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Every contract ECAHLI awards is evaluated openly, against published criteria, by a governance framework anyone can inspect. And every contractor who builds with us helps train the next generation — because the same projects that raise buildings also raise careers.
The ECAHLI Procurement Centre exists to make one thing true: any qualified contractor, anywhere, can compete for ECAHLI work on equal terms — and know exactly how the decision was made.
Governing principles: transparency in every stage, fairness to every bidder regardless of size or origin, best value over lowest price, and sustainability built into the scoring — not bolted on afterward.
Procurement decisions are made by a dedicated evaluation panel independent of the project team requesting the work, with documented scoring retained for audit. No single individual can award a contract alone.
Work is broken into defined categories so specialist contractors and local SMEs can compete for what they're genuinely best placed to deliver — not forced to bid on an entire project to win any of it.
Site preparation, foundations, structural builds, roads, and drainage infrastructure.
Mechanical, electrical, plumbing, water, and waste infrastructure across all zones.
Hotel, residential, and community-facility interiors, furnishing, and finishing.
Solar microgrids, biogas digesters, battery storage, and grid integration.
Greenhouse construction, irrigation, land preparation, and regenerative landscaping.
Community IoT platforms, connectivity infrastructure, and monitoring systems.
Design, engineering, legal, financial, and environmental consulting services.
Packages reserved specifically for qualifying local and emerging enterprises.
A modest, refundable bid participation fee ensures evaluation resources go to genuine bidders — scaled to contract size, never a barrier to a capable local firm.
Fully refundable to all bidders who submit a compliant, complete bid — whether or not they are awarded the contract.
Refundable on compliant submission. Covers technical and financial evaluation administration for mid-size packages.
Refundable on compliant submission. Applies to flagship-scale civil, MEP, and energy infrastructure packages.
Local SME Set-Aside packages carry no bid fee. This is a deliberate policy choice — the fee exists to filter seriousness among larger bidders, not to add friction for the local enterprises this program is designed to include.
Bonding requirements exist so that every awarded contract actually gets delivered — protecting the timeline every other contractor and every future resident depends on.
Required with every bid over USD 250,000. Confirms the bidder's commitment to honor pricing and terms if awarded.
Replaces the bid bond upon signing. Held for the duration of works plus the defects liability period.
Every bid is scored against the same six weighted criteria, by the same independent panel, using the same published rubric — regardless of who submitted it.
Every package follows the same predictable sequence — no bidder waits indefinitely for a decision.
Package published. Prospective bidders register and confirm eligibility.
Full technical and commercial documents issued to shortlisted bidders.
Sealed technical and financial submissions, with a mandatory clarification window.
Independent panel scores every bid against the published rubric.
Successful bidder notified; performance bond and contract executed.
Site access, safety induction, and works commence on the agreed programme.
Local content isn't a scored bonus — it's a baseline condition of doing business with ECAHLI.
Contractors commit to a minimum proportion of local hires across skilled and unskilled roles per package.
Major packages require demonstrable engagement of local sub-contractors and suppliers wherever capacity exists.
Contractors on packages above USD 1M must include a documented skills-transfer plan for local workers.
Qualifying contractors host ECAHLI apprentices on-site as a condition of award — see the training program below.
Every contractor working on ECAHLI ground signs up to the same environmental, social, and governance standards we hold ourselves to.
Waste management, water use, and emissions practices aligned with ECAHLI's zero-waste and circular-economy standards.
Fair wages, safe working conditions, and zero tolerance for forced or child labor — governed by the same ECAHLI Community Handbook that protects every resident.
Bidders and staff sign a binding anti-bribery declaration; violations result in immediate disqualification and debarment.
Contractors on flagship sites participate in community liaison and grievance-response processes throughout the works.
Every person on an ECAHLI site is protected by the ECAHLI Community Handbook — our binding charter covering human and worker rights, equality, and a dignified working and living environment. It applies without exception to residents and employees alike, and every contractor is contractually bound to uphold it on our sites.
Procurement isn't just how ECAHLI gets buildings built — it's how we get people trained into the industries of the future. Every major contractor on our sites hosts apprentices as part of doing business with us, because the most valuable thing a construction site can produce isn't concrete. It's capability.
For a young person in Kisumu, Kwale, or Kilifi, an ECAHLI apprenticeship isn't a summer job — it's a real door into a specialised, future-facing career, built on-site, alongside working professionals, on live flagship developments. This is where people who never had the chance to dream big are given the training, the mentorship, and the actual hands-on hours to go after the future they want.
Solar microgrid installation, battery systems, and biogas plant operations — skills every green economy will need for decades.
Hands-on training on the same large-format printing systems used across every ECAHLI flagship build.
Closed-loop water treatment, greywater recycling, and waste-to-value systems design and operation.
Greenhouse management, aquaculture, and precision farming across working agricultural zones.
Installing and maintaining the sensor networks and dashboards that run every ECAHLI node.
Real operational training across hotel, wellness, and resort facilities as they come online.
Apprenticeships run alongside live contractor work — not in a classroom disconnected from the job. Every apprentice is paid, mentored by working tradespeople and engineers, and assessed against nationally recognised competency standards.
Completion doesn't just mean a certificate. It means a documented track record on real ECAHLI infrastructure — the kind of experience that opens doors across the whole industry, not just with us.
Whether you're a contractor ready to compete for open work, or a young professional ready to train into a career that didn't exist ten years ago — this is where it starts.