suchregistrationrequirementsshallbedefinedintheTDS. 3.12 TheCompetitionActof Kenya requiresthat firms wishingtotenderas JointVenture undertakingswhichmayprevent,distortorlessencompetitioninprovisionofservices areprohibitedunlesstheyareexemptinaccordancewiththeprovisionsofSection25 of the Competition Act, 2010. JVs will be required to seek for exemption from the CompetitionAuthority.Exemptionshallnotbeaconditionfortender,butitshallbea conditionofcontractawardandsignature.AJVtenderershallbegivenopportunityto seeksuchexemptionasaconditionofawardandsignatureofcontract.Applicationfor exemption from the Competition Authority of Kenya may be accessed from the websitewww.cak.go.ke. 3.13 A Kenyan tenderer shall provide evidence of having fulfilled his/her tax obligations byproducingacurrenttaxclearancecertificateortaxexemptioncertificateissuedby theKenyaRevenueAuthority. 4. EligibleGoods andRelated Services 4.1 AlltheGoodsandRelatedServicestobesuppliedundertheContractshallhavetheiroriginin anycountrythat iseligibleinaccordancewithITT3.9. 4.2ForpurposesofthisITT,theterm“goods”includescommodities,rawmaterial,machinery, equipment, and industrial plants; and “related services” include services such as insurance,installation,training,andinitialmaintenance. 4.3 Theterm“origin”meansthecountrywherethegoodshave beenmined,grown,cultivated, produced,manufacturedorprocessed;or,throughmanufacture,processing,orassembly, another commercially recognized article results that differs substantially in its basic characteristicsfromitscomponents. 4.4 A procuring entity shall ensure that the items listed below shall be sourced from Kenya and thereshallbeno substitutionsfromforeignsources.Theaffecteditemsare: a) motorvehicles,plantandequipmentwhichareassembledinKenya; b) furniture, textile, foodstuffs, oil and gas, information communication technology, steel,cement, leather,agro-processedproducts,sanitaryproducts,andothergoodsmadeinKenya;or c) Goodsmanufactured,mined,extractedorgrowninKenya. 4.5Anygoods,worksandproductionprocesseswithcharacteristicsthathavebeendeclaredby the relevant national environmental protection agency or by other competent authority asharmfultohumanbeingsandtotheenvironmentshallnotbeeligibleforprocurement. 5. SectionsofTendering Document 5.1 The tendering document consist of Parts 1, 2, and 3, which include all the sections indicatedbelow,and shouldbereadinconjunctionwithanyAddendaissuedinaccordancewithITT7. PART1:TenderingProcedures SectionI-InstructionstoTenderers(ITT) SectionII-TenderingDataSheet(TDS) SectionIII-EvaluationandQualificationCriteria SectionIV-TenderingForms PART2:Supply Requirements v) SectionV-ScheduleofRequirements PART3Contract vi) SectionVI-GeneralConditionsofContract(GCC) Section VII - Special Conditions of Contract (SCC) SectionVIII-ContractForms 5.2ThenoticeofInvitationtoTenderorthenoticetotheprequalifiedTenderersissuedbythe ProcuringEntity isnotpartofthetenderingdocument? 5.3 Unless obtained directly from the Procuring Entity, the Procuring Entity is not responsible for the completeness of the document, responses to requests for clarification, the minutes of the pre-tender meeting (if any), or addenda to the tenderingdocumentinaccordancewithITT7. 5.4 The Tenderer is expected to examine all instructions, forms, terms, and specifications in thetendering documentandtofurnish withitsTenderallinformationordocumentationasisrequiredbythe tenderingdocument. 6. ClarificationofTendering Document 6.1 A Tenderer requiring any clarification of the Tender Document shall contact the
Security Form included in Section IV, Tendering Forms, or in another substantially similar format approved by the Procuring Entity prior to Tender submission. The Tender Security shall be valid for thirty (30) days beyond the original validity period of the Tender, or beyond any period of extension if requestedunderITT17.2. 18.5 If a Tender Security is specified pursuant to ITT 18.1, any Tender not accompaniedbya substantiallyresponsive TenderSecurityshall berejectedby theProcuringEntityasnon-responsive. 18.6 If a Tender Security is specified pursuant to ITT 18.1, the Tender Security of unsuccessful Tenderers shall be returned as promptly as possible upon the successfultenderersigningtheContractandfurnishingthePerformanceSecurity pursuant to ITT 46. The Procuring Entity shall also promptly return the tender security to the tenderers where the procurement proceedings are terminated, all tenders were determined non-responsive or a bidder declines to extend tender validityperiod. 18.7 The Tender Securityof the successful Tenderershall be returnedas promptly as possible once the successful Tenderer has signed the Contract and furnished the requiredPerformanceSecurity. 18.8 The Tender Security may be forfeited or the Tender Securing Declaration executed: a) if a Tenderer withdraws its Tender during the period of Tender validity specifiedbytheTendererinthe FormofTender,oranyextensiontheretoprovidedbytheTenderer;or b) ifthesuccessfulTendererfailsto: i)signtheContractinaccordancewithITT45;orii)FurnishaPerformance SecurityinaccordancewithITT46. 18.9 Where tender securing declaration is executed, the Procuring Entity shall recommend to the PPRA that PPRA debars the Tenderer from participating in publicprocurementasprovidedinthelaw. 18.10 TheTenderSecurityorTender-SecuringDeclarationofaJVmustbeinthename of the JV that submits the tender. If the JV has been legally constituted into a legally enforceable JV at the time of tendering, the tender Security or Tender- SecuringDeclarationshallbeinthenamesofallfuturemembersasnamedinthe letterofintentreferredtoinITT3.1andITT10.2 18.11 Atenderershallnotissueatendersecuritytoguaranteeitself. 19. FormatandSigningofTender 19.1TheTenderershallprepareoneoriginalofthedocumentscomprisingtheTenderas described in ITT 11 and clearly mark it “ORIGINAL.” Alternative Tenders, if permittedinaccordancewithITT12,shallbeclearlymarked“ALTERNATIVE.” In addition, the Tenderer shall submit copies of the Tender, in the number specified in the TDS and clearly mark them “COPY.” In the event of any discrepancybetweentheoriginalandthecopies,theoriginalshallprevail. 19.2 Tenderersshallmarkas“CONFIDENTIAL”informationintheirTenderswhich isconfidentialtotheirbusiness. This mayincludeproprietaryinformation, trade secrets,orcommercialorfinanciallysensitiveinformation. 19.3 The original and all copies of the Tender shall be typed or written inindelible ink andshallbesignedbyapersondulyauthorizedtosignonbehalfoftheTenderer. ThisauthorizationshallconsistofawrittenconfirmationasspecifiedintheTDS and shall be attached to the Tender. The name and position held by each person signingtheauthorizationmustbetypedorprintedbelowthesignature.Allpages of the Tender where entries or amendments have been made shall be signed or initialedbythepersonsigningtheTender. 19.4 In case the Tenderer is a JV, the Tender shall be signed by an authorized representativeoftheJVonbehalfoftheJV,andsoastobelegallybindingonall themembersasevidencedbyapowerofattorneysignedbyeachmembers'legally authorizedrepresentatives. 19.5 Any inter-lineation, erasures, or overwriting shall be valid only if they are signed orinitialedbythepersonsigningtheTender. D. SubmissionandOpening ofTenders 20 SealingandMarkingof Tenders 20.1 Dependingonthesizesorquantitiesor weightofthetenderdocuments,atenderer mayuseanenvelope,packageorcontainer.TheTenderershalldelivertheTender in a single sealed envelope, or in a single sealed package, or in a single sealed containerbearingthenameandReferencenumberoftheTender,addressedtothe Procuring Entity and a warning not to open before the time and date for Tender openingdate.Withinthesingleenvelope,packageorcontainer,theTenderershall placethefollowingseparate,sealedenvelopes: a) in an envelope or package or container marked “ORIGINAL”, all documentscomprisingtheTender,asdescribedinITT11;and b) in an envelope or package or container marked “COPIES”, all required copiesoftheTender;and c) if alternative Tenders are permitted in accordance with ITT 12, and if relevant: i) in an envelope or package or container marked “ORIGINAL – ALTERNATIVETENDER”,the alternativeTender;and ii) In the envelope or package or container marked “COPIES- ALTERNATIVE TENDER”, all required copies of the alternative Tender. 20.2 Theinnerenvelopesorpackagesorcontainersshall: a) BearthenameandaddressoftheProcuringEntity. b) bearthenameandaddressoftheTenderer;and c) BearthenameandReferencenumberoftheTender. 20.3 Whereatenderpackageorcontainercannotfitinthetenderbox,theprocuring entityshall: a) SpecifyintheTDSwheresuchdocumentsshouldbereceived. b) Maintain a record of tenders received and issue acknowledgement receipt
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