THE SHELL PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT COMPANY OF NIGERIA LIMITED
OPERATOR OF THE NNPC/SPDC/TEPNG/AGIP JOINT VENTURE
TENDER OPPORTUNITY: PROVISION OF FIBER BANDWIDTH SERVICES
NIPEX TENDER NO: 1000004736
DEADLINE: 3OTH OCTOBER, 2020
1. INTRODUCTION
The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) in its role as Operator of the NNPC/SHELL/TEPN/AGIP Joint Venture hereby announces to interested and prequalified companies an upcoming tendering opportunity for Provision of Fiber Bandwidth Services.
SPDC require telecommunication links to communicate with the rest of Shell Group and have access to the Internet. These connections will be through the use of local and international leased fibre circuits providing suitable sizes of bandwidth.
SPDC hereby invites reputable and competent Nigerian Companies and alliances with ownership of fibre optic infrastructure to provide local leased circuits and international lease circuits to apply to be considered for inclusion in the bidders list for subject tender.
The tender will run in three (3) packages viz:
i. Provision of International Bandwidth Services
ii. Provision of National Bandwidth Services
iii. Provision of Metro Bandwidth Services
The proposed contracts will provisionally commence in Q2 2021 and remain active for 4 years’ duration, followed by 1-year extension option.
2. SCOPE OF WORK
The scope of work for the services shall include but not limited to
(i) Provision of different bandwidth capacities via International fibre circuits between Lagos and Europe.
(ii) Provision of different bandwidth capacities via local fibre circuit for Internet breakout
(iii) Provision of different bandwidth capacities via national fibre circuit between different Shell locations
(iv) Provision of different bandwidth capacities via metro (intra-state) fibre circuit in Lagos, Port Harcourt and Abuja
(v) 24/7 support for the services
3. MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS
(1) To be eligible for this tender exercise, interested contractors are required to be pre-qualified as essential service vendors in the 3.11.09 Telecommunication Systems, Integration Installation/Support Services category in NipeX Joint Qualification System (NJQS) data base. Only successfully pre-qualified suppliers in this category will receive Invitation to Technical Tender (ITT).
(2) To determine if you are pre-qualified and view product/service category you are listed for, open http://vendors.nipex-ng.com and access NJQS with your login details, click on continue Joint Qualification Scheme tool, click check my supplier status and then click supplier product group.
(3) If you are not listed in a product/service category you are registered with DPR to do business, contact NipeX office at 8, Bayo Kuku Road, Ikoyi, Lagos with your DPR certificate as evidence for necessary update.
(4) To initiate the NJQS prequalification process, access www.nipex-ng.com to download the application form, make necessary payments and contact NipeX office for further action.
(5) To be eligible, all tenders must comply with the Nigerian Content Requirements in the NipeX system.
4. NIGERIAN CONTENT REQUIREMENTS
Vendors are to demonstrate strict compliance with the provisions of Nigerian Oil & Gas Industry Content Development Act and also provide the following requirements:
(I) Tenderer shall provide evidence of company Ownership Structure form C02 and C07, registration on NOGIC JQS and DPR certificate.
(II) Detailed description of the location of in-country committed facilities & infrastructure (Administrative/Technical offices) in Nigeria to support this contract
(III) In line with the NCD Human Capacity Development Initiative, Bidder shall commit to providing Project-Specific training, man-hour, budget, skill development and understudy plan for Nigerian personnel utilizing OGTAN registered trainer(s) or other approved NCDMB training institution(s).
(IV) Submit Tenderer’s corporate organizational and project/contract specific organogram.CV’s of all personnel listed in the project organogram should be submitted. For any position to be occupied by expatriate, tenderer shall provide evidence to obtain expatriate quota approval granted by NCDMB before any expatriate is deployed to execute this work scope”. Complete the Personnel manning below.
(V) Provide evidence of at least 50% Nigerian ownership of any Equipment may be deployed.
(VI) Tenderer shall provide evidence of Nigerian Communications Commission’s (NCC) permit/license
(VII) Contractor to provide evidence of maximization of made in Nigeria goods and services
5. CLOSING DATE
Only Tenderers who are registered in the 3.11.09 – Telecommunication Systems, Integration Installation/Support Services NJQS product/category as at October 30th, 2020 being the advert close date shall be invited to submit Technical bids.
6. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
(i) All costs incurred in preparing and processing NJQS prequalification shall be to the contractor’s accounts.
(ii) This advertisement shall neither be construed as any form of commitment on the part of SPDC to award any contract to any company and or associated companies, sub-contractors or agents, nor shall it entitle prequalified companies to make any claims whatsoever, and/or seek any indemnity from SPDC and or any of its partners by virtue of such companies having been prequalified in NJQS.
(iii) SPDC will communicate only with authorized officers of the pre-qualifying companies and NOT through individuals or Agents.
NCDMB CERTIFICATION NUMBER: ES/NCDMB/SPDC/ADV/210820/PROVISION OF FIBER BANDWIDTH SERVICES – CW414016
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