DEADLINE: 17TH NOVEMBER, 2023
NIGERIA LNG LIMITED (NLNG)
EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI) FOR CONTRACT FOR PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION, MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT SERVICES FOR DATA CENTRE UPGRADE PROJECT
INTRODUCTION
Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) seeks to upgrade/rejuvenate its current Converged Data centre infrastructure to Dell, Cisco and VMware technologies to help remediate the asset integrity (obsolescence and vulnerability) at its end-of-life and support.
Nigeria LNG Limited hereby invites interested companies with the requisite experience detailed below to express their interest in participating in the bidding process.
SCOPE OF WORKS
The scope of this Expression of Interest (EOI) involves Project Implementation, Maintenance and support services to NLNG for this Data Centre Upgrade/rejuvenation. The scope includes but is not limited to the following;
a. Procurement of hardware, software and licences
b. Original equipment manufacturer (OEM) consultancy services, including project Management and Documentation, equipment delivery, power-up and integration, training sessions, workload migration, legacy equipment retirement, onsite residency, hardware maintenance and support.
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.
a. Respondent’s confirmation of interest to participate in the pre-qualification exercise for the Provision of security services in all the locations.
b. Certificate of incorporation and CAC documents forms CO2 and CO7.
c. Health Safety & Environment Policy and Quality Policy.
d. Current/Valid relevant certificates to operate and to do business in the Nigerian Oil and gas industry as issued by the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) and/or the Nigerian midstream and downstream petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA).
e. Company Profile, organization, size and structure, including any parent, technical partnership, alliance or joint venture of companies to whom they belong, together with the CV of the vendor’s management team.
f. A detailed list of relevant experience with evidence to demonstrate capability and experience in undertaking security services covering the aforementioned services and related activities within the last five (5) years with other evidence e.g contracts, award letters, purchase orders, work completion certificates etc. indicate clients names and contacts, location, and cost or volume of services provided with evidence.
g. Tax clearance certificates for the last three (3) years
h. Evidence and documentation supporting compliance with the Nigerian Oil and gas Industry Content Development (NOGICD) Act 2010 (see section; COMPLIANCE WITH NIGERIAN CONTENT (NOGICD ACT 2010)
Companies considered to meet Nigeria LNG Limited’s pre-qualification requirements shall receive further correspondence from the company, including receipt of invitations to tender for the data centre upgrade project implementation, Maintenance and support services.
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) and to Nigerian Content Development.
Interested companies must comply with all the provisions of the Nigerian Contents Act that relate to the scope mentioned above PACKAGE A, B & C and comply with the minimum Nigerian Content targets for the scope, which are covered in the schedule of the Act.
Failure to comply with the NOGICD Act or demonstrate commitment to Nigerian Content development shall results in disqualification from this process.
GENERAL NIGERIAN CONTENT REQUIREMENTS
Companies responding to this advertisement are required to submit the following in compliance with the NOGICD Act, 2010:
a. Develop a Nigerian Content Execution Plan (NCEP), which shall explain the methodology of how contractor intends to comply with the requirement of the Act. How it intends to give first consideration to services provided from within Nigeria. How bidder would maximize the utilization of Nigeria resources (labour, materials, and services) in the execution of this contract, maximizing Nigerian Content is a key project priority.
b. Demonstrate that the entity is a Nigerian indigenous company having more than 51% Nigerian equity shareholding in the registered entity. Tenderer shall submit certified true copies of CAC forms 10,02 & 07.
c. Tenderer should submit corporate organizational and project/contract specific organogram, listing names and nationalities of all personnel but not limited to coordinator, supervisor, project manager etc. that will be involved in the execution of the work scope.
d. Provide detailed description of the location of in-country committed facilities & infrastructure in Nigeria to support this contract.
e. In line with the NCD Human Capacity Development Initiative, Bidder shall commit to providing project-specific training, utilizing OGTAN registered trainer(s) or other NCDMB approved institutions.
f. Tenderer shall provide evidence of registration on the NCDMB NOGIC JQS.
g. Tenderer shall provide a valid and relevant NCEC for procurement and supplies (PS) category.
h. Tenderer shall provide a plan to ensure the utilization of Nigerian banks, Legal and insurance companies.
SUBMISSION OF RESPONSES
Submission in response to the above requirements shall strictly be 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 should be submitted in electronic copy in PDF format by email to Datacenter.Upgrade@nlng.com with “CONFIDENTIAL – Expression of Interest –“Expression of Interest: Contract for project implementation, maintenance and support services for Datacentre Upgrade Project” in the subject line. Hard copies shall not be accepted.
The submission must be received by NLNG on or before 1600hrs (GMT + 1) Friday 17th November, 2023.
PLEASE NOTE
a. This is not an invitation to tender. The full tendering procedure will be provided to applicants that are successful at this EOI stage, in accordance with NLNG’s pre-qualification requirements.
b. Notwithstanding the submission of the documents for the expression of interest, NLNG is neither committed nor obliged to include any company and/or their associated companies, agents or sub-contractors on any bid list or to award any form of contract to any company and/or its associated companies, agents or sub-contractors.
c. Please be aware that this invitation to express interest does not guarantee that any company will be requested to submit an offer to NLNG; it does not constitute any form of agreements or contract between NLNG and any company.
d. NLNG shall not be responsible for any cost incurred in responding to this invitation.
e. This advertisement for EOI shall not be construed as a commitment by NLNG, nor shall it entitle respondents to claim any indemnity from NLNG and/or any of its shareholders by virtue of having responded to this advertisement.
f. This is a simple invitation for interested companies to express their interest in the indicated work scopes and does not warrant any further feedback from NLNG hereafter. If you do not hear from NLNG within three (3) months of submission of a response to this publication, please assume that your application was not successful.
Signed
MANAGEMENT
NIGERIA LNG LIMITED
