DEADLINE: 2ND SEPTEMBER, 2024
SHELL PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT COMPANY OF NIGERIA LIMITED
OPERATOR OF THE NNPC/SPDC/TOTALENERGIES/NAOC JOINT VENTURE
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR THE PROVISION OF GEOPHYSICAL SUPPORT SERVICES
NIPEXX TENDER REF. NO.: SPDC. 00000551 CW836193

1.0 INTRODUCTION
The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) in its role as Operator of the NNPC/SPDC/TotalEnergies /NAOC Joint hereby invites reputable and competent registered Nigerian companies with the requisite expertise, experience, skilled manpower and technology who are duly registered with the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulator Commission (NUPRC) hereby announces to the interested and prequalified companies of the upcoming tendering opportunity for the Provision of Geophysical Support Services for SPDC. The proposed contract will commence in 2024 and remain active for five-year duration, followed by two-year extension option.

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

2.0 SCOPE OF WORK
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Scope of activities under this contract include the following:
MODULE 1: GEOPHYSICAL ACQUISITION SUPERVISION SERVICES

  • Supervision by experienced seismic data acquisition consultants (Geophysical, Geomatics, HSE, Security and Community Affairs) of seismic operations as well as reporting and monitoring of performance. • Provision of Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA/QC) services during seismic data acquisition campaigns using the necessary tools/equipment.
  • Ensuring that all HSSE & SP standards are complied with, as defined in the contract between SPDC and the geophysical contractor, or otherwise agreed upon between SPDC and the geophysical contractor.
    MODULE 2: GEOPHYSICAL DATA CENTRE MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS SERVICES
  • Provision of 24/7 operational support for the Special Geophysics Computing Data Centre facility located in Port Harcourt.
  • Monitoring the IT hardware devices (i.e. the Server, Storage, Network and tape drives racks equipment) and Utilities in the facility (such as UPS, HVAC temperature/humidity values, FM200 fire detection/suppression system, Power Management Module).
  • Manage seismic tape request of all active special geophysics projects (loading and offloading archiving/de-archiving and accurate labelling of tapes).
  • Provision of routine seismic tape drive maintenance services and first-hand interface with OEM for software upgrades and major repairs.
  • Provision of seismologist services and seismic data QAQC.
    All services will be delivered by Nigerians, and all spend is in Naira.

3.0 MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS
1. To be eligible for this tender exercise, interested contractors are required to be pre-qualified as essential service vendor in the:

  • 3.10.16 Seismic Data Management/Geophysical Services
  • 3.02.19 – Subsurface Consultancy (Geophysical and Geological) (Product/Services) category in NipeX Joint Qualification System (NJQS) database.

Only successfully pre-qualified suppliers in these categories will receive combined Invitation to Technical and Commercial Tender (ITT).

2. To determine if you are pre-qualified and view product/service category you are listed for, open vendors.nipex-ng.com and access NJQS with your login details, click on continue Joint Qualification Scheme tool, click check my supplier status and then click supplier product group.

3. If you are not listed in a product/service category you are registered with NUPRC to do business, contact NipeX office at No 278 Oyinkan Abayomi Drive, Ikoyi, Lagos with your NUPRC certificate as evidence for necessary update.

4. To initiate access the JQS prequalification process, www.nipex-ng.com to download the application form, make necessary payments and contact NipeX office for further action.

5. To be eligible, all tenders must comply with the Nigerian Content Requirements in the NipeX system.

4.0 NIGERIAN CONTENT REQUIREMENTS
4.0 Nigerian Content Requirements
Vendors are to demonstrate strict compliance with the provisions of Nigerian Oil & Gas Industry Content Development Act and provide the following requirements:

I. Tenderer shall provide evidence of being a Nigerian indigenous company having more than 51% of Nigerian equity shareholding in the registered entity. Tenderer shall submit certified true copies of CAC forms 10, 02 and 07.
II. Tenderer shall provide evidence of registration on the NCDMB NOGIC JQS; NUPRC Permit, etc.
III. Tenderer shall provide evidence of Category 1,2,3,4 or 5 Consultancy Services (CS) group NCEC demonstrating capacity and capability to execute seismic acquisition supervision services and Geophysical data center management and operation services in accordance with the NCDMB published NCEC guideline.
IV. 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.
V. Tenderer shall provide detailed description of the location of in-country committed facilities & infrastructure (not limited to technical office, and administrative space) in Nigeria to support this contract.
IV. 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).

5.0 CLOSING DATE
Only Tenderers who are registered in the relevant NJQS product categories as at 02/09/2024 being the advert close date shall be invited to submit combined Technical and Commercial bids at the same time.

6.0 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

  • All costs incurred in preparing and processing NJQS prequalification shall be to the contractor’s accounts.
  • This advertisement shall neither be construed as any form of commit- ment on the part of SPDC 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 SPDC and or any of its partners by virtue of such companies having been prequalified in NJQS.
  • SPDC will communicate only with authorized officers of the pre-quali- fying companies and NOT through individuals or Agents.

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