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Engagement of the transport partner and/or service isation’s capacities to undertake service provision.
provider for the championship
e fi rms visited and assessed included: -
e Local Organizing Committee (LOC) set out from
the beginning to partner with a transport partner 1. National Youth Service -- minutes available
who would bring forth the necessary experience 2. Coast Bus Services Ltd - report on the same - one
and become a brand carrier for the IAAF WU18 pager
Championships, Nairobi 2017. 3. Easy Coach Limited report on the meeting (one
pager)
Under the term of engagement of the IAAF, a trans- 4. Pewin Cabs Limited - Minutes available
port partner would not only participate by contrib- 5. Apollo Tours Limited - Minutes available
KYEB
uting in kind but also gain commercially through
procurement/sales of part of the vehicles, that will
It was generally found that no single firm owned
be used by LOC.
a fl eet that could undertake the service provision.
ey indicated that they would have to get into third
In the event that LOC did not find a partner with
party contracts so as to lock in the vehicles and also
capacity and experience to undertake the assign-
negotiate with the owners to hire additional drivers
ment, the fi rst call of service would ideally have been
to satisfy the requirement of having extra drivers due
the Government agencies that would contribute
to the long hours of operations. Security clearance
transport vehicles to the championship.
was also a requirement to be satisfi ed by the vendors
Government policy requires that the National Youth
before they are engaged.
Service (NYS) be engaged in areas where they can
off er services because of the comparative advantage
M/s Easy Coach Limited were not willing to engage
they have.
but allowed the team to view the buses but not take
photographs. The Directorate did not pursue the
The team visited the NYS to assess the passenger
fi rm further.
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buses and various transport vehicles and equipment.
e Directorate also invited the CEO for a site and
M/s Pewin Cabs Limited delivered 4 categories of
viewing visit. e CEO did visit and inspected the
vehicles on 5th July 2017 and the same were inspected
Crane, Low bed truck (Low Loader) and semi-trailer. together with the CEO and the position was as fol-
EDITORIAL BOARD
He also inspected the high capacity, Mini-buses and lows:-
a luxury 12 seater buses. e former was for purposes
of being able to facilitate transport of heavy cargo a) Saloon cars bearing the Pewin Cabs Logo
being imported. b) A Toyota Prado for the SUV category
c) A mini van
The CEO advised the Directorate to explore other d) A mini bus
options as the condition of the NYS buses was not e) A Medium capacity bus bearing Holiday Cars
suitable for the event. In his opinion, the institution names.
did not demonstrate ability to handle the anticipated
heavy cargo in a short period of time as the heavy e photographs of vehicles availed for inspection
transport vehicles were too few. are attached in the appendices.
e Directorate was also to seek his approval of the M/s Pewin Cabs were requested to avail a high ca-
type of vehicles and the service provider proposed for pacity bus for inspection. ey promised to avail on
transport passenger services for the championships. the same day but the promise was not fulfi lled citing
Based on the above advice, the Directorate visited its engagement in executing an existing contract.
prospective fi rms to assess their fl eets and organ- e CEO approved on 3rd July 2017 (approval memo

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