DEADLINE: 27TH JULY, 2023
NIGERIA LNG LIMITED (NLNG)
www.nigerialng.com
INVITATION FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI) FOR:PACKAGE A: SUPPLY OF NEW HVAC EQUIPMENT FOR NLNG RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS & PACKAGE B: MAINTENANCE & REPAIR OF NLNG HVAC EQUIPMENT ACROSS NLNG LOCATIONS
(1) INTRODUCTION
Nigeria LNG Limited’s (NLNG) plant complex located on Bonny Island, Rivers State, Nigeria, consists of six natural gas liquefaction trains with a total capacity of twenty-two (22) million tons of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and five (5) million tons of Natural Gas Liquids (NGL) per annum and supporting infrastructure. The supporting infrastructure includes but is not limited to office and residential accommodation utilized by personnel within its operations.
Nigeria LNG Limited hereby invites interested companies with the requisite experience in the two (2) packages detailed below to express their interest to participate in the bidding process.
(2) PACKAGE A: SUPPLY OF NEW HVAC EQUIPMENT FOR NLNG RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
The Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Systems in the residential buildings are due for replacement and NLNG intends to award a contract for the replacement of the HVAC systems to maintain a suitable and conducive environment for personnel working within its operations.
The scope of this EOI involves the supply only of new HVAC equipment to NLNG. The new system must be tropicalized and must have proven durability in coastal and industrial environment:
(a) 181 numbers of York VITALITY Split Rooftop (Split-Ducted) HVAC Units -VIRSAC 20 and VIRSAC 25
(b) 65 numbers of Carrier Mini VRF DC Inverter Units – 38VR003H112010 (Outdoor) and 42VH012H115000100 (Indoor)
(c) 583 numbers of Single Split Unite (Capacities = 3.5kW and 6.5kW). Suggested Brands – Carrier, York, Haier Thermocool, LG, Toshiba, New-clime & Panasonic.
(3) PACKAGE B: MAINTENANCE & REPAIR OF NLNG HVAC EQUIPMENT ACROSS NLNG LOCATIONS
NLNG owns and uses extensive range of Heat, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) equipment and currently requires the services of Specialist HVAC maintenance contractors with requisite technical expertise and experience to maintain, troubleshoot, and repair a wide range of HVAC equipment including Chilled water unite, packaged & split units across NLNG locations without compromising equipment integrity.
The scope of this EOI involves carrying out the following HVAC works at NLNG facilities:
(a) HVAC Preventive Maintenance Routines (PMR) Services
(b) HVAC Breakdown Maintenance Services
(c) Provision of HVAC Spares
(d) HVAC Equipment Installations or Replacements
The Equipment Type include but not limited to the following brands: Carrier, Liebert/Emerson, York, Haier Thermocool, LG, Toshiba, New-clime & Panasonic.:
(a) Chillers
(b) Fan Coil Unite
(c) Air Handling Units
(d) Fan Coil Unit
(e) Computer Room Air Computer Unite (CRAC Unite)
(f) Split Units.
(4) PRE-QUALIFICATION INFORMATION
To qualify for consideration, interested companies are required to respond to this invitation with the following information/documents for consideration. Failure to submit any of the under-listed documents may lead to disqualification.
S/N PREQUALIFICATION INFORMATION PACKAGE A PACKAGE B 1 Respondent’s confirmation of interest to participate in the pre-qualification exercise Yes Yes 2 Certificate of Incorporation and CAC documents (forms C02 and C07). Yes Yes 3 Health Safety & Environment Policy and Quality Policy. Yes Yes 4 Evidence of ISO 14001 & 9001 certifications and good working knowledge of OHSAS 18001 No Yes 5 Current/Valid relevant certificates as issued by the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (‘NUPRC’) and/or the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority(‘NMDPRA’) Yes Yes 6 Company profile, organisation, size and structure, including any parent, technical partnership, alliance or joint venture of companies to whom they belong, together with CV of the vendor’s management team Yes Yes 7 A detailed list of relevant experience in installation, preventive and corrective maintenance, with evidence for related works within the last 5 years.Kindly indicate names of clients, location, contact, contract value and/or volume of services provided with evidence (e.g. award letters, contracts, completion certificates, purchase orders, recognition letters etc.). No Yes 8 A detailed list of relevant experience in direct sourcing/supply and storage of HVAC equipment with evidence for related works within the last 5 years. Kindly indicate names of clients, location, contact, contract value and/or volume of services provided with evidence (e.g. award letters, purchase orders, contracts, completion certificates, purchase orders, recognition letters etc.). Yes Yes 9 Three (3) years accounts audited by a licensed accountancy firm which shall be a member of a recognised institute of accountancy. Most recent accounts should not have an end of year date more than 18 months before the time of EOI. Yes Yes 10 Tax clearance certificates for the last three (3) years Yes Yes 11 Evidence & documentation supporting compliance with the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development (NOGICD) Act 2010 (Refer to Section 6 (Compliance With Nigerian Content (NOGICD Act 2010) Yes Yes
- Yes- Documentation/evidence required
- No- Documentation/evidence not required
Only companies considered to meet NLNG’s and NCDMB pre-qualification requirements shall receive further correspondence from the Company, including receipt of invitations to tender for the respective packages.
(5) COMPLIANCE WITH NIGERIAN CONTENT (NOGICD ACT 2010)
The Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development (NOGICD) Act 2010 supports, and details expected Nigerian Content deliverables within contracts and projects in the Nigerian Oil and Gas industry. NLNG is committed to the NOGICD Act 2010 and Nigerian Content Development.
Interested companies shall comply with the provisions of the Nigerian Content Act that relate to the scope mentioned above for both Packages A & B and in particular, comply with the minimum Nigerian Content targets for the scope, which are covered in the Schedule of the Act.
Failure to comply with the Nigerian Content Act or demonstrate commitment to Nigerian Content Development shall result in disqualification from this process.
(5.1) General Nigerian Content Requirements For Packages A and B
Companies responding to this advertisement are required to submit the following in compliance with the NOGICD Act, 2010 for each package: a.
(a) Documentation to demonstrate that the entity is a Nigerian-registered company. Submission of certified true copies of CAC Forms 2A & 7A (or its equivalent) including company Memorandum and Article of Association. All companies shall be Nigerian Indigenous Service Companies having 51% and above Nigerian equity in the shareholding and ownership structure of tenderer’s legally registered entity in Nigeria by CAMA (Companies and Allied Matters Act).
(b) Evidence of registration on the Nigerian Content Development Monitoring Board (NCDMB) NOGIC Joint Qualification System (JQS). Evidence of valid and appropriate Nigerian Content Equipment Certificate (NCEC) for this scope of service.
(i) Package A- Procurement and Supplies (PS) Category
(ii) Package B- Procurement and Supplies (PS)Category
(d) The processes and procedures that explain the methodology of how it intends to comply with the requirements of the NOGICD Act 2010 (Nigerian Content Plan) and how to achieve the set targets) in the schedule of the NOGICD Act and any targets set by the Board.
(e) Details of the company’s corporate organizations overall Human Resources structure (management, supervisors, senior & junior skilled officers, etc.), identifying positions manned/occupied by Nigerian nationals with evidence of type of employment in-country and identifying the positions manned/occupied by other nationals.
(f) Proposed organogram for this work scope populated with nationality, qualifications of personnel and years of experience of personnel on the job (attach CV of key finance, operational and technical personnel) including a succession plan in this work scope.
(g) A detailed description of the location of facilities and infrastructure (assets, equipment, technical office, and administrative space, storage, etc.) in Nigeria to support this contract, evidence that 50% of all equipment deployed to work by multinational and international companies are owned by the local subsidiaries.
(h) Demonstrate willingness to carry out Human Capital Development (HCD) in compliance with the Human Capacity Development guidelines of NCDMB.
(6) SUBMISSION OF RESPONSES
Submissions in response to the above Packages shall be completed strictly in accordance with the instructions given in this publication, segregated, and arranged in the order indicated. Failure to submit any of the documents requested herein may result in the disqualification of the company.
The expression of interest documents/requirements for the respective packages should be submitted in electronic copy in PDF format by e-mail to the address indicated in the table below. Hardcopies shall not be accepted.
S/N Description Package A Package B 1 Email Subject Line “CONFIDENTIAL – Expression of interest – Package A: Supply of New HVAC Equipment for NLNG Residential Buildings” “CONFIDENTIAL – Expression of Interest — Package B: Maintenance & Repair of NLNG HVAC Equipment Across NLNG Locations” 2 Eol to be submitted to HVAC.EquipmentSupply@nlng.com HVAC.MtnRP@nlng.com 3 Submission Date On or before 4:00pm (GMT +1), 27 July, 2023. On or before 4:00pm (GMT+1), 27 July, 2023.
PLEASE NOTE:
(a) This is not an invitation to tender. Full tendering procedure will be provided to applicants who are successful at this expression of interest, in accordance with NLNG’s pre-qualification procedures.
(b) Notwithstanding the submissions of the documents for the expression of interest, NLNG is neither committed nor obliged to include any company and/or associated companies, agents or sub-contractors on any bid list or award any form of contract to any company and/or associated companies, agents or sub-contractors.
(c) Please be aware that this invitation to express interest does not guarantee that you will be requested to submit an offer to Nigeria LNG Limited; it does not constitute any form of agreement or contract between our companies.
(d) Nigeria LNG Limited shall not be responsible for any cost incurred in responding to this invitation.
(e) This advertisement of Expression of Interest shall not be construed as a commitment by NLNG, nor shall it entitle respondents to claim any indemnity from NLNG, Technical Advisers and/or any of its shareholders by virtue of having responded to this advertisement
(f) This is a simple invitation for you to express your interest in the indicated work scope and does not warrant any further feedback from NLNG hereafter. If you do not hear from NLNG within 3months of submission of this publication, it should be taken that your application was not successful.
SIGNED:
MANAGEMENT
NIGERIA LNG LIMITED
