[kictanet] [Fibre-for-africa] Kenya's fibre optic cable project queried]

[John Walubengo]

Okay...so far so good.  How I wish everyone could see it as
clearly as described below.  My fear is that Kenyans have a
knack for smelling ghosts(& rats?) in all sorts of places. 
I would hate to see this process bogged down in courts for
one reason or the other...

walu.

--- bitange at jambo.co.ke wrote:

> Dear Wakabi,
> Thank you for raising the question on whether the
> Ministry ignored best
> practices in procurement.  The answer is No.  There are
> three approved
> methods of procurement, that is, open tender, selective
> tender and single
> sourcing.  Open tender you have got to adverise and any
> interested party
> can bid to supply service.  It is a lengthy procedure
> (takes a minimum 45
> days).  It is the most competitive of all.  Logically it
> applies to goods
> that can be obtained from many sources.
> 
> Selective tendering however, is mostly applied to a
> sitiation where the
> popolation of the suppliers is limited as in Marine
> works.  There are two
> companies, that is, Tyco and Alcatel that have the
> necesary experience to
> do such jobs.  There are three other companies, that is,
> NEC, Fujistu and
> Global Marine/Huaweii that are usually subcontracted by
> the larger two. 
> They have limited experience compared to the big two. 
> Therefore it would
> have been absolutely non sense and wasteful to advertise
> for the the works
> in the local papers.
> 
> Single sourcing is used where there is only one supplier
> of service/good
> or where there is an emergence.  The committee which is
> tasked with the
> Teams project comprising the Investment Secretary,
> Director, Directorate
> of Procurement, MD Telkom, Solocitor General, and CCK
> Director General
> agreed to fast track the project by seeking authority
> from Treasury to
> procure Detailed Feasibility Study (DFS), Detailed
> Technical Study (DTS),
> and The Mirine Survey (MS)using the later methods and
> subjected Financial
> Arrager (FA) tender to an open tender.
> 
> If you look at the overall project, the four services
> DFS, DTS, MS and FA
> are crucial to determining the time the project takes. 
> Three of these
> projects DFS, DTS, and FA are complete and once the MS is
> complete, it
> would enable us to procure the supply contract with
> sufficient knowledge. 
> Secoindly, whoever is awarded the contract, will actually
> immediately
> procure the material since all the information is
> available.
> 
> The argument that the MS is given along with the Suply
> contract does not
> hold water since there are many cable networks that have
> used the model. 
> EASSY for example will not know the material requirement
> until the MS is
> complete.  In technical terms they are several months
> behind Teams.
> 
> You must understand that there are several interested
> parties, some who
> want to make quick bucks.  Ask yourself:  what is it they
> are seeing that
> our people can't see?  Consider Germany cable operators
> bagging in more
> that 6 billion euros in the last world cup in one month. 
> My friend we
> need a serious talk.  Seriously, if I had my way, I would
> give the entire
> works as a tunkey project.  By now we could be at least
> three months to
> getting connected.
> 
> 
> Regards
> 
> 
> Bitange Ndemo.
> 
> 
> 
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