{"id":83736,"date":"2025-08-21T01:02:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T01:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/83736\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T01:02:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T01:02:06","slug":"ict-authority-invites-bids-for-rural-internet-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/83736\/","title":{"rendered":"ICT Authority Invites Bids for Rural Internet Expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/techweez.com\/tag\/ict-authority\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Information and Communications Technology Authority<\/a> (ICTA) has officially called for bids from industry players for the provision of broadband internet capacity to the government sites in rural areas across the country.<\/p>\n<p>The invitation, part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.icta.go.ke\/sites\/default\/files\/2023-02\/P170941%20KDEAP_ESCP%20Feb%2023%202023%20Final.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kenya Digital Economy Acceleration Project<\/a>, focuses on improving internet access in remote areas of the country.<\/p>\n<p>According to the bid notice, ICTA will accept both single and multiple bids. However, the framework agreement does not guarantee contracts, since the selection process will be handled separately.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"gofollow\" data-track=\"NDEsMCw2MA==\" href=\" https:\/\/wiocc.net\/kenya-network\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"336\" height=\"280\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WIOCC-Africa-Digital-Backbone.gif\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The procurement process will create agreements for non-consulting services, allowing the government to award contracts for broadband services over three years, with the option to extend for two more.<\/p>\n<p>ICTA will be the only contracting body for these agreements.<\/p>\n<p>ICTA stated that the bidding will follow World Bank procurement rules and use an international competitive process with a two-envelope system: one for technical proposals and another for financial proposals.<\/p>\n<p>Bidders may submit offers for one or more items. The evaluation will place 80% weight on technical and other non-price factors, and 20% on cost.<\/p>\n<p>Tender documents can be downloaded for free from the ICTA and Public Procurement websites. Completed bids must be submitted to ICTA by 10:00 AM (EAT) on 1 October 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Technical bids will be opened the same day at Teleposta Towers, Nairobi, while financial bids will stay sealed until the second opening.<\/p>\n<p>ICTA stressed that this project is vital for closing Kenya\u2019s digital gap by bringing <a href=\"https:\/\/techweez.com\/tag\/internet\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">internet<\/a> access to rural government institutions, helping drive inclusive growth and digital transformation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Information and Communications Technology Authority (ICTA) has officially called for bids from industry players for the provision&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":83737,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[64,63,63070,237,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-83736","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-internet","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-ict-authority","11":"tag-internet","12":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83736\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}