• REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

Introduction

The KCIC is a social impact organization dedicated to supporting micro and small enterprises driven by innovation in the climate space. KCIC is implementing the GreenBiz program, which is supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark (Danida). The GreenBiz program focuses on climate technologies and innovative business models in five sectors: Water, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (RE & EE), Agriculture, Commercial Forestry, and Waste Management. The program aims to support 300 businesses, creating over 3,000 job opportunities, directly and indirectly contributing to the achievement of SDGs. The program seeks to increase the commercialization and scale-up of climate smart innovations, creating decent jobs, increasing access to low carbon energy sources, and enhancing community and household resilience to climate change. The GreenBiz program offers a range of services including business advisory, mentorship, access to finance and technical assistance.

KCIC is implementing the SWIFT program, a 3-year program supporting entrepreneurship in the solid waste management sector. The 5 KCIC delivery areas seek to be a catalyst and enabler towards a circular economy. The SWIFT program seeks to support 110 enterprises over the 3-year program period, with the aim of creating 6,000 direct and indirect jobs.

KCIC aims at rolling out the mentorship programme for the SWIFT Programme incubator and accelerator clients. The technical mentorship and coaching will serve to complement the business support being offered by KCIC staff to the clients, and will be critical in accelerating the growth of the enterprises in waste management.

KCIC is seeking for qualified  consultants  to conduct a comprehensive needs assessment and identify key spokes that will support in the implementation of the proposed design of DREEM HUB and Spoke Model Project In Kenya

RFP Number Description
RFP No: KCIC/2024/179 Provision of Consultancy Services to undertake Needs Assessment and Design of the DREEM HUB and Spoke Model Project In Kenya

KCIC is also seeking qualified and experienced firms with expertise in waste management to submit proposals for providing technical mentorship services to enterprises enrolled in the SWIFT Incubation & Acceleration programmes.

RFP Number Description
RFP No: KCIC/2024/181 Provision of Technical Mentorship and Coaching Services for enterprises in the Waste Management Sector under the SWIFT Programme

 

For more details please download the RFP Documents below:

RFP Number Description Deadline RFP Description
RFP No: KCIC/2024/179 Provision of Consultancy Services to undertake Needs Assessment and Design of the DREEM HUB and Spoke Model Project In Kenya 2nd October 2024 Download Now
RFP No: KCIC/2024/181 Provision of Technical Mentorship and Coaching Services for enterprises in the Waste Management Sector under the SWIFT Programme 9th October 2024 Download Now

Application deadline and Submission details

The deadline for submission of proposal is on Wednesday 2nd October 2024 and Wednesday 9th October 2024 at 5:00pm for RFP No: KCIC/2024/179 & RFP No: KCIC/2024/181 respectively. The submission should be in two separate zip folders clearly marked technical and financial. The financial proposal should be based on a per-day basis for submission. They should be submitted to the official email: procurement@kenyacic.org

Any proposal received after the deadline will not be opened, and no amendments to the technical or financial proposals will be accepted after the deadline. Proposals submitted in contrast to the instructions given above will not be accepted by the KCIC.

All inquiries relating to the TOR shall be communicated in written form to the above-mentioned email address.

Please ensure you include:

  • Summary of your approach, methodology and timeline
  • Any examples of similar or parallel work you have carried out in the past including examples of enterprise development support with a gender lens for the agriculture value chains
  • Profiles of the proposed team
  • Proposed budget and payment schedule in KES