Browsing: Kenya Power electronic procurement system

• The procurement tribunal has annulled a Shs 8.7 billion (US$70.4 Million)fuel supply contract secured by French oil marketer Rubis Energy
• Rubis, the winner, was expected to supply and deliver 2,216,000 litres or more of low-sulfur diesel to the northern Kenyan stations each month
• Kenya Power electronic procurement system closed out Galana Oil Kenya Ltd Minutes before the tender document submission deadline closed out

Following a 17-minute system failure by Kenya Power that excluded one of the bidders from the lucrative offer, a procurement tribunal has annulled a Shs 8.7 billion (US$70.4 Million) fuel supply contract secured by French oil marketer Rubis Energy.

Under the terms of the agreement, Rubis Energy Kenya Plc would have provided 30 off-grid power units in northern Kenya with at least 53 million litres of diesel over two years.

Kenya Power has also been ordered to re-advertise the tender and start a new procurement process by …