DEADLINE: 14TH APRIL, 2023
SHELL NIGERIA EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION COMPANY LIMITED
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR THE PROVISION OF WELLHEADS EQUIPMENT & ASSOCIATED SERVICES
TENDER REF: CW652245
NIPEX REF: SNEPCO. 00000236
(1.0) INTRODUCTION
Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCO), operator of Oil Mining Lease 118 (OML 118) on behalf of itself and other Co-Ventures consisting of Nigerian Agip Oil Company Limited, Total Energies Nigeria and Esso Exploration and Production Nigeria (Deepwater) Limited under a Production Sharing Contract (PSC) with Nigeria National Petroleum Company(NNPC) Limited hereby invites reputable and competent registered Nigerian companies who are duly with the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulator Commission (NUPRC) to do business, with proven experience and expertise in the Provision of Wellheads Equipment & Associated Services to apply to be considered for inclusion into the bid list of the tender.
(2.0) SCOPE OF WORK/SERVICE REQUIREMENT
Provision of Wellheads Equipment & Associated Services. The key elements of the scope of the proposed tender include the provision of the following
- Low Pressure Subsea Wellhead Systems
- High Pressure Subsea Wellhead Systems,
- Subsea Casing Hanger Systems
- Subsea Wellhead Systems Handling, Testing, and Installation tools
- Subsea Wellhead Systems Deployment, Maintenance & Support Personnel
- Subsea Casing Hanger Systems Handling, Testing, and Installation tools
- Subsea Casing Hanger Systems Deployment, Maintenance & Support Personnel
Tenderer facilities & infrastructure (technical office and administrative space, storage, welding repair & maintenance workshops, testing, laboratory, etc.) shall be functional in Nigeria for:
- Technical / Engineering Support for the entire tender scope.
- Pre loadout preparation (handling & loading; painting & stencilling (i.e., stripes, ID markings); full length drifting, connection testing; lifting accessory fabrication (i.e., pad eye, slings)
- Repair of damaged subsea wellhead connectors threads
- Welding and refabrication of wellhead connectors
- Cut and weld of all sizes of large bore subsea wellhead connectors.
- Transportation and handling of subsea Wellhead equipment and associated services between Vendors plants and SNEPCo work sites (or quayside) and storage locations.
(3.0) MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS
- To be eligible for this tender exercise, interested suppliers are required to be pre-qualified in the 1.01.09 Wellhead Equipment, Xmas Trees & Accessories category of the NipeX Joint Qualification System (NJQS). All successfully pre-qualified suppliers in this category will receive a Technical and Commercial Invitation to Tender (ITT).
- To determine 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’, then on ‘Check my supplier status’ and then click ‘Supplier product group’.
- To qualify you must have Category A NIGERIAN CONTENT EQUIPMENT CERTIFICATE (NCEC) issued by Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board for Provision of services within these scopes.
- If you are not listed in the product/service category but you have registered with the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) to do business in the Nigerian Oil & Gas Industry, contact the NipeX administration office at 8 Bayo Kuku Road Ikoyi, logos with your NUPRC certificate as evidence for verification and necessary update.
- To initiate the NJQS pre-qualification process, access www.vendors.nipex-ng.com to download the application form, make necessary payments and contact NipeX office for further action.
- To be eligible, all tenders must comply with the Nigerian content requirements in the NipeX system.
(4.0) NIGERIAN CONTENT REQUIREMENTS
SNEPCo is committed to the development of the Nigerian Oil and Gas business in compliance with the Nigerian Content Act 2010 for Nigerian Content Development.
As from the commencement of this 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 targets as may be directed by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (The Board).
Tenderer(s) shall comply with all the provisions of the Nigerian Content Act that relate to this advert and in comply with the minimum Nigerian Content percentage for the scopes which ore covered in the Schedule of the Act. This also includes and any other requirement that may arise from time to time not explicitly stated in this advert, but which apply to the services in fulfilment of the Nigerian Content Act, in the submission of their Tender.
Failure to fully comply with the Nigerian Content Act or demonstrate commitment to Nigerian Content Development Policy of the Nigerian government shall result in the disqualification of the tenderer from the bidding process.
As part of their submissions, Tenderer shall:
- Provide evidence of company Ownership Structure form CO2 and CO7, 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 of Category 1,2,3, 4, or 5 Services and Support SS and or Manufacturing and related items MS NCEC demonstrating ownership of in-country facility for the assembly, maintenance and testing of Wellhead and other related wellhead equipment.
- Provide evidence of what percentage of Management Positions are Nigerian personnel and what percentage of Nigerian personnel that shall execute the work scope.
NOTE: Failure to comply with the provision of the Nigerian Content Act 2010 or to demonstrate commitment to the development of the Nigerian Content Policy shall result in the disqualification of the tenderer from the bidding process.
(5.0) CLOSING DATE
Only tenderers, who are registered with NJQS in the relevant Product/Service category as at closing time of 4:00pm on 14 April, 2023, being the advert closing date shall be invited to submit Technical Bids.
(6.0) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
- All cost incurred in registering and prequalifying for this and other product/service categories shall be borne solely by suppliers.
- Suppliers that are prequalified 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 NJQS database.
- SNEPCO shall communicate only with authorized/responsible personnel of prequalified companies and not through unauthorized individuals or agents.
- All respondents to SNEPCO must ensure full compliance with the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development Act, 2010, (NOGICD). All respondents should educate themselves on the requirements of the NOGICD and ensure full compliance. Non-Compliance is a FATAL FLAW in all tender evaluations.
- This advertisement of “Invitation to tender” shall not be construed to be a commitment on the part of NNPC/SNEPCO 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 NNPC/SNEPCO and/or any of its partners. NNPC/SNEPCO reserves the right to take final decision on any of the documents received in the pre-qualification/ Technical package.
NCDMB CERT. NO.:ES/NCDMB/SNEPCO-NCP/UPD/ 020323/ PROVISION OF WELLHEAD EQUIPMENT AND ASSOCIATED SERVICES
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