DEADLINE: 8TH JULY, 2022
CHEVRON NIGERIA LIMITED (CNL)
R. C. 6135
OPERATOR OF THE NNPC/CHEVRON JOINT VENTURE
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR THE PROVISION OF CATERPILLAR EQUIPMENT AND ENGINE MAINTENANCE SERVICES TO SUPPORT CNL’S OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES AT ESCRAVOS, EGTL, OFFSHORE, ONSHORE AND SWAMP LOCATIONS
NIPEX TENDER NO.: CNL.00000218
(1) INTRODUCTION
Chevron Nigeria Limited, Operator of NNPC/CNL Joint Venture, invites interested and prequalified indigenous companies for this tender opportunity for the Provision of Caterpillar Equipment and Engine maintenance Services which shall be in all Company’s locations. This includes Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) Operational bases or at other locations as required to support CNL’s oil and gas production activities including Projects, Shutdowns and Turnarounds.
The contract is proposed to span a period of two (2) years with a possible optional term of one (1) year duration.
(2) SCOPE OF WORK
The scope of work for the services includes the provision of a high standard of Caterpillar Equipment and Engine Overhaul Testing and Maintenance services. These services include but are not limited to the following:
- Engine overhaul and exchange of Caterpillar full oil and gas product line
- Testing/ Overhaul Facility
- Equipment upgrading, servicing and repairs
- Small component overhaul
- Scheduled and unscheduled maintenance
- Periodic routine inspection and performance testing
- Diagnostics, troubleshooting and /or emergency inspection
- Corrective maintenance
- Engineering Assistance on Gas and Diesel Caterpillar Packages
- Field Service Support
- OEM Certified Training to Company personnel
Contractor’s activity shall enormously contribute to Oil and Gas Production in the form of reliability and availability of the equipment within scope of services. To ensure that Contractor fulfils COMPANY requirement under the contract. Contractor may be required at short notice any time to make provision for an overhauled engine and execute unscheduled maintenance in order to restore the equipment to running condition. This may involve Emergency Response Telephone Assistance from the OEM’s central engineering support staff.
The Contractor will be required to establish and develop for approval by COMPANY a “Three (3) Years Maintenance and Caterpillar Engine Exchange Program” including a work Schedule for the routine inspection and maintenance of the Gas and Diesel Caterpillar Packages and their ancillaries. The Plan will take account of the need for Contractor to review and improve equipment performance and produce monthly reports as well as advise on changes to procedures/ OEM service bulletins that may be recommended for the optimization of equipment performance.
Proposed services will be for maintenance and engine exchanges for Gas and Diesel Caterpillar packages supporting Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) oil and gas production facilities in offshore, land and swamp locations including operational and logistics base e.g. Lagos, Port Harcourt, Warri and other locations.
(3) MANDATORY TENDER REQUIREMENTS:
(A) To be eligible for this tender exercise, interested bidders are required to be pre-qualified and “live” in the 3.05.11 (Rotating Equipment Maintenance Services), 1.05.04 (Diesel, Gas and Dual Fuel Engines) and 1.09.01 (Generators, Power sources, units & Accessories) in NipeX Joint Qualification System (NJQS) database. All successfully pre-qualified bidders in this category by the bid close date will receive Invitation to submit Technical and Commercial Tender (ITT).
(B) To confirm if you are pre-qualified and view the product/service category you are listed for: Open www.vendors.nipex-ng.com and access NJQS with your log in details, click on continue Joint Qualification Scheme tool, click check my supplier status and then click supplier product group.
(C) If you are not listed in the product service category you are registered with NUPRC to do business, contact NipeX office at 8-10, Bayo Kuku Road, Ikoyi Lagos with your NUPRC certificate (formerly called DPR Certificate) as evidence for verification and necessary update.
(D) To initiate and complete the JQS prequalification process, access www.nipex- ng.com to download the application form, make necessary payments and contact NipeX office for further action.
(E) To be eligible, all tenders must comply with Nigeria n Content requirements in the NipeX system.
(4) NIGERIAN CONTENT REQUIREMENTS
Chevron Nigeria Limited is committed to the development of the Nigerian Oil and Gas business in observance with the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development Act 2010 (NOGICD Act) enacted by the Federal Government of Nigeria in April 2010.
Pursuant to enactment of the NOGICD Act, the minimum Nigerian Content in any project, service or product specification to be executed in the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry shall be consistent with the level set in the schedule of the Act and any other target as may be directed by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB).
Contractors shall comply with the provisions of the NOGICD Act and all applicable regulations. Bidders that do not meet the Nigerian Content criterion will not be allowed to participate in next Tender Stage
The following are the Nigerian Content requirements bidders are expected to comply with in their technical bid submission.
- Provide evidence of company Ownership Structure form C02 and C07, registration on NOGIC JQS and NUPRC certificate.
- Detailed description of the location of in-country committed facilities & Infrastructure (technical office/administrative office, repair & maintenance) in Nigeria to support this contract.
- Tenderer shall comply with the latest approved version of NCDMB HCD guideline by committing (via a letter of undertaking) 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).
- Provide evidence Category C NIGERIAN CONTENT EQUIPMENT CERTIFICATE (NCEC) and or Category 1-5 Procurement and Supplies (PS) NCEC. Demonstrating at least 50% Nigerian ownership of maintenance toots and equipment.
- Provide evidence of MOA with the OEM as the local OEM representatives.
- Provide evidence of what percentage of Management Positions are Nigerian personnel and what percentage of Nigerian personnel that shall execute the work scope
(5) CLOSE DATE
Only tenderers who are pre-qualified and ‘live’ with NJQS Product/Category 3.05.11 (Rotating Equipment Maintenance Services), 1.05.04 (Diesel, Gas and Dual Fuel Engines) and 1.09.01 (Generators, Power sources, Units & Accessories) by 16:00 Hours, 8 July 2022 being the advert close date shall be invited to submit technical and commercial bid.
Additional Information:
(1) Suppliers eligible for this tender opportunity are expected to be prequalified in NJQS under this product/service category.
(2) The Invitation to Tender (ITT) and any further progression of this tender shall be via NipeX.
(3) All costs incurred in preparing and processing NJQS prequalification shall be to the contractor’s accounts.
(4) This advertisement shall neither be construed as any form of commitment on the part of Chevron Nigeria Limited 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 Chevron Nigeria Limited and or any of its partners by virtue of such companies having been prequalified in NJQS.
(5) The tendering process shall be the NNPC contracting process requiring pre-qualified companies to submit technical tenders first, Following a technical review, only technically and financially qualified contractors will be requested to submit commercial tenders.
(6) Chevron Nigeria Limited will communicate only with authorized officers of the pre-qualifying companies and NOT through individuals or Agents.
NCDMB/PCAD/UPD/CNL-ADV-0622/30487
