Kiambere, KenGen’s second largest hydropower plant, straddles the border of Embu and Kitui Counties in central Kenya, and comprises two 84 MW Francis turbine-generators. The plant, part of the Seven Forks Cascade, was commissioned in 1988 and utilizes water from the river Tana, which flows from an intake on the Kiambere saddle dam through a 4060 m-long headrace tunnel to the underground power station.
There shall be a mandatory site visit at 10.00 am on 2 June at Gitaru and Kiambere power stations.
Tendering will be conducted under open international standards using a standardized tender document. Tendering is open to all qualified and interested tenderers. Tender documents may be viewed and downloaded for free from the website (www.kengen.co.ke) and/or on
Eprocurement https://eprocurement.kengen.co.ke:50001/irj/portal. Tenderers who download the tender document must forward their contact details immediately to tenders@kengen.co.ke to facilitate any further clarifications or addendum. All bids must be accompanied by a Tender Security of KSH 500 000 as part of the bid document and shall be subject to authentication by KenGen and must be submitted in a plain sealed envelope and clearly marked : KGN-HYD-24-2023- Tender for Redesign, manufacture, installation and commissioning of turbine shaft seal for Kiambere power station and addressed to: General Manager, Supply Chain, Kenya Electricity Generating Company, Ground Floor, KenGen Pension Plaza I, Kolobot Road, Parklands, P.O. Box 47936, 00100 Nairobi.
Electronic submission shall be permitted through KenGen’s e-procurement platform at
www.kengen.co.ke (https://eprocurement.kengen.co.ke:50001/irj/portal. Internet Explorer and Firefox Mozilla are the preferred web browsers. For further information and to inspect the tender documents, contact: General Manager, Supply Chain, Kenya Electricity Generating Company PLC, Stima Plaza Phase III, Kolobot Road, Parklands, PO Box 47936-00100, Nairobi; Tel.: +254 (020) 3666000; E-mail: tenders@kengen.co.ke; cc jtheuri@kengen.co.ke; cc nkithaka@kengen.co.ke.
