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October 30, 2018 www.mygov.go.ke NEWSFOCUS | 23 2,000 trainers targeted to meet high demand for tutors Deputy President says the first 1,000 tutors would be recruited in the current financial year BY DPPS T he Government is set to recruit 2,000 trainers to meet the high demand for tutors in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions across the country, Deputy President William Ruto has said. Mr Ruto said the first 1,000 tutors would be recruited in the current financial year while the other cohort would be recruited in the 2019/2020 fiscal year. He said since Government had decided to use institutes to drive President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Big Four Agenda, more tutors were required to cope up with the rising number of technical institutions being established across the country. The Deputy President spoke in Embu County on Friday during first graduation ceremony of the Jeremiah Nyagah Technical Institute where he said reforms that are being carried out in the sector were focused on relevance, quality and access of training programmes to meet the needs of students after the completion MINISTRY OF PUBLIC SERVICE, YOUTH AND GENDER AFFAIRS STATE DEPARTMENT FOR PUBLIC SERVICE AND YOUTH REPUBLIC OF KENYA REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRMS SELECTION) Country: KENYA Name of Project: Kenya Youth Employment Opportunities Project (KYEOP) Loan No./Credit No./ Grant No.: 5812-KE Assignment Title: Consultancy services to design and implement an Innovation Challenge Reference No.: KE-MPYG-68861-CS-QCBS The Government of Kenya has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Kenya Youth Employment and Opportunities Project, and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services. The project targets unemployed young men and women of 18-29 years with no more than a secondary education who are unemployed or working vulnerable jobs. The project is implemented in a component approach which includes; 1) improving employability 2) support for job creation, 3) improving labor market information and, 4) strengthening youth policy development and project management. The consulting services (“the Services”) include Design and Implementation of an innovation challenge in Kenya to identify high-potential interventions for creating economic opportunities for the hard-to-serve youth, and support these interventions to scale through a grant mechanism paired with advisory and coaching. The targeted youth tend to be less attractive to the private sector as possible employees and have limited access to private sector jobs. The innovation challenge will support employment and income generation ideas that are tailored to the local and highly specific needs of the targeted hard-to-serve youth populations. The innovation challenge will be managed by a consulting firm that will call for proposals to create opportunities for the targeted youth, manage the competitive selection of the winners based on the economic viability and sustainability of their proposed intervention, including its potential to improve earnings and employability of targeted youth, and based on the experience of the organization making the proposal experience, among other factors. The consulting firm will also be in charge of marketing and outreach; and the tracking of results of the awarded interventions. The Ministry of Public Service, Youth and Gender Affairs (State Department for Public Service and Youth) now invites eligible consulting firms (“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 shortlisting criteria are: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. At least five years of being in operation (2013 and before); At least two assignments of similar nature in the last five years (2013 to present) in designing and managing structured competitions, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa; Demonstrated experience managing outreach campaigns and program application processes (provide supporting statements from previous experiences); Demonstrated technical expertise in inclusive economic growth and knowledge of interventions expanding income generation and employment for vulnerable populations (provide supporting statements from previous experiences); and Experience of having worked in Kenya. Experience in design and management of innovation challenges will be an added advantage. Key Experts will not be evaluated at the shortlisting stage. The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to paragraph 1.9 of the World Bank’s Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants [under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits & Grants] by World Bank Borrowers, January 2011 Revised July 2014 (“Consultant Guidelines”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest. In addition, please refer to the following specific information on conflict of interest related to this assignment: 1.9 (b) of Consultant Guidelines. Consultants may associate with other firms to enhance their qualifications, but should indicate clearly whether the association is in the form of a joint venture and/or a sub-consultancy. In the case of a joint venture, all the partners in the joint venture shall be jointly and severally liable for the entire contract, if selected. However, the experience of sub-consultant will not be considered while short-listing. A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Quality Cost Based Selection method set out in the Consultant Guidelines. Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours 0900 to 1700 hours. Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form to the address below (in person, or by mail, or by e-mail) by Tuesday 13th of their studies. “We are recruiting more trainers to facilitate training in technical institutes across the country,” said Mr Ruto. Present during the event were area Governor Martin Wambora, MPs Njeru Ndwiga (Embu), John Muchiri (Manyatta), Eric Muchangi (Runyejes), Charles Njagagua (Mbeere North), Jane Wanjiku (Women Rep, Embu), Geoffrey Kingangi (Mbeere South) and former MPs Norman Nyagah, Lenny Kivuti and TVET Director Meshack Opwora. Mr Ruto said the ongoing reforms on the country’s education system are aimed at improving the future of the young people by aligning education and training more closely with the labour market. The Deputy President said the country is yet to achieve its industrialisation goals due to the fact that previous governments had not prioritised the development of technical education. “As a country, we have delayed on matters of industrialisation because we did not have the right vocational education system. We will now achieve the industrialisation needs of our country as we are now on the right track,” said Mr Ruto. Congratulating the graduates, Mr Ruto told them that they hold key to the industrialisation needs of the country. “The Government appreciates the contribution that is being made by technical education. Please, do not let us down,” Mr Ruto told the graduands. He said the Government would upgrade Jeremiah Nyagah TTI to the status of a national polytechnic but asked the TVET director to work with the management of the institute to ensure that it meets the upgrade requirements. As a country, we have delayed on matters of industrialisation because we did not have the right vocational education system - DP William Ruto MINISTRY OF PUBLIC SERVICE, YOUTH AND GENDER AFFAIRS STATE DEPARTMENT FOR PUBLIC SERVICE AND YOUTH REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRMS SELECTION) Country: KENYA Name of Project: Kenya Youth Employment Opportunities Project (KYEOP) Loan No./Credit No./ Grant No.: 5812-KE Assignment Title: Consultancy services for Monitoring and Verification of the Kenya Youth Employment and Opportunities Project Reference No.: MPYG/KYEOP/QCBS/02/2018-2019 The Government of Kenya has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Kenya Youth Employment and Opportunities Project, and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services. The project targets young men and women of 18-29 years with no more than secondary education who are unemployed or working in vulnerable jobs. The project includes 4 components; 1) improving employability 2) support for job creation, 3) improving labor market information and, 4) strengthening youth policy development and project management. The consulting services (“the Services”) include independent monitoring on the different activities being implemented in the KYEOP, particularly the Component 1 and 2 activities, and assess if processes and procedures are understood by the implementers and being applied as per the agreed upon design. The scope of this independent monitoring is to regularly document, assess, and explain how the activities in Component 1 and 2 are being implemented. The monitoring firm will be required to verify that the various trainings and counselling activities are taking place and are following the specified curriculum. The monitoring firm will also be responsible for verifying that the payment processes are functional and identifying any key payment challenges to address. Finally, the firm will be responsible for conducting beneficiary assessments. The Services will have national coverage, with focus on 17 counties spread throughout Kenya. The Ministry of Public Service, Youth and Gender Affairs (State Department for Public Service and Youth) now invites eligible consulting firms (“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 shortlisting criteria are: 1. 2. 3. Minimum of five years’ relevant experiences (2012 to present) and technical capacity in provision of monitoring and verification services; At least two assignments of similar nature in the past five years (2012 to present), one of which should have been in remote parts of Kenya and/or in the urban slum areas of the major towns; and Demonstration of capacity to conduct data collection and analysis among diverse communities with diverse cultural backgrounds (provide supporting statements from previous experiences). Key Experts will not be evaluated at the shortlisting stage. The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to paragraph 1.9 of the World Bank’s Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants [under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits & Grants] by World Bank Borrowers, January 2011 Revised July 2014 (“Consultant Guidelines”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest. In addition, please refer to the following specific information on conflict of interest related to this assignment: 1.9 (b) of Consultant Guidelines. Consultants may associate with other firms to enhance their qualifications but should indicate clearly whether the association is in the form of a joint venture and/ or subconsultancy. In the case of joint venture, all the partners of the joint venture shall be jointly and severally liable for the entire contract if selected. However, the experience of sub-consultant will not be considered while short-listing. A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Quality Cost Based Selection method set out in the Consultant Guidelines. November, 2018 at 1100 hours. Physical address: Tender Box on Teleposta Towers (GPO) 2nd Floor, along Kenyatta Avenue Attn: Principal Secretary, State Department of Public Service and Youth, P. O. Box 30050 – 00100, Nairobi, Kenya. E-mail: procurement_kyeop@psyg.go.ke Head Supply Chain Management For : PRINCIPAL SECRETARY Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours 0900 to 1700 hours. Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form to the address below (in person, or by mail, or by e-mail) by Tuesday 13th November, 2018 at 1100 hours. Physical address: Tender Box on Teleposta Towers (GPO) 2nd Floor, along Kenyatta Avenue Attn: Principal Secretary, State Department of Public Service and Youth, P. O. Box 30050 – 00100, Nairobi, Kenya. E-mail: procurement_kyeop@psyg.go.ke Head Supply Chain Management Services FOR: PRINCIPAL SECRETARY

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