NNPC E&P Limited (NEPL)- Invitation To Tender For The Provision Of Various Support Services For NNPC E&P Limited Operations

DEADLINE: 14TH JULY, 2023
NNPC E&P LIMITED
OGBA ROAD, BENIN CITY, EDO STATE NIGERIA
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR THE PROVISION OF VARIOUS SUPPORT SERVICES FOR NNPC E&P LIMITED OPERATIONS

(1.0) INTRODUCTION:
In furtherance of its strategic business objectives, NNPC E&P Limited wishes to invite tenders from reputable and competent companies for the provision of the following services to support its operations.

(2.0)       SERVICES REQUIRED:

Note: Detailed scope of works for the advertised services shall be provided to eligible Nipex pre-qualified bidders.

Please visit the Nigerian Petroleum Exchange Portal www.nipex-ng.com for further details.

Contract Strategy:
The strategy is to execute framework agreements with technically and commercially successful bidders for the respective services required by NNPC E&P Limited.

(3.0) MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS:
(i) To be eligible for this tender exercise, interested Companies are required to be pre-qualified in the relevant categories Products/Services categories in the NipeX Joint Qualification System (NJQS) database indicated above.

All successfully pre-qualified suppliers in the category will receive Invitation to Tender (ITT) document for the Technical & Commercial phase of the tender.

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

(iii) If you are not listed in a Product/Service category and you are registered with NUPRC to do business, contact NipeX office at No. 8 Bayo Kuku Road, Ikoyi, Lagos with your NUPRC certificate as evidence for verification and necessary update.

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

(v) To be eligible, all tenderers must comply with the Nigerian Content requirements in the NipeX system.

(2.0) NIGERIAN CONTENT DEVELOPMENT:
As requested by the Nigerian Oil & Gas Industry Content Development Act 2010, each Contractor will be required to:

(i) Demonstrate that the entity proposed for execution of the service is a 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 Nigeria.

(ii) International or multinational companies working through a Nigerian subsidiary must demonstrate that a minimum of 50% of equipment to be deployed for execution of the work shall be owned by the Nigerian subsidiary by providing a list of equipment for this tender and including those that will be owned by the Nigerian subsidiary.

(iii) Furnish details of company ownership and shareholding structure with photocopies of Forms CAC2 and CAC7.

(iv) Provide a 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 also provide details of Nigeria Content focal point or manager

(v) 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.

(vi) Provide detailed plan for staff training and development.

(vii) Provide detailed description of the location of in-country offices.

(viii) Provide evidence of registration on the NJQS Portal

(ix) Provide valid Nigerian Content Equipment Certificate (NCEC) relevant to the scope of service to be provided.

Interested Companies are to note that pursuant to NNPC Limited and Federal Government Policy to provide opportunities for Nigerian contractors and the development of local expertise, all the applicants must comply fully with the NOGICD Act to give preference to Nigerian companies or foreign companies with Nigerian affiliate and local ownership, which demonstrate willingness to execute the project to the satisfaction of the Nigerian Content requirements and guidelines. Each applicant is enjoined to avail themselves of the requirements of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development (NOGICD) Act for full compliance.

NNPC E&P Limited on behalf of the Joint Venture partners is committed to fully comply with the requirements of the NOGICD Act. In maximizing the local content of this project, pre-qualifiers are requested to give full details of their strategy for the local content implementation in order to comply fully with the law.

In compliance with NOGICD Act requirements for Research & Development therefore, the following should be noted:

(a) All Operators or project promoters in the Oil and Gas industry launching service contracts or other applicable projects with completion period of 12 months and above shall provide R&D implementation arrangement with at least one applicable R&D cluster approved by the Board as part of the Operator’s Nigerian Content Plan for the project or service. The arrangement shall be in the form of a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) and indicate how the Operator will deploy the Cluster for any R&D requirements during the contract phase and the first five years of the service life of the field, facility or plant.

(b) All Operators are to include in their ITT documents, a requirement that any service company bidding for such a project shall submit as part of Nigerian Content requirement, a signed MOA between it and one of the R&D Clusters relevant to the project. All service companies are required to sign an MOA with any of the research Clusters. The MOA shall indicate how the service company intends to use the relevant research Clusters during project execution to the satisfaction of the Board. The MOA shall form part of the document to be reviewed at technical evaluation stage.

(3.0) CLOSING DATE:
Only Tenderers, who are registered and have LIVE status on Nipex NJQS Product/Category Services codes as indicated in Paragraph 2.0 (see table above) as at 1600 hours (Nigerian Time) on July 14, 2023, being the advert closing date shall be invited to submit Technical and Commercial Bids.   

(4.0) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
(i) All costs incurred in preparing and processing NJQS prequalification and responding to this Tender Opportunity shall be to the Contractor’s own account.

(ii) This Advert shall neither be construed as any form of commitment on the part of NNPC E&P Limited to award any contract to any Contractor and or associated contractors, sub-contractors or agents, nor shall it entitle Prequalified Contractors to make any claims whatsoever, and/or seek any indemnity from NNPC E&P Limited and/or any of its partners by virtue of such Contractors having been pre-qualified in NJQS.

(iii) The tendering process shall be undertaken in accordance and in compliance with the NNPC Limited procurement and contracting processes.

(iv) NNPC E&P Limited will communicate only with authorised officers of the qualifying companies at each stage of the Tendering process, as necessary, and will NOT communicate through individuals or appointed agents.

(v) Please note:

• Notwithstanding the pre-qualification in NipeX NJQS, NNPC E&P Limited 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.
• Only pre-qualified companies in the appropriate service/supplier categorization shall be invited for tendering.
• NNPC E&P Limited will not enter into correspondence with any company or individual on why a company was short-listed or not short-listed.

Please visit NipeX portal at www.nipex-ng.com for this advert and other information.   

Disclaimer
This advertisement of “Tender Opportunity” shall not be construed as a commitment on the part of NNPC E&P Limited/NNPC Limited, nor shall it entitle companies to make claims whatsoever and/or seek any indemnity from NNPC E&P Limited/NNPC Limited and/or any of its partners by virtue of such companies having responded to this advertisement.

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