CONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR INDEPENDENT VERIFICATION OF RESULTS UNDER THE PERFORMANCE-BASED OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE (O&M) SUPPORT FACILITY

MINISTRY OF WATER, SANITATION AND IRRIGATION WATER SECTOR TRUST FUND THE REPUBLIC OF KENYA MINISTRY OF WATER, SANITATION AND IRRIGATION HORN OF AFRICA - GROUND WATER FOR RESILIENCE PROJECT (H O AGW4RP) P ROJECT ID N O .: P174867 C REDIT N O . IDA-7082-KE REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (REOI) FOR CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRMS SELECTION ASSIGNMENT TITLE: C ONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR P ERFORMANCE -B ASED G RANTS I NDEPENDENT V ERIFICATION A GENT . REFERENCE NO: KE-WSTF-563832-CS-QCBS-IVA . 1. The Government of the Republic of Kenya has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Horn of Africa Groundwater for Resilience Project (HoAGW4RP), and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services. 2.The consulting services (“the Services”) include: Verification of Operations and Maintenance performance and ensure each Rural Water Supply Scheme’s performance is updated in the county Management Information System and more broadly support county water sector monitoring, and most importantly to build respective County Water Department’s (CWD’s) capacity for future verification beyond the project life. 3. The detailed Terms of Reference (ToR) for the assignment found at the following websites: https://waterfund.go.ke/downloads/tenders; http://www.tenders.go.ke. 4. The Water Sector Trust Fund now invites eligible Consultants to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services. The short-listing criteria is: Core business as a consulting firm in the water sector within the last ten (10) years with experience involving verification of performance-based financing of projects. b) Demonstrated experience in results verification, Audit and/or technical auditing expertise, with at least 10 years of operation experience since the firm/consortium began operations. Should preferably have one (1) similar a