SAFETY REVIEW OF RAILWAY OPERATIONS BY RIFT VALLEY RAILWAYS (KENYA) LTD (RVRK) OVER THE CONCEDED RAILWAY NETWORK IN KENYA

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Type : Tender ( EOI )

Category : Professional Services , Other Professional Services

Ref No : KRC/PLM/38/15-16

By : KENYA RAILWAYS

Closing : Fri, Apr 22, 2016 10:00

Eligibility : Kenya

KENYA RAILWAYS

EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

SAFETY REVIEW OF RAILWAY OPERATIONS BY RIFT VALLEY RAILWAYS (KENYA) LTD (RVRK) OVER THE CONCEDED RAILWAY NETWORK IN KENYA

The Kenya Railways (KR) is a State Corporation established under the Kenya Railways Act Cap 397. The Corporation is mandated to provide rail and inland waterway transport service. KR has a total railway network of^ 1920 kilometres single track meter gauge. The existing railway network is used to provide freight transport services, commuter rail services in Nairobi and long distance passenger services from Nairobi to Mombasa.

The Government of Kenya (GoK) and Kenya Railways (KR) conceded railway operations in a vertically integrated arrangement covering all railway Operations and Maintenance (Technical, operations and commercial) to Rift Valley Railways (Kenya) Ltd (RVRK) in November 2006. The concession is contracted under three sets of documents, namely; Kenya Concession Agreement 2006 (KCA), Kenya Direct Agreement (DA) and Interface Agreement (IA) for the two countries Kenya and Uganda who undertook a joint concession.

Following a spate of serious railway accidents, the compliance with the obligations critical to rail safety under the Kenya Concession Agreement by RVRK as the Concessionaire is now a subject of safety review. To implement this safety review the grantor of the concession (GoK/KR) seeks responses from suitably qualified, experienced consultancy firms/joint ventures to undertake the safety review of RVRK railway operations.

KR therefore invites eligible firms to express their interest to provide the above consultancy services.

Complete EOI documents are available from the KR website; www.krc.co.ke. Candidates may therefore M> download the EOI from the Kenya Railways website or obtain a copy from the office of the Procurement Manager, Kenya Railway Headquarters, 1 st Floor Block C, Workshops road off Haile Selassie Avenue.

Applicants who download the EOI from the website and intend to submit EOI MUST register their interest immediately by sending an email to procure@krc.co.ke stating their names and address. Please note that any clarification or additional information will only be sent to firms that will have so registered.

Expressions of Interest shall be returned in a plain sealed envelope, bearing one (1) original and five (5) copies of the EOI; shall be clearly marked “KRC/PLM/38/15-16: SAFETY REVIEW OF RAILWAY OPERATIONS BY RIFT VALLEY RAILWAYS (KENYA) LTD (RVRK) OVER THE CONCEDED RAILWAY NETWORK IN KENYA”

addressed to:

The Managing Director

Kenya Railways

P.O.Box 30121-00100

NAIROBI.

And shall be submitted in the Tender Box on the Ground floor, Kenya Railways Headquarters, Workshops Road off Haile Selassie Avenue, Nairobi, not later than 10.00 am (East African time), on April 22, 2016.

Interested Firms may seek further clarification or information by sending an email to procure@krc.co.ke or in writing to the above address to be received not later than April 12, 2016.

L. Njoroge

Procurement Manager

FOR: MANAGING DIRECTOR