Parliament, on Wednesday, April 19, invited bidders to provide select services for its 2023/2024 and 2024/2025 financial year, including charter plane and chopper services.
In a tender notice seen by Kenyans.co.ke, members of parliament are also set to enjoy the supply of wines and spirits, cigarettes and tobacco.
Open to all eligible bidders, the tender notice detailed that the supply of the products would be on a when-required basis during the financial year.
It also called for they supply and delivery of sports uniforms, footwear, clothing, linen, equipment and accessories.
“The National Assembly invites applications from interested and eligible bidders for the registration of suppliers for use on an ‘as and when required basis' in the financial Year 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 in the following listed categories,” the tender notice read in part.
Further, the notice called for vehicle transport, car hire and taxi services in various cities, including Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu, Eldoret, Nakuru and other towns.
“Provision of vehicle transport, Car Hire and Taxi Services. Please state your geographical locations preferably Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu, Eldoret, Nakuru, Nyeri, Kakamega, Lamu, Lodwar, Malindi,” the notice added.
Other services required by the members of parliament include technical professional services in graphic designs and illustrations covering key publications, books, magazines and programmes.
In addition, interested persons were called on to bid for the provision of Gifts, including assorted branded services and provision of three-star and above hotel accommodation services in major towns.
How to bid
Issuing a deadline of May 3, the notice instructed interested bidders to download the registration document from the commission website at www.parliament.go.ke or from the Public Procurement Information portal at www.tenders.go.ke.
“Bidders who download the registration document must arrange to register with National Assembly their contact details for the purposes of receiving any further tender clarifications and or addendum if need be,” added the notice.
The tender notice came on the backdrop of reports indicating that civil servants were yet to receive their March 2023, salaries and a rising cash crisis in the country.
Six ministries were yet to receive remuneration of employees by Wednesday, April 19.
