DEADLINE: 30TH SEPTEMBER, 2024
SEPLAT WEST LIMITED
ON BEHALF OF THE NEPL/SEPLAT JOINT VENTURE)
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR PROVISION OF INTEGRATED PIPELINE MAINTENANCE AND EMERGENCY REPAIR SERVICES (IPMERS) FOR SEPLAT ENERGY COMPANY PLC JV OPERATIONS
NIPEX NUMBER: SEPLAT.00000122
1. INTRODUCTION:
SEPLAT Energy Plc. on behalf of the NEPL/SEPLAT Joint Venture intends to carry out Pipeline maintenance of all pipelines connecting production facilities and equipment in Western Asset to safeguard the integrity of the pipelines and sustain evacuation from such facilities and equipment. Seplat therefore invites Tenders from suitable and reputable companies with Pipeline maintenance, operations support, repair and repair and upgrade experience to apply for the subject project for an anticipated contract term of Four (4) years plus one (1) year optional extension.
The proposed strategy will utilize the NipeX contracting platform to run the tender. This will involve placing both advert text and contract strategy on the NipeX portal for NEPL/NIPEX approval and thereafter followed by publication in both portals and two national newspapers concurrently. The advert will focus on instructions to intending bidders to get prequalified or registered for appropriate Product/Services codes via the NipeX Joint Qualification System (NJQS). Invitation to Tender (ITT) documents will only be issued to interested and qualified bidders. The tenderers will then upload technical/commercial bids for evaluation and ward, respectively.
2. Services required/scope of work:
As a minimum requirement, the selected contractors shall have the necessary experience, capability and shall be fully responsible for the provision of the services as detailed in the table below for use in the onshore and shallow waters operations.
s/n service code tender ref. number services brief description of scope of work (include but not limited to the understand)
1 3.05.12 Provision of integrated pipeline maintenance and emergency repair services (Ipmers) for seplat energy plc. Jv operations. the scope of work shall include but not be limited to be following:
i. Provision of safety equipment as may be required for various pipeline repairs and maintenance works. Provision of resources and execution of civil works as may be required to access and sustain remote work locations including excavators, fire tender, generators, remote site office and communication equipment.
ii. Provision of equipment to transport material and personnel, trench and lay pipelines at remote locations to carry out planned sectional replacement, clamp and composite repair for reinforcement and integrity restoration purposes. Services shall be performed on different sizes of pipelines crossing different terrains including land swamp and seasonal swamp.
iii. Provision of all pipeline construction and maintenance equipment and materials required for planned and emergency repairs by clamping, sectional replacement or any other agreed pipeline repair method.
iv. Provision of qualified personnel, equipment and consumable required to perform pipeline upgrade, maintenance, emergency repair and NDT inspection services. Perform non-destructive tests to provide integrity assurance for completed pipeline maintenance and/or repair works.
v. CONTRACTOR shall be capable to deliver fabrication and maintenance of pipeline ancillary equipment including pig launders/receivers, pig valves, manifold valve repair and replacement, isolation joint replacement and other manifold repair or maintenance activities.
vi. Perform integrity tests for pipeline maintenance and repair using hydrotest equipment and issue relevant report
vii. Provision of all inspection equipment and materials required for all applicable inspection techniques including provision of qualified personnel and equipment for radiology testing, Ultraviolent testing, magnetic particles, liquid penetrate testing.
viii. Submission of a comprehensive report which shall include stages of pipeline construction, maintenance or repair, reflecting relevant data or corrective actions.
Contract strategy:
The strategy is to engage the services of contractors to execute the activities on PROVISION OF INTEGRATED PIPELINE MAINTENANCE AND EMERGENCY REPAIR SERVICES (IPMERS) FOR SEPLAT ENERGY PLC. JV OPERATIONS for a period of Four (4) years with the Option to renew for One (1) year. Following this advertisement, Companies will be expected to submit their bids as specified thereafter, the bids shall be evaluated and ranked based on the bidder’s performance. Contract shall be rewarded to three most competitive bidders at the lowest evaluated realistic bidder’s rate. NEPL/SEPLAT JV shall retain the selected companies to provide the required services during the contract duration.
3. MANDATORY TENDER REQUIREMENTS:
1. To be eligible for this tender exercise, interested bidders are required to be pre-qualified and ‘live’ in the relevant product/services categories of NipeX Joint Qualification System (NJQS) database as indicated in 2 above. All successfully pre-qualified and ‘live’ bidders in this category by the close date will receive an invitation to tender (ITT).
2. To be eligible for this tender exercise, interested bidders are required to be pre-qualified and ‘live’ in the following NipeX Joint Qualification System (NJQS) categories:
- 3.05.12
3. To determine if you are pre-qualified and view the product/service category you are listed for: open www.vendors.nipex-ng.com and access NJQS with your log in details. Click on Products/Services tab to view your status and product codes.
4. If you are not listed in this product/service category you registered with NUPRC to do business, Please Contact Nipex Office at 27b, Oyinkan Abayomi Drive, Ikoyi Lagos with your NUPRC certificate as evidence for verification and necessary update.
5. To initiate the JQS pre-qualification process, please access www.nipex-ng.com, click on services tab followed by NJQS registration.
6. To be eligible, all tenders must comply with the Nigerian Content requirements in Nipex system.
4. NIGERIAN CONTENT DEVELOPMENT
SEPLAT, as an indigenous Exploration and Production Company in Nigeria, is committed to the development of the capabilities of Nigerian companies in compliance with the provisions of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development (NOGICD) Act 2010 for Nigerian Content Development.
Tenderers are to note that they will be requested in the technical tender to provide details of their relevant strategy to ensure that they fully comply with the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Act 2010 as provided at http://www.ncdmb.gov.ng/images/GUIDELINES/NCACT.pdf, in view of the fact that non-compliance will constitute a fatal flaw in all contract evaluations.
- Demonstrate that the entity proposed for execution of the service, is a Nigerian registered company.
- Furnish details of company ownership and shareholding structure. Also submit photocopies of its CAC Forms CO2 and CO7.
- Provide evidence of what percentage of its key management positions are held by Nigerians and what percentage of the total workforce are Nigerians. Also show the overall percentage of work to be performed by Nigerian resources relative to the total work volume.
- In line with the NCDMB Guidelines specific to this tender, the bidder shall provide a valid Nigerian Content Equipment Certificate (NCEC) Category 1,2,3,4 or 5 Fabrication and Construction (FC) or Movable Equipment (EC) and qualify control, Inspection and Testing (QS)
- The tenderer shall provide a valid Nigerian Content Marine Vessel Certificate (NCMVC) of the nominated vessel or a signed MOA with the owner of a Houseboat, Work Barge, environmental barge, Water barge, crew boat, or Tugboat with a valid NCMVC for the nominated vessel.
- State proposed total scope of work to conduct by Nigerian personnel (whether contracted directly or under subcontract agreements) with names and addresses including evidence of well-equipped offices and workshops.
- Provide a detailed plan for staff training and development on engineering, project management and procurement (including all software to be used, number of personnel, name of the organization providing such training, and evidence of past training record) for Nigerian Personnel including a description of any specific programs in place for transfer of technology and skills to indigenous businesses and Nigerian over the next five (5) years.
- Provide a detailed description of the location of in-country facilities (equipment, storage, workshops, repair, maintenance and testing facilities)
- Provide details on any other Nigerian Content initiative the company is involved in.
- In line with the NCD Human Capacity Development Initiative, bidder shall commit 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).
- Evidence of Registration on the NCDMB NOGIC JQS Portal.
5. CLOSING DATE:
SEPLAT shall download the bidders’ list from NIPEX PORTAL for companies who are pre-qualified and LIVE in relevant NJQS Product/Services Codes indicated in 2.0 above as at 16:00hours (West African Time) on 30 September 2024. Thereafter, a competitive bidding process shall be adopted. Invitation to Tender (ITT) shall be issued for both Technical and Commercial tenders to the approved bidders through the NipeX Portal
6. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
1. All cost incurred in preparing and processing NJQS prequalification and responding to this tender opportunity shall be to the tenderer’s own account.
2. This advertisement and subsequent ITT shall neither be construed as any form of commitment on the part of SEPLAT to award any contract to any company and or associated companies, sub-contractors or agent, 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.
3. The tendering process shall be undertaken in accordance with the NNPC contracting process in compliance with Public Procurement Act 2007
4. SEPLAT will communicate only with authorized officers of the pre-qualifying companies at each stage of the tender process, as necessary and will not communicate through individuals or appointed agents.
5. This tender and any related process neither creates any commitment by SEPLAT nor establish any legal relationship.
6. All information must be provided in English Language.
7. Notwithstanding the pre-qualification in NJQS, SEPLAT is neither committed nor obliged to include your company on any bid list or to award any form of contract to any company and/or associated companies, sub-contractors or agents.
8. SEPLAT will not enter any form of communication with interested bidder(s) in respect hereof form the commencement date of this advertisement.
9. Submission of any fictitious document will lead to suspension from participation in future bids.
10. Only pre-qualified companies in the appropriate registered NipeX Categorization as at the last date of this advertisement will be eligible and shall be invited for tendering.
11. SEPLAT will not enter correspondence with any company or individual on why a company was short-listed or not short-listed
12. Only tenderers that score the minimum pass mark in the technical evaluation exercise shall progress to the commercial stage of the tender process. Evaluation of tenders and selection of successful bidders will be based on proven capability of a bidder to offer the service and submission of the best commercial responsive tender.
13. Full tendering procedure will be provided only to contractors that have been successfully prequalified in NJQS.
14. Contractors that are prequalified for this product/service category in NJQS must ensure that the name and contact details (physical address, email address and telephone number) of their company and authorized/responsible personnel is up-to-date in their company profile in this NJQS database.
15. This tendering process shall be the NipeX contracting process requiring pre-qualified companies to submit technical tenders first. Following a technical review, which will focus on the technical evaluation criteria, only technically and financially qualified contractors will be requested to submit commercial tenders.
