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

[Lucy Kimani]

Walu,

Amen to that!!!

LK
> 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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