PROVISION OF STAFF MEDICAL INSURANCE COVER FOR KENYATTA NATIONAL HOSPITAL

SECTION I - INVITATION FOR TENDERS
INVITATION TO TENDER
PROCURING ENTITY: KENYATTA NATIONAL HOSPITAL: PROVISION OF STAFF
MEDICAL INSURANCE COVER FOR KENYATTA NATIONAL HOSPITAL
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1. Kenyatta National Hospital invites sealed tenders for the provision of insurance services.
2. Tendering will be conducted under open competitive tendering method using a standardized
tender document and is open to all qualified and interested Tenderers. Tenderers will be
allowed to tender for one or more items.
3. Qualified and interested tenderers may obtain further information and inspect the Tender
Documents during office hours from 8:00am to 5:00 pm at the address given below. Tender
documents may be viewed and/or downloaded from the website; www.tender.go.ke or
www.knh.or.ke.
4. A complete set of tender documents may be purchased or obtained by interested tenders upon
payment of a non-refundable fees of KES 1000 in cash or Banker's Cheque and payable to the
address given below. Tender documents obtained electronically will be free of charge.
5. Tender documents may be viewed and downloaded for free from the website www.tender.go.ke
or www.knh.or.ke. Tenderers who download the tender document must forward their
particulars immediately procurement@knh.or.ke to facilitate any further clarification or
addendum.
6. All Tenders must be accompanied by a “tender Security” “of Kshs 1,500,000.00 (One
million five hundred thousand only)
7. The Tenderer shall chronologically serialize all pages of the tender documents submitted.
8. Completed tenders must be delivered to the address below on or before 29.4.2026 at 10:00am
East African Time. Electronic Tenders will not be permitted.
9. Tenders will be opened immediately after the deadline date and time specified above or any
deadline date and time specified later. Tenders will be publicly opened in the presence of the
Tenderers' designated representatives who choose to attend at the address below.
10. Late tenders will be rejected.
11. The addresses referred to above are:
A. Address for obtaining further information and for purchasing tender
documents KENYATTA NATIONAL HOSPITAL
HOSPITAL ROAD
P.O BOX 20723-00202
NAIROBI
TEL: 2726300 (9)
B. Address for Submission of Tenders.
KENYATTA NATIONAL
HOSPITAL,
HOSPITAL ROAD
P.O BOX 20723-00202
NAIROBI
TEL: 2726300 (9)
C. Address for Opening of Tenders.
KENYATTA NATIONAL HOSPITAL
,,HOSPITAL ROAD
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P.O BOX 20723-00202
NAIROBI
TEL: 2726300 (9)
[Authorized Official (name, Designation, Signature and date)]
Name (Official of KNH issuing the invitation)
Designation……………………..
Signature …………………………..
Date ………………………………………
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PART 1 - TENDERING PROCEDURES
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SECTION I - INSTRUCTIONS TO TENDERERS
A. General
1. Scope of Tender
This tendering document is for the delivery of Insurance services, as specified in Section V, Procuring
Entity's Schedule of Requirements. The name of the Procuring Entity, name and identification and
number of this tender are specified in the TDS.
2. Definitions
Throughout this tendering document:
a) The term “in writing” means communicated in written form (e.g. by mail, e-mail, including if specified
in the TDS, distributed or received through the electronic-procurement system used by the Procuring
Entity) with proof of receipt;
b) If the contexts requires, “singular” means “plural” and vice versa; and
c) “Day” means calendar day, unless otherwise specified as “Business Day”. A Business Day is any day
that is an official working day of the Procuring Entity. It excludes the Procuring Entity's official public
holidays.
The successful Tenderer will be expected to commence providing the Insurance Services by Date
provided in the TDS. The insurance duration for each item will be one year but can be extended by the
period specified in the TDS.
3. Fraud and Corruption
The Procuring Entity requires compliance with the provisions of the Public Procurement and Asset
Disposal Act, 2015, Section 62 “Declaration not to engage in corruption”. The tender submitted by a
person shall include a declaration that the person shall not engage in any corrupt or fraudulent practice
and a declaration that the person or his or her sub-contractors are not debarred from participating in
public procurement proceedings.
The Procuring Entity requires compliance with the provisions of the Competition Act 2010, regarding
collusive practices in contracting. Any tenderer found to have engaged in collusive conduct shall be
disqualified and criminal and/or civils actions may be imposed. To this effect, Tenders shall be required
to complete and sign the “Certificate of Independent Tender Determination” annexed to the Form of
Tender.
Unfair Competitive Advantage -Fairness and transparency in the tender process require that the firms or
their Affiliates competing for a specific assignment do not derive a competitive advantage from having
provided consulting services related to this tender. To that end, the Procuring Entity shall indicate in the
TDS and make available to all the firms together with this tender document all information that would in
that respect give such firm any unfair competitive advantage over competing firms.

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