Supply of Back up and Replication Software, Data Center Storage Server and Monitoring device and Back up Driver

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

Name of Project Food Systems Resilience Project

Project No. P177816

Credit No. 7327-KE and 7328-KE

Assignment Title Supply, Installation, Testing and Commissioning of; 1no. Backup and Replication Software License, 1no. Storage Server, 1no. Data Center Monitoring and Trouble Shooting Workstation and Remote Monitoring Device 4no. External Backup Drives

Reference No. KALRO/FSRP/NCB/001/2026-2027

The Government of Kenya has received Financing assistance from the World Bank under Food Systems Resilience Project and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for Supply, Installation, Testing and Commissioning of 1no. Backup and Replication Software License, 1no. Storage Server, 1no. Data Center Monitoring and Trouble Shooting Workstation and Remote Monitoring Device and 4no. External Backup Drives. 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, Installation, Testing and Commissioning of 1no. Backup and Replication Software License, 1no. Storage

Server, 1no. Data Center Monitoring and Trouble Shooting Workstation and Remote Monitoring Device and 4no. External Backup Drives as shown below;

Item No. Item Description Quantity

1 Backup And Replication Software License 1No.

2 Storage Server 1No.

3 Data Center Monitoring And Trouble Shooting Workstation 1No.

4 External Backup Drives 4No.

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. 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 The bidding document in English may be downloaded free of charge from the Kenya Agricultural & Livestock Research Organization’s website www.kalro.org 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. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 1100Hrs EAT on 5th 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 5th November 2026. All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security of Ksh. 650,000.00 (Kenya Shillings Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand) from a financial Institution. 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.

The address referred to above is:

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