Charles Kendall & Partners Limited, a member of the Charles Kendall Group of companies, was established in 1945. They provide supply chain and procurement advisory services to governments, donors, international agencies, NGOs and private sector clients worldwide.

With experience in over 100 countries, they help governments achieve the results on which their aid depends, while donors look to them to help ensure that their projects are delivered effectively. They manage globally significant projects, for example they currently manage funds of over USD$4 billion and have procured goods, works and services worth over USD$2 billion for the US Government’s Millennium Challenge Corporation. This is balanced by the human scale of their business: they are small enough to be flexible, innovative and work proactively to protect our client’s best interests.

Services

Supply Chain Services
 

• Procurement Agency: Programme design, identification and evaluation of requirements; preparation of tender specifications and tender documents; Worldwide sourcing of goods, works and services; Tender administration and evaluation; and Contract negotiation, award and management.
• Freight and Logistics: Expediting and coordination of deliveries; Inspection; Insurance; Freight forwarding and clearance; Logistics planning, warehousing, good storage and handling; and Inventory management, classification and coding.
• Fiscal Agency: Management of special fund accounts; and Payment accounting and auditing.

Procurement Advisory Services
 

• Procurement Strategy Development: Advising public procurement authorities, government ministries, and donor organisations on strategic approaches to public procurement.
• Procurement Reform: Assisting partner governments and donor organisations with procurement reform, including reform of legal and institutional frameworks; and Procurement system, structure and process assessment and redesign.
• Capacity Building and Training: Assisting clients to assess and enhance human capacity and sustainably professionalise the procurement function.
• Monitoring and Auditing: Conducting independent procurement reviews to verify if procurement activities are undertaken in compliance with national and/or donor procedures, laws, rules and regulations.
• Public Private Partnerships (PPP): Providing transactional, institutional, and capacity development advisory services for governments and bilateral and multilateral donors exploring PPP feasibility and implementation.