DEADLINE: 26TH OCTOBER, 2023
NIGERIA LNG LIMITED (NLNG)
INVITATION FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI) FOR CALL-OFF CONTRACT FOR PROVISION OF SECURITY AND OTHER RELATED SERVICES IN BONNY ISLAND, PORT HARCOURT/GAS TRANSMISSION STATIONS, LAGOS AND ABUJA
INTRODUCTION
Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) plant complex located on Bonny Island, Rivers State, Nigeria, consists of six natural gas liquefaction trains with a total capacity of 22 million tonnes of liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and five (5) million tonnes of Natural Gas Liquids (NGL) per annum. To ensure full utilization and continuous operation of the plant complex, the Gas Transmission System (GTS) comprising GTS 1-5 pipelines are fully dedicated to providing feed gas to the plant.
The NLNG owns and operates the GTS – 1 pipeline, which is approximately 201 kilometers long. The pipeline transports gas from the gas suppliers’ sites in Obite, Obiafu and Soku to Bonny, where the LNG plant is located. It comprises five pipelines with node junctions at Ubeta and Rumuji.
NLNG has its Corporate Head office (CHO) in Port Harcourt, with a CHO annex office in Abuja and a transit office in Lagos.
NLNG hereby invites interested companies with the requisite experience in the three packages detailed to express their interest in participating in the bidding process.
SCOPE OF WORKS
The scope of this Expression of Interest (EOI) involves a call-off contract to continually provide security services safely, efficiently, and effectively while maintaining the best possible relationship with stakeholders without sacrificing safety in ways consistent with NLNG’s statement of business principles.
In achieving these objectives, the company wishes to appoint the contractor(s) to provide security services for its operations in Bonny (including water wells, industrial and residential areas); Lagos Transit Office (LTO), Corporate Head Office (CHO/GTS) in Port Harcourt and Abuja Head office Annex.
The services shall include but not be limited to the following:
S/N SERVICES PACKAGE A BONNY PACKAGE B LTD PACKAGE C CHO/GTS PACKAGE D ABUJA 1 Provision of security services site managers, operations supervisors; dog handlers, security guards and specialist security driver services, marine guards, control room operators; front desk & ID card processing personnel 2 Supply of intelligence & Surveillances officer, security administrator; travel security and executive protection officers; coordinators; traffic administrator and physical security systems technician 3 Liaison with Government Security Agencies and provision of related administrative services 4 Transportation and security patrol services
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. And Ministry of Internal Affairs License to operate security services and/or Nigeria Security & Civil Defence Corps Security Services operating permit.
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. Three (3) years accounts audited by a licensed accountancy firm which shall be a member of a recognized institute of accountancy. Most recent accounts should not have an end-of-year date more than 18 months before the publication time of this EOI.
h. Tax clearance certificates for the last three (3) years
i. 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 provision of security 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. Documentation to demonstrate that the entity is a Nigerian registered company. Submission of certified true copies of CAC forms 02 & 07 (or its equivalent; CAC 2.3, 2.4, 2.5 etc) including company memorandum and Articles of association. All companies shall be legally registered Nigerian indigenous service companies having 51% and above Nigerian equity in shareholding and ownership structure of tenderer’s legally registered entity in Nigerian by CAMA (Companies and Allied Matters Act).
b. Evidence of registration on the Nigerian content Development Monitoring Board (NCDMB) NOGIC Joint Qualification System (JQS)
c. Evidence of valid and appropriate Nigerian Content Equipment Certificate (NCEC) for this scope of service.
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 target(s) in the schedule 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 organization and overall Human Resources structure (Management, Supervisors, senior & Junior skilled officers etc), identifying positions manned/occupied by Nigerian nationals with evidence of the type of employment in-country and identifying the positions manned/occupied by other nationals.
f. Proposed organogram for this work scope, 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 in-country committed facilities & infrastructure (assets, technical office, administrative space, laboratory etc) in Nigeria to support this contract or submit a credible and verifiable plan towards setting up such facilities.
h. Demonstrate willingness to carry out Human Capital Development (HCD) in compliance with the Human Capacity Development guidelines of NCDMB.
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 Bizloc.Securityservices@nlng.com with “CONFIDENTIAL – Expression of Interest –“Call-off contract for provision of security services (stating the PACKAGE(s) of interest) in the subject line. Hard copies shall not be accepted.
The submission must be received by NLNG on or before 1600hrs (GMT + 1) Thursday, 26th October, 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
