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The Ministry of Education has extended the deadline for the submission for its free laptops for primary schools programme to Thursday, November 21st, citing the need to address bidder concerns. The initial deadline set was on the 14th of this month.
Jacob Kaimenyi, Cabinet Secretary for Education, said that so far 58 companies have taken tender documents and he hopes they will quote low prices.
“The process takes 21 days, so we have extended it by few more days, up to Thursday to address the concerns of the bidders,” said Mr. Kaimenyi.
“This time round we do hope that the prices they are going to quote will be lesser because we expect them to deliver these gadgets to two places and for the rest of the country the gadgets will be delivered to Nairobi.”
Last month, the government terminated the tenders for the project after the bids submitted exceeded their budget with the lowest bidder quoting KSh32 billion against KSh12 billion leaving a KSh20 billion budget deficit.
The CS is however optimistic that the government will acquire the devices by the first quarter of 2014.
“The Government understands the urgency and need to procure the devices to actualize the project by the first quarter of 2014. However, the procurement proceedings must ensure economy, efficiency, transparency and accountability,” he added.
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