DEADLINE: 30TH SEPTEMBER, 2024
SEPLAT WEST LIMITED
ON BEHALF OF THE NEPL/SEPLAT JOINT VENTURE
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR THE PROVISION OF CORROSION CONTROL & PREVENTION CALL-OFF SERVICES FOR SEPLAT ENERGY PLC. JV OPERATIONS
NIPEX NUMBER: SEPLAT.00000123
1. INTRODUCTION:
SEPLAT Energy the operator NEPL/SEPLAT Joint Venture invites interested reputable and pre-qualified contractors with relevant experience for this tender opportunity for “Provision of Corrosion and Prevention Call-Off Services”.
This contract aims to provide corrosion prevention and control services to proactively establish robust barriers to prevent equipment failure due to corrosion and mitigate corrosion risk exposure throughout the asset life cycle.
The contract will leverage data from the corrosion condition monitoring (CCN) contract to enhance the integrity maintenance of the production assets in line with regulatory and industry expectations. It will focus on corrosion related maintenance activities, including fabric maintenance coating, cathodic protection system design, installation and maintenance.
2. SERVICES REQUIRED/SCOPE OF WORK:
The service is expected to commence during the 4th Quarter of 2025. The expected duration of the services is three (3) years plus two (2) years optional extension period. The scope for the Provision of Corrosion and Prevention Services will include:
1. Provision of relevant materials, tools and equipment necessary to support the design, installation, testing and maintenance of the Company’s Corrosion Control and Prevention systems.
2. Fabric maintenance painting/coating of production equipment and facilities
3. Cathodic protection system installation
4. Cathodic protection system repair and ground bed maintenance
5. Soil-to-air tape wrap repair
6. Corrosion Control study
7. Composite wrap services
8. Cathodic protection (CP) materials supply
9. CP survey using closed interval potential survey (CIPS) and direct current gradient voltage (DCVG) method
10. Cathodic protection measurement of swamp structures
11. Analyze CP data to provide the status of pipeline coating and external corrosion risks.
SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS
The selected competent inspection contractor must have proven experience and capability in Corrosion Prevention and Control services. Such experience can also be demonstrated via partnership with a world-class reputable Corrosion Prevention and Control technical partner/OEM.
3. MANDATORY TENDER REQUIREMENTS:
i. To be eligible for this tender exercise, interested companies are required to be pre-qualified in the Cathodic Protection & Coating and Corrosion Prevention & Control Services categories of NipeX Joint Qualification System (NJQS) database. All successfully pre-qualified suppliers in this category will receive an invitation to tender (ITT).
ii. 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 continue Joint Qualification scheme tools, click check my supplier status and then click supplier product group.
iii. 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.
iv. To initiate the JQS pre-qualification process, please access www.nipex-ng.com to download the application form, make necessary payments and contact the NipeX office for further action. To be eligible, all tenders must comply with the Nigerian Content requirements in the 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.
In light of the above, tenderers shall be expected by Nigerian Content Development Monitoring Board (NCDMB) to:
- Demonstrate that the entity proposed for execution of the service is a Nigerian registered company, or Nigerian registered company as the contracting entity in genuine alliance or joint venture with foreign company with details on scope and responsibilities of parties for this work. Such companies must show evidence of joint venture binding agreement duly signed by the CEO of both companies including evidence or plans of physical operational presence and set-up in Nigeria.
- Furnish details of company ownership and shareholding structure. Also submit photocopies of its CAC Forms CO2 and CO7
- 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 by Nigerian resources relative to total work volume.
- Provide a Nigerian Content Plan with detailed description of the role, work scope, man-hours and responsibilities of all the Nigerian companies and personnel that will be involved in executing the work.
- State proposed total scope of work to be conducted by Nigerian personnel (whether contracted directly or under subcontract agreement) with name and addresses including evidence of well-equipped offices and workshop.
- Provide 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 to transfer of technology and skills to indigenous businesses and Nigerians over the next five (5) years.
- Provide evidence of domiciliation of project management and procurement centers in Nigeria with physical addresses (not P.O Box)
- Provide detailed description of the location of in-country committed facilities (equipment, storage, workshops, repair, maintenance and testing facilities).
- Provide a detailed statement with evidence of how it intends to maximum the use of Nigerian-made goods and services.
- 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).
- Provide evidence of a minimum 50% equity ownership of equipment by a Nigerian subsidiary
- Provide evidence of NCEC (Nigerian Content Equipment Certificate) – NCEC category 1,2,3,4 or 5 under Quality Control inspection and Testing (QS)
- Evidence of Registration on the NCDMB NOGIC JQS Portal.
- Bidders shall demonstrate how they intend to domicile 90% of the engineering man-hour/activities in a council for registration of engineering company of Nigeria registered engineering company of Nigeria
- All procurement activity must be done through a registered Nigerian vendor(s) Please note that failure to provide any of the above documentation (or requirements) will be a fatal flaw.
5. CLOSING DATE:
Only Tenderer who are pre-qualified and LIVE in the (3.05.06) Corrosion Prevention & Control Services and Cathodic Protection & Coating Equipment (Product/Services) categories in NipeX Joint Qualification System (NJQS) database as at 16:00hours (West African Time) on 30 September 2024, being the advert close date shall be invited to submit technical and commercial bid.
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.
