Enhancement of the Smart Academy Portal as Kenya’s National Digital Skills Marketplace and Ecosystem Aggregator

Specific Procurement Notice – Request for Proposals without Prequalification Request for Proposal Information Systems (Design, Supply and Installation) (Without Prequalification) Purchaser: The Information and Communications Technology Authority Project: Kenya Digital Economy Acceleration Project Contract title: Enhancement of the Smart Academy Portal as Kenya’s National Digital Skills Marketplace and Ecosystem Aggregator Country: Kenya Loan No. 7289-KE and 7290-KE RFP No: KE-ICTA-571747-NC-RFP Issued on: 10th November 2026 1. The Government of Kenya has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Kenya Digital Economy Acceleration Project, and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for Enhancement of the Smart Academy Portal as Kenya’s National Digital Skills Marketplace and Ecosystem Aggregator. 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. 2. The Information and Communications Technology Authority (ICT Authority) now invites sealed Proposals from eligible Proposers for Enhancement of the Smart Academy Portal as Kenya’s National Digital Skills Marketplace and Ecosystem Aggregator, at the ICT Authority, for a period of eighteen (18) months. 3. The procurement process will be conducted through international competitive procurement using Request for Proposals (RFP) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” First Published in July 2016, Revised Fifth Edition, September 2023 (“Procurement Regulations”), and is open to all eligible Proposers as defined in the Procurement Regulations. 4. Bids will be evaluated in accordance with the evaluation process set out in the bidding documents. The following weightings shall apply for Rated Criteria (including