The State Department for Environment and Climate Change under the Ministry of Environment has announced a public auction of government cars and other assorted items.
In the Tuesday, June 4 My Gov issue, the department stated that the items shall be auctioned on June 14 and all interested bidders are urged to view the items before the set date.
"The State Department shall sell by public auction the listed assorted furniture, scrap metal boarded unserviceable motor vehicles on Friday, June 14, starting from 10 am at the Kenya Meteorological Department offices auction grounds at Dagoretti Corner along Ngong Road," read part of the notice.
The items include; unserviceable vehicles going for as low as Ksh30,000 and assorted items going for as low as Ksh800.
Some of the vehicles on auction include; Isuzu NPR with a reserve price of Ksh250,000, Mitsubishi Van at Ksh150,000, Volkswagen Passat at Ksh200,000, Diahatsu Terio at Ksh298,000, Toyota Prado at Ksh300,000, and Mitsubishi V31W Pajero at Ksh100,000.
Others are; Toyota Corolla at the reserve price of Ksh80,000, Mitsubishi Pajero at Ksh120,000, Nissan Tida at Ksh30,000 and another Volkswagen Passat at Ksh200,000.
These items can be viewed at different locations before the auction date including NEMA offices, KMD auction ground, Wilson garage, traffic headquarters, Tom's auto garage, and NHIF building offices.
All vehicles shall be sold on an as-is basis.
Besides the cars, office furniture is on auction with a reserve price of Ksh20,000, hydrogen generators at Ksh2,000, lawn mowers at Ksh1,000, concrete posts at Ksh800, galvanised water storage tanks at Ksh12,000, diesel tank at Ksh1,500, satellite dish at Ksh2,000 and hydraulic motor parts at Ksh2,000 among other items.
How to Bid
All interested bidders are asked to view the items at the listed locations from June 4 to June 11 during working hours.
Interested bidders will be required to pay a Ksh10,000 refundable deposit to obtain a bidding number. The deposit shall be paid in cash at the department's headquarters cash office on the 11th floor.
"The deposit shall be treated as part of the payment for successful bidders. Successful bidders must pay a deposit of 25% of the purchase price by the fall of the hammer," reads part of the notice.
All vehicles purchased at the auctions shall be collected in the various locations within seven days after which the winner shall be charged Ksh1,000 a day in storage fee.
The successful bidders shall all pay costs applicable duties and taxes assorted with the transfer of the purchased motor vehicles.
"The unsuccessful bidders will be refunded bid deposits on presentation of the original receipt within a reasonable time after the auction. The department and the appointed auctioneer reserve the right to reject all bids below the reserve price," read part of the notice.
