DEADLINE: 10TH NOVEMBER, 2023
CHEVRON NIGERIA LIMITED (CNL)
RC 6135
OPERATOR OF THE NNPCL/CHEVRON JOINT VENTURE
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR PROVISION OF CAPITAL AND MAINTENANCE DREDGING SERVICES
NIPEX TENDER NO.: CNL 0000265
1. INTRODUCTION
Chevron Nigeria Limited invites interested and prequalified companies with relevant experience for this tender opportunity for provision of capital and maintenance dredging services to support CNL’s production activities. Capital and maintenance dredging services are required to execute company’s wide range of operational activities within the Excravos Operations (western, central and eastern) field locations for terminal, offshore, onshore and/or swamp facilities (or at other locations) as may be required to support company company’s ongoing oil and gas production activities.
2. SCOPE OF WORK
The scope of work for the services shall include but not limited to the provision of skilled, qualifies and certified personnel, supervision services, transport, testing devices, equipment, tools, consumable materials and/or every item or expense devices, equipment, tools, consumables materials and/or every item of expense necessary for the rendering capital and maintenance dredging services to company 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, on an “as and when required” basis and in a safe manner to plant, assets and personnel at all company’s facility locations (escravos, offshore, onshore etc).
Furthermore, successful companies would be expected to have self-sustaining operations and capabilities to provide any aspect of the scope from personnel only who are qualified and able to communicate fluently in English, to full services, including equipment and consumables, as may be required.
Detailed services description
The scope of work for the capital and maintenance dredging services includes but not limited to the following:
- Preparation of work plan, including an equipment and manpower mobilization plan, for renew and approval. At a minimum, this will includes a listing of required personnel and equipment and their readiness for pre-mobilization inspection.
- Joint pre-survey & post-survey of locations
- Mobilization of dredging spreads
- Site preparation
- Metal charting to detect, locate and flags off flow lines in the areas to be dredged.
- Bush clearing as required, construction and maintenance of bund walls to contain dredged spoils during dredging operation.
- Preparation of work plan and allocation of equipment needs.
- Pipeline metal detection
- Survey of marine debris
- Responsible for own security
- Provision of full-board marine accommodation that includes own catering.
- All labor required for the work.
- Provision of all required technical and engineering services
- Consumables such as diesel, oil etc are to be provided by contractor
- Mobilization of two dredging spreads to site.
3. MANDATORY TENDER REQUIRMENTS
A. To be eligible for this tender exercise, interested bidders are required to have the requisite NUPRC permit, NCDMB NOGIC JQS registrations and be pre-qualified and live under product code 3.06.05 (dredging services) category in Nipex Joint Qualification System (NJQS) database. All successfully pre-qualified and “live” bidders in this category by the bid close date of this advert will receive the Invitation to Tender (ITT).
B. To confirm if your company is pre-qualified and to view the product/service category you are listed for: Open www.vendors.nipex-ng.com and access NJQS with your company log in details. Click on product/services tab to view your status and product codes.
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 tenderers must comply with the Nigerian 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 of the schedule of the 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 the next tender stage.
The following are the Nigerian content requirements bidders are expected to comply with in their technical bid submission.
1. Tenderer shall provide evidence of being a Nigerian-registered company with greater than or equal to 51% Nigerian shareholding. Submit certified true copies of CAC forms 10, 02 & 07 (or its equivalent; CAC 2.3, 2.4, 2.5 etc) and other evidence of entity’s incorporation, shareholding & ownership structure in Nigeria. Tenderer shall provide evidence of registration on NCDMB NOGIC JQS.
2. Tenderer shall provide detailed description of the location of in-country committed facilities not limited to technical and administrative office.
3. Provide evidence of what percentage of your key management positions is held by Nigerians and what percentage of the total work force are Nigerians, Also, show overall percentage of work to be performed in Nigeria and those by Nigerian resources relative to total work volume.
4. Tenderer shall provide evidence of category 1, 2, 3 or 4 services & supply (SS) group NCEC demonstrating ownership of dredging services equipment to be utilized in the execution of the work scope.
5. 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).
6. Final contract award shall be to contractors that are technically qualified and who comply fully with the provisions of the Nigerian NOGICD Act, 2010.
7. Contractor shall comply and execute the contract in compliance with all applicable laws and the NOGICD act 2010.
8. Non-compliance with the Nigerian content act 2010 is a FATAL FLAW.
5. CLOSE DATE
Only bidders who are pre-qualified and ‘live” with NJQS product/categories 3.06.05 (dredging services) by 16:00 hours, November 10, 2023 being the advert close date shall be invited to submit technical bid.
6. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
1. The Invitation to Tender (ITT) and any further progression of this tender shall be via NipeX.
2. All cost incurred in preparing and processing NJQS prequalification shall be to the contractor’s accounts.
3. 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.
4. The tendering process shall be the NNPC contracting process requiring pre-qualified companies to submit both technical and commercial tenders.
5. Chevron Nigeria Limited will communicate only with authorized officers of the pre-qualifying companies and NOT through individual or agents.
6. Chevron Nigeria Limited will communicate only with authorized officers of the pre-qualifying companies and NOT through individual or agents.
ES/NCDMB/CNL/ADV/UPD/280923/PROVISION OF CAPITAL MAINTENANCE DREDGING SERVICES
