Supply and Installation of 2 no. High-Performance Enterprise Servers to Kalro Headquarters - USD 292,308.00

KENYA AGRICULTURAL AND LIVESTOCK RESEARCH ORGANIZATION Specific Procurement Notice Request for Bids Goods (One-Envelope Bidding Process) Country Kenya

Name of Project National Agricultural Value Chain Development Project (NAVCDP)

Project No. P176758

Credit No. 70640-KE

Assignment Title Supply and Installation of 2 No. High-Performance Enterprise Servers to KALRO Headquarters

Reference No. KALRO/NAVCDP/NCB/002/2026-2027

The Government of Kenya has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the National Agricultural Value Chain Development Project (NAVCDP) and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for Supply and Installation of 2 No. High-Performance Enterprise Servers to KALRO Headquarters. For this contract, the Borrower shall process the payments using the Direct Payment disbursement method, as defined in the World Bank’s Disbursement Guidelines for Investment Project Financing, except for those payments, which the contract provides to be made through letter of credit. Kenya Agricultural & Livestock Research Organization – KALRO now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for Supply and Installation of 2 No. High-Performance Enterprise Servers to KALRO Headquarters as shown below;

Item No. Item Description Quantity

1 High-Performance Enterprise Servers 2 No.

3. Bidding will be conducted through national competitive procurement using a Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” First Published July 2016 and Revised September 2023 Edition (“Procurement Regulations”) and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations. 4. Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from Kenya Agricultural & Livestock Research Organization – KALRO, Director, Supply Chain Management through email tenders@kalro.org and inspect the bidding document during office hours 0900 to 1700 hours East African Time (EAT) at the address given below or on KALRO’s website 5. The bidding document in English may be downloaded free of charge from the Kenya Agricultural & Livestock Research Organization’s website www.kalro.org or Through the National Treasury Portal https://tenders.go.ke/tenders. Bidders who download the bidding documents are invited to notify the procuring entity by email with full contact details if they intended to participate, as this will facilitate issuance of notifications by the procuring entity, to all bidders where necessary. 6. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 1100Hrs EAT on 24th November 2026. Electronic Bidding will not be permitted. Late Bids will be rejected. Bids will be publicly opened in the presence of the Bidders’ designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend at the address below on 1100Hrs EAT on 24th November 2026. 7. All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security KES. 760,000.00 (Seven Hundred and Sixty Thousand Shillings only) from a financial Institution. 8. Attention is drawn to the Procurement Regulations requiring the Borrower to disclose information on the successful bidder’s beneficial ownership, as part of the Contract Award Notice, using the Beneficial Ownership Disclosure Form as included in the bidding document.

9. The address(es) referred to above is (are)

Director General, Kenya Agricultural & Livestock Research Organization Kaptagat Road, Loresho P.O.BOX 57811-00200, Nairobi, Kenya Director, Supply Chain Management For DIRECTOR GENERAL Kenya Agricultural & Livestock Research Institute