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EXPRESSION
OF INTEREST (EOI): CONSULTANCY FOR JOB EVALUATION FOR JOBS IN PUBLIC SERVICE
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TENDER NO. SRC/EOI/PJE/01/2014-2015
Background
1.
The Salaries and Remuneration Commission is
established under Chapter 12, Article 230 (1) of the Constitution of Kenya,
2010. Article 230 (4) provides for the mandate of the constitution as to:-
a)
set and regularly review the remuneration and
benefits of all the State officers; and
b)
advise the national and county governments on
the remuneration and benefits of all other public officers.
The Commission is required by the
Constitution to ensure; that the total public compensation bill; is fiscally
sustainable, can attract and retain requisite skills to execute their
functions, recognize productivity and performance, transparency and fairness in
the setting and advising of remuneration and benefits structure.
In order for the Commission to
realize its mandate within these constitutional principles there is need to
undertake job evaluation which will cover all public offices (excluding state
offices as per Article 260 of the Constitution) in the national and county
governments whose total number of employees stand about six hundred and eighty
thousand (680,000) with approximately five hundred (500) job families. The
objective is to provide the Salaries and Remuneration
Commission with information, for
purposes of determination of the relative worth of jobs to inform decision
making while advising remuneration and benefits for public officers.
The Salaries and Remuneration
Commission invites bids from reputable firm(s) or consortium who have
competence, experience and capacity in conducting job evaluation and who will
not bid for the consultancy for project management of this assignment.
2.
Scope of Work
The job evaluation will cover all
jobs in public offices both at the national and county governments including
other public institutions within the Public Service. In view of the complexity,
size and diversity of public service institutions the Commission has clustered
the organizations into seven(7) broad clusters/sectors.
3.
Objectives of the Job Evaluation
The objectives of the Job
Evaluation exercise are to:-
a)
Determine comparable and relative worth of the
jobs indicated under the scope of work;
b)
Provide criteria for classifying the jobs;
c)
Produce a rationalized, harmonized, and equitable
job-grading structure; and
d)
Produce a salary survey and recommend a salary
structure to the jobs evaluated
4.
Methodology
The exercise will be conducted
through a sectorial approach and each qualifying consulting firm or consortium
will be required to carry out the assignment in not more than two (2) sectors. The
job evaluation will use job evaluation compensable factors that will be
proposed by the Commission.
5.
Project Management
The Commission will engage the
services of a project management firm/consultant who will work closely with a
central management and coordination Team from the Commission to undertake the
job evaluation.
6.
Terms of Reference, Requirements of
Eligible consultants/consortiums and deliverables
Eligible bidders will only be
awarded a maximum of two sectors from the seven sectors. Bidders who bid for
both the Consultancy for Job Evaluation and the Project Management will be
automatically disqualified. The Project Management firm/Consultant will also
not be an employee of any of the firms/consortium who will be awarded the job
evaluation assignment.
7.
Shortlisting
A shortlist of qualified firms
will be compiled based on their responsiveness to the requirements as listed
under part 6.0 above and only responsive firms will be invited for submission
of Request of Proposal (RFP) in according to the Public Procurement and
Disposal Act, 2005.
8.
Duration
The duration of the exercise will
be six months with the assignment running concurrently in all the sectors.
10.
Submission
Complete Expression of Interest
documents shall be enclosed in plain sealed envelopes and marked “ORIGINAL” and
“COPY” and marked “Expression of Interest: Consultancy for Job Evaluation
for Jobs in Public Service; “TENDER NO. SRC/EOI/PJE/01/2014-2015” and deposited
in the Tender Box situated at Salaries and Remuneration Commission, 6th Floor Williamson
House, 4th Ngong Avenue, Nairobi or sent by post to:
Commission
Secretary
Salaries and
Remuneration Commission
Williamson House,
4th Ngong Avenue, 6th Floor
P. O. Box 43126 –
00100
Nairobi, Kenya
so as to reach not later than Thursday, 4th September,
2014 at 11.00 am. EOI’s submitted later than the indicated closing date and
time shall automatically be disqualified. Bidders and their representatives may
attend and witness the opening of the EOI’s to be held at the SRC Board Room
located on the 6th Floor, Williamson House immediately thereafter.
The Commission reserves the right to accept or reject any
or all applications without obligation to assign any reason for the decision.
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