AGPO Portal: How to Register and Get Certificate

  • by Norah Kamau on

The Access to Government Procurement Opportunities (AGPO) program was officially launched by President Uhuru Kenyatta on October 2013.

The program was launched in a bid to provide more opportunities for women, youth and persons living with disabilities to gain more access to government tenders by ensuring that 30 per cent of all tenders are allocated to them as a way to empower them.

The program is founded on the Constitution of Kenya, 2010 Article 227 on the fair equitable, transparent and cost-effective public procurement of goods and services, the Constitution of Kenya, 2010 Article 55 on affirmative action and the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act, 2015.

HOW TO GAIN ACCESS TO GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITIES 

  • Step 1– Register a business enterprise at the Attorney General’s Office in the form of a sole proprietorship business, partnership business or a limited company. The enterprise owned by youth, women or persons with disabilities shall be a legal entity that -

    1. is registered with the relevant government body; and

    2. has at least seventy per cent membership of youth, women or persons with disabilities and the leadership shall be one hundred per cent youth, women, and persons with disability, respectively.

  • Step 2 – If the business is a partnership, get a partnership deed from a lawyer, if it is a limited company a CR12 from the registrar of business names.

  • Step 3 – Acquire a PIN and tax compliance/ tax exemption certificate from the Kenya Revenue Authority website

  • Step 4 – Acquire all required certifications from professional bodies and authorities such as National Construction Authority, Insurance Regulatory Authority, ICPAK, LSK, National Council for Persons with Disability, NEMA, ERC, and all other authorized bodies.

  • Step 5 – Open a bank account for the business and acquire a bank reference from the bank.

  • Step 6 – Access the website www.agpo.go.ke and register online or visit your nearest Huduma Center for assistance

Eligibility Criteria

  1. Pursuant to section 156 of the Act, a person shall be qualified to benefit from preference and reservation scheme, if the person meets the requirements of section 55 of the Act.

  2. A person shall not be qualified to benefit from a preference and reservation scheme-

    1. as a contracting firm, unless that person is qualified as a local contractor or a citizen contractor; or

    2. as a microenterprise or an enterprise owned by a disadvantaged group unless the person is registered by the National Treasury as such upon application.

  3. All small, micro and medium enterprise groups or disadvantaged groups that have been registered by the National Treasury shall automatically be included in the list of registered suppliers of a procuring entity upon submission of the National Treasury Registration certificate

Regions where exclusive preference shall apply

  1. The regions preference and reservations schemes applied shall be:

    1. Counties

    2. Sub-counties

    3. Constituencies; and

    4. Wards.

  2. Local preference and reservations shall be applicable in the counties, sub-counties, constituencies, and wards, where citizen contractors are based and operate.

  3. Citizen contractors who are based and operate in the regions specified in sub-regulation (1) above, shall be given exclusive preference when participating in procurements using funds from the county government or any devolved Fund except where it is established that local capacity is not available.

 

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