Seplat Energy Plc- Invitation To Tender For Procurement Of Line Pipes

DEADLIE: 29TH JUNE, 2022
SEPLAT ENERGY PLC
(ON BEHALF OF THE NPDC/SEPLAT JOINT VENTURE
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF LINE PIPES

(1.0) INTRODUCTION:
In line with NPDC/SEPLAT JV’s short and long-term business plans several flowlines and bulklines are required to be constructed within Seplat Western Asset (OML-4,38 and 41). In view of this, line pipes will be required to achieve the seamless construction and commissioning of these network of pipelines. Therefore, the proposed contract is for the Procurement of Seplat/NPDC JV Line Pipes, including inductive bends.

Qualified contractors shall need to demonstrate capability and capacity in dealing with the financial and technical requirements invoked in the procurement, coating and delivery of seamless line pipes used for the construction of pipelines and process piping systems in the oil and gas industry.

The proposed strategy will utilize the NipeX contracting platform to run the tendering process

(2.0) SERVICES REQUIRED/SCOPE OF WORK:
As a minimum requirement, the selected contractors shall have the necessary experience, capability and shall be fully responsible for the provision of service as detailed in the table below for use in the onshore and shallow waters operates.

SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS:
The selected vendors must have proven experience in the procurement and delivery of 3LPE coated, seamless Line pipe. The experience can be demonstrated by providing documents of successful delivery of similar procurement services in alliance with Line pipe manufacturing OEM’s that have milling and coating plants. The vendors must provide a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Line pipes Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM). The vendors must also demonstrate financial capability and capacity to execute the contract without depending on advance payment.

(3.0) MANDATORY TENDER REQUIREMENTS:
(1) To be eligible for this tender exercise, interested companies are required to be pre-qualified in the relevant NipeX Joint Qualification System (NJQS) database Product/Services categories indicated in 2.0 above. All successful pre-qualified contractors in this category will receive an invitation To Tender (ITT).

(2) To determine if you are pre-qualified and view the product/service category you are listed for: Open http://vendor.nipex-ng.com and access NJQS with your log in details. Click on the products/services Status tab to view your status product codes.

(3) If you are not listed in a products/services category and you are registered with Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) to do business, contact NipeX office at 8, Bayo Kuku Street, Ikoyi, Lagos with your DPR certificate as evidence for verification and necessary update.

(4) To initiate the NJQS pre-qualification process, access www.nipex-ng.com, click on services tab followed by NJQS registration.

(5) Any entity intending to bid as a joint venture/alliance must demonstrate a genuine alliance or joint venture with details on scope and responsibilities of parties for this-work, and payment arrangements. Such companies must show evidence of joint venture via a legally binding agreement duly signed by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of both companies. In the absence of a binding legal agreement relating directly to the activity, the company submitting the response on behalf of the alliance/joint venture must supply a power of attorney authorizing it to do so.

(6) To be eligible all tenders must comply with the Nigerian Content requirements in the NipeX system. In the section below:

OGTAN shall mean Oil and Gas Trainers Association of Nigeria and NCEC shall mean Nigerian Content Equipment Certificate.

(4.0) NIGERIAN CONTENT REQUIREMENT:
SEPLAT, as an indigenous exploration and production company in Nigeria is committed to the development of the capabilities of Nigerian companies in compliance with the provisions of the Nigerian Oil and Industry Content Development (NOGICD) Act 2010 for Nigerian Content Development, Tenders are to note that they will be requested in the technical tender to provide details of their relevant strategy to ensure that they fully comply with the Nigerian Oil & Gas Industry Content Act, 2010 as provided at http://www.ncdmb.gov.ng/images/GUIDELINES/NCACT.pdf in view of the fact that non-compliance will constitute a fatal flaw in all contract evaluations. In the light of the above tenderers shall be expected by the Nigerian Content Development Monitoring Board (NCDMB) to:

• Demonstrate that the entity proposed for execution of the service, is Nigerian Registered Company, or Nigerian Registered company, as the contracting entity in genuine alliance or joint venture with foreign company with details on scope and responsibilities of parties for this work. Such companies must show evidence of joint venture binding agreement duly signed by the CEO of both companies including evidence or plans of physical operational presence and set-up in Nigerian
• Furnish details of company ownership and shareholding structure. Also submit photocopies of its CAC Forms C02 and C07.
• Provide evidence of what percentage of its key management positions are held by Nigerians and what percentage of the total work force are Nigerians. Also show overall of work to be performed by Nigerian resources relative to total work volume.
• Provide Nigerian Content Plan with detailed description of the role, work scope, man-hours and responsibilities of all the Nigerian companies and personnel that will be involved in executing the work.
• State proposed total scope of work to be conducted by Nigerian personnel (whether contracted directly or under subcontract agreements) with names and addresses including evidence of well-equipped offices and workshop.
• Provide detailed plan for staff training and development of engineering, project management and procurement (including all software to be used, number of personnel, name of organization providing such training and evidence of past training record) for Nigerian personnel including description of any specific programs in place for transfer of technology and skills to indigenous businesses and Nigerians over the next five (5) years.
• Provide evidence of domiciliation of project management and procurement centres in Nigeria with Physical addresses (not P.O. Box)
• Provide detailed description of the location of in-country facilities (Equipment, storage, workshops, repair, maintenance, and testing facilities).
• Provide detailed statement with evidence of how it intends to maximize the use of Nigerian made goods and services.
• Provide detailed on any other Nigerian Content initiative the company is involved in.
• 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).
• Provide evidence of minimum 50% equity ownership of equipment by Nigerian subsidiary.
• Provide evidence of NCEC (Nigerian Content Equipment Certificate).
• Evidence of Registration on the NCDMB NOGIC JQS Portal.

Please note that failure to provide any of the above documentation (or requirements) will be a fatal flaw.

(5.0) CLOSING DATE:
Only tenderers who are registered with NJQS Product/Category: 2.01.01-Pipes and Tubes with a “LIVE” subscription status at 05:00pm on 29 of June, 2022 being the advert close date shall be invited to submit technical and commercial bids.

(6.0) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
(1) All costs incurred in preparing and processing NJQS prequalification and responding to this tender opportunity shall be to be bidder’s own account.

(2) This advertisement and subsequent ITT shall neither be construed as any form of commitment on the part of SEPLAT to award any contract to any tenderer and or associated contractors sub-contractors or agents, nor shall it entitle pre-qualified tenderers to make any claims whatsoever, and/or seek any indemnity from SEPLAT and/or any of its partner by virtue of such tenderers having been pre-qualified in NJQS.

(3) The tendering process shall be undertaken in accordance with the NNPC contracting process in compliance with Public Procurement Act 2007.

(4) SEPLAT will communicate only with authorized officers of the qualifying bidders at each stage of the tender process, as necessary and will NOT communicate through individual or appointed agents.

(5) This tender and any related process neither creates any commitment by SEPLAT nor establish any legal relationship.

(6) All information must be provided in English language.

(7) Notwithstanding the pre-qualification in NJQS, SEPLAT is neither committed nor obliged to include your company on any bid list or to award  any form of contract to your company and/or associated companies, sub-contractors, or agents.

(8) SEPLAT will not enter any form of communication with interested bidder(s) from the commencement date of this Advertisement.

(9) Submission of any fictitious document will attract suspension from participation in future bids.

(10) Only pre-qualified companies in the appropriate registered NipeX Categorization as at the last date of this Advertisement will be eligible and shall be invited for tendering.

(11) SEPLAT will not enter correspondence with any company or individual on why a company was short-listed or not short-listed.

(12) Only tenderers that score the minimum pass mark in the technical evaluation exercise shall progress to the commercial stage of the tender process. Evaluation of tenders and selection of successful bidders will be based on proven capability of a bidder to offer the service and submission of the best commercial responsive tender.

(13) Full tendering procedure will be provided only to contractors that have been successfully prequalified in NJQS.

(14) Contractors that are pre-qualified for this product/service category in NJQS must ensure that the name and contact details (physical address, email address and telephone number) of their company and authorized /responsible personnel is up to date in their company profile in the NIQS database.

(15) The tendering process shall be the NIPEX contracting process requiring pre-qualified companies to submit technical tenders first. Following a technical review which will focus on the disqualification criteria only technically and financially qualified contractors will be requested to submit commercial tenders

Please visit NipeX portal www.nipex-ng.com for this Advertisement and other information and note that this tender will be processed through NipeX system.

DISCLAIMER:
This Advertisement shall not be construed to be a commitment on the part of NPDC/SEPLAT to award any form of contract to any company and/or associated companies, sub-contractors, or agents; nor shall it entitle any company submitting documents to claim any indemnity from NPDC/SEPLAT and/or any of its partners by virtue of such companies having responded to this Advertisement.