Local firms invited to bid for tenders in growth plan
What you need to know:
- He rejected requests by contractors to relax the tender conditions and said the county would only help local contractors if they jointly bid for the tenders and show their ability to carry out the work.
- “I urge local contractors to take advantage of the window we provided for joint bids instead of always complaining of being left out,” he said in a statement on Monday.
Governor Jack Ranguma has urged local companies to bid for contracts in an ambitious Sh4 billion plan.
The Kisumu Urban Plan, to be implemented over a 30-year period, seeks to improve lighting, roads and social amenities in the lakeside town in partnership with the French government.
SHODDY WORK
Mr Ranguma however, warned that the county government would not accept shoddy work from the local contractors.
The project is in line with a larger Integrated Strategic Urban Development plan that seeks to remodel the town to face the lake.
“I urge local contractors to take advantage of the window we provided for joint bids instead of always complaining of being left out,” he said in a statement on Monday.
He rejected requests by contractors to relax the tender conditions and said the county would only help local contractors if they jointly bid for the tenders and show their ability to carry out the work.
“A bidder will have to demonstrate very competitive technical and financial capability,” he said. “On this we cannot compromise, as residents will not forgive us if we allowed contractors to deliver poor quality or incomplete works,” he said.
