Prequalification of General Building Contractors for the Proposed Feminist Republik Healing Farm in Muselele, Kitui County

TENDER NO: UAFA/FRHF/002
Urgent Action Fund – Africa (UAF-Africa) (hereinafter referred to as “Procuring Entity”) is a feminist, Pan-African, rapid response fund committed to transforming power relations through resourcing African feminists and women human rights defenders and their formations as an act of solidarity.

The organisation works to support African Women Human Rights Defenders (AWHRDs), particularly in the feminist and women’s movements, in their actions which enable them to support and sustain themselves, each other and their work before, during and after urgent situations. The work of the organisation focuses on the African continent at both regional, subregional, national, and local but at the same time, does not ignore the opportunities for transnational collective activism and solidarity.

UAF-Africa is part of the ecosystem of feminist and women’s movements in Africa and globally. It is bold and courageous, proactive, responsive, creative, rigorous, curious, alert, agile, imaginative, grounded, consistent, and reliable in character. As a rapid response fund, it is ready, alert, and agile to respond to and prioritise the urgent needs of women in various movements.

More information about the organisation can be obtained from the following website, www.uafafrica.org. UAF-Africa is developing a multipurpose retreat, restoration and meeting centre that will be a training and restorative centre for African feminists and WHRDs. The centre will give women a haven to rest, learn, network, build relationships and engage with the community in the area. The centre should reflect the strength, diversity, compassion and vision of the African Woman.

It will thus be a regenerative space needed by WHRDs across the continent who sorely need the freedom to rest, rejuvenate, reflect on their work and connect. We envisage the space offering activists time to communicate with their intellectual selves-recollecting memories, reflecting on the next steps while contributing to the African Feminist Memory Political Project through documenting feminist struggles, strategies and dreams – African Feminist Power!
The space is envisaged to have a full-fledged feminist-oriented library (virtual and physical), sports facilities, alternative medicine healing facilities, some herbal and vegetable garden, and a fruit orchard, both physically, spiritually, emotionally, psychologically and environmentally edifying aspects of life.

The Feminist Republik Healing Farm project will be comprised of the following:

(a) Construction of a conference center comprising of the following spaces.
(i) A 200-seater main conference hall and various halls and meeting rooms for conference functions are interlinked but separate complete with the associated service area.

(ii) A full-fledged feminist-oriented library and a museum covering the evolution of the Feminist Republik and the Healing Farm.
(iii) A state-of-the-art wellness center designed to create a holistic atmosphere for relaxation and healing. The wellness center should be able to personify the character of the Healing Farm. The wellness center will comprise the fitness center, barber and beauty salon, boutique and cosmetics shop, business center (cybercafé, secretarial services, and photocopy/printing services), gifts, souvenirs, artefacts, and beads, etc. carvings shop.
(iv) The fitness center should have a workout space full of natural light; a gymnasium and aerobics room; a massage room; a Jacuzzi, steam bath, sauna, a spa; and men’s and women’s locker rooms.
(v) A prayer room capable of accommodating thirty persons.
(vi) Indoor games and sports arena.
(vii) A healthcare facility/alternative medicine healing facility.
(viii) Reading and meditation areas.
(ix) Break out areas/open terraces.
(x) Wastewater management systems (WWMS).

(b) Construction of two modern restaurants complete with a back of house sufficient to serve the conference facility and the accommodation spaces. The restaurants will have a modern, fully equipped and fitted kitchen with delivery, storage (both dry and cold), food preparation, cooking, serving, dish return and cleaning areas. The kitchen design
should be optimized to ensure energy efficiency.

(c) A service area comprising the laundry area and yard, transformer and switch room will be constructed to complement the restaurant and accommodation functions.

(d) Construction of a modern design outdoor all-weather swimming pool complete with a serving area and a bar set out around the pool, giving AWHRDs the luxury to enjoy a drink and a meal while seated in the pool or around it.

(e) Creation of a sports field that can accommodate football, basketball, volleyball, badminton, and tennis and includes spaces and areas for various meetings and classes. Recreation facilities such as an outdoor gym, jogging tracks, and benches should also be considered.

(f) The Healing Farm will have 100 roomed accommodations in the following typologies: 70 no. standard rooms; 20 no. paraplegic rooms, and 10 no. executive rooms. It will also have staff accommodation facilities.

(g) Camping facilities will be used around the recreation area to increase the accommodation capacity of the centre. This will require changing and washroom facilities strategically placed around the recreation area to support those camping.

Prequalification is open to building contractors registered with National Construction Authority as Category NCA 1 for Building and Civil Works (Roads).

1. Eligible applicants may obtain the prequalification document from the UAF-Africa’s website – a link was provided in the newspaper advert. Applicants who download the tender documents from the website MUST forward their particulars immediately to healingfarm@uaf-africa.org for records.
2. A minimum requirement for qualification is to have successfully carried out similar works in the last five (5) years.
3. Applications for prequalification shall be submitted in both hard and soft copy. The soft copy shall be submitted on a Flash disk in PDF format. The hard copy shall be submitted enclosed in plain sealed envelopes marked with the tender name and tender number and deposited in the tender box at the UAF-Africa Offices, located on
the 2nd Floor, Riara Corporate Suites, Riara Road, Nairobi and addressed to:

The Feminist Republik Healing Farm Project Manager,
Urgent Action Fund – Africa
P.O. Box 53841-00200, Nairobi

To be received on or before Thursday, 19 May 2022, at 11.00 am East Africa Time.

4. All applicants whose applications will have been received before the closing date and time will be advised in due course of the results of their applications. Only applicants prequalified under this prequalification process will be invited to tender.

Download full terms of reference at https://www.uaf-africa.org/work-with-us/