How to Successfully Apply for KEMSA Tenders Online

The procedure you need to follow, while applying for a KEMSA tender online is quite simple and straightforward.

The first step is to go to the KEMSA website. That website can be reached at kemsa.co.ke. So you enter that address into the right part of your browser (either into the search engine or into the address bar near the top) in order to access it.

The second step [when, you get to the KEMSA website at kemsa.co.ke], is to check at the top and you will see a menu with things like ‘Home’, ‘About Us’, ‘Core Business’, ‘Info Hub’, ‘E-Services’, ‘Press Room’ and ‘Contacts’. From that menu, you run your mouse over ‘Core Business’, where further drop-down options like ‘Procurement’, ‘Warehousing’, ‘Distribution’, ‘Supply Chain Services’ and ‘Sales and Marketing’ will appear. From those, you run your mouse over ‘Procurement’, then from the further options that appear when you do so, you click on the ‘Tender Notices’ link.

On the page that you are taken to (once you click on the ‘Tender Notices’ link), you will need to browse through the various open KEMSA tenders, until you find the one that you set out in search of/or until you find one that is attractive to you. Or until you find a KEMSA tender that you feel qualified for. Then click on the link for it under the ‘Tender Document, Addendum and Clarifications’ section. Follow the instructions within the tender document, to complete the KEMSA tender application online.

The most important thing is for you to ensure that the KEMSA tender you bid for is one that you are actually qualified to deliver on. For most of these tenders, you will be subjected to financial and technical capacity evaluation, and if you fall short, you won’t win the tender. Your credibility could also be hurt in the process. So it is important for you to assess your company carefully, and ensure that the KEMSA tender you are bidding for is one that you are well qualified for.

It helps if you can network with other folks who work as KEMSA suppliers (if you can get them to accept meeting with you), perhaps also with KEMSA procurement people, for you to understand how the KEMSA procurement system actually works. You can also get to learn from those people what you really need to do, to increase your chances of winning the KEMSA tenders. But it is important for you to ensure that you are networking/dealing with straightforward people, less you get scammed in the name of being helped with Kemsa tender winning issues.

After bidding for the KEMSA tender, you will need to wait for the tender evaluation, which is where you will get to know whether or not you actually won the KEMSA tender you applied for. If you didn’t win, you can try to understand why – so that you can do better the next time. If you won, you need to hit the ground running and supply whatever you bade for in a timely manner: knowing just how sensitive and important the supplies that KEMSA orders for are, to Kenyans' wellbeing.