Nigeria Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC)- Invitation To Tender And Expression Of Interest (EOI) For The Implementation Of 2024 Procurement Activities Of The Nigeria Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (23 Lots)

DEADLINE: 25TH NOVEMBER & 9TH DECEMBER, 2024
NIGERIA UPSTREAM PETROLEUM REGULATORY COMMISSION (NUPRC)
INVITATION TO TENDER AND EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI) FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF 2024 PROCUREMENT ACTIVITIES OF THE NIGERIA UPSTREAM PETROLEUM REGULATORY COMMISSION

1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 This is to draw the attention of the public and prospective bidders to the Nigeria Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission’s (NUPRC) advertisement published in the Daily Trust and ThisDay Newspapers of 14th October, 2024, as well as in the Federal Tenders Journal of 14th October serves as the replacement.
1.2 The Nigeria Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) invites interested and reputable Contractors, Suppliers and Consultants with relevant and verifiable experience to apply for pre-qualification for consideration to tender for the projects indicated below under the 2024 Budget in Compliances with Public Procurement Act 2007.

2. PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The projects fall under the following categories:

CATEGORY A: GOODS

CATEGORY B – WORKS

CATEGORY C – CONSULTANCY SERVICES

3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Prospective Applicants should submit the following documents in their technical bids or EOI as applicable:
a. Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Form CAC1.1 or CAC2 and CAC7. Business Name with Forms BNI is also acceptable for Consultancy Services;
b. Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificate (or Personal Income Tax Clearance Certificates of all the Partners in case of Business Name) for the last three (3) years valid till 31st December, 2024;
c. Evidence of Pension Clearance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2024 (this requirement is only applicable to bidders whose number of staff is 15 and above);
d. Evidence of Industrial Training Fund (ITF) Compliance Certificate valid till 31st December, (this requirement is only applicable to bidders whose number of staff is 5 and above or the bidder’s annual turnover is N50m and above);
e. Evidence of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Clearance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2024;
f. Evidence of Registration on the National Database of Federal Contractors, Consultants and Service Providers by submission of Interim Registration Report (IRR) expiring on 31/12/2024 or valid Certificate issued by BPP.
g. Sworn Affidavit disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the Nigeria Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission or the Bureau of Public Procurement is a former or present Director, shareholder or has any pecuniary interest in the bidder and to confirm that all information presented in its bid are true and correct in all particulars;
h. Company’s Audited Accounts for the last three (3) years – 2021, 2022 & 2023;
i. Reference Letter from a reputable Commercial Bank in Nigeria, indicating willingness to provide credit facility for the execution of the project when needed;
j. Company’s Profile with the Curriculum Vitae of Key Staff to be deployed for the project, including copies of their Academic/Professional qualifications such as COREN, QSRBN, ARCON, CORBON, SURCON, etc.;
k. Evidence of valid OGISP registration (Oil & Gas Industry Permit);
l. Verifiable documentary evidence of at least three (3) similar jobs (in size, nature & complexity) executed in the last five (5) years including Letters of Award, Valuation Certificates, Job Completion Certificates and Photographs of the projects;
m. For Supply of Equipment: Letter of Authorization as representative of Original Equioment Manufacturers (OEMS);
n. Works: List of Plants/Equipment with proof of Ownership/Lease Agreement;
o. Consultancy Service: Evidence of Firm’s current registration with the relevant regulatory professional body(ies);
p. ICT jobs: Evidence of current License/accreditation with Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria (CPN) and National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA);
q. Electricity Jobs: Evidence of current License issue by Nigeria Electricity Management Service Agency (NEMSA);
r. For Joint Venture/Partnership, Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) indicating Lead Partner should be provided (CAC< Tax Clearance Certificate, Pension Clearance Certificate, ITF Compliances Certificate, IRR & Sworn Affidavit are compulsory for each JV partner)
Note: All document for submission must be transmitted with a Covering/Forwarding letter under the company/Firm’s Letter Head Paper bearing amongst others, the Registration Number (RC) as issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), Contact Address. The Letterhead Paper must bear the Names and Nationalities of the Directors of the Company at the bottom of the page, duly signed by the authorised officer of the firm.

4. COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS (GOODS & WORS)
Interested Companies are to collect the Standard Bidding Document (SBD) from the office of the Head Contract & Procurement, Nigeria Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, Jabi Main Office, Grand floor, Room11 on evidence of payment of a non-refundable tender fee of N10,000.00 per Lot, paid into the Nigeria Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission’s Remita account in any reputable Commercial bank in Nigeria.

• Visit NUPRC website www.nupr.gov.ng
• Click on NUPR TSA payment using Remita
• Click on make payment, enter MDA (Nigeria Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission)
• Select NUPRC – Standard Bidding Document fees
• Complete the necessary fields

5. SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS (GOODS & WORKS)
Prospective bidders are to submit bid for each of the Lot desired, two (2) hard copies each of the technical and financial bids with softcopy of financial bid only in MS Excel format, packaged separately in sealed envelopes and clearly marked as “Technical Bid” or “Financial Bid”. Thereafter, put the two sealed envelopes together in a bigger sealed envelope addressed to The Commission Chief Executive, Nigeria Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, 7, Sylvester Ugoh Crescent, Jabi Abuja and clearly marked with the name of the project and the Lot number. Furthermore, the reverse of each sealed envelope should bear the name and address of the bidder and drop in the designated Tender Box at the ground floor Main reception mot later than 12:00pm on Monday, 9th December, 2024.
Bids of the value of N100 Million and above for Goods and N300 Millions and above for Works, must be accompanied with a Bid Security of 2% of the bid sum.

6. SUBMISSION OF EOI DOCUMENTS (CONSULTANCY SERVICES)
Interested firms are to submit two (2) bound Expression of Interest (EoI) documents separated by dividers and arranged as indicated above. The documents should be submitted in a sealed envelope and addressed to The Commission Chief Executive, Nigeria Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, 7, Sylvester Ugoh Crescent, Jabi Abuja and clearly marked with the name of the project and the Lot number. Furthermore, the reverse of each sealed envelope should bear the name and address of the bidder and drop in the designated Tender Box at the ground floor reception not later than 2:00pm on Monday, 25th of November 2024.

7. OPENING OF EOI AND TECHNICAL BIDS
a. EOI/Bids must be in English Language and signed by an authorized official;;
b. EOI/Bids submitted after the deadline for submission will be returned un-opened;
c. All cost will be borne by the bidders;
d. The EOI/Technical Bids will be opened in the presence of Bidders or their representatives, CSOs in the areas of Anti-Corruption and Transparency and Private Professional bodies;
e. Goods and Works: Only pre-qualified bidders at technical evaluation will be invited at a later date for financial bids opening, while the financial bids of un-successful bidders will be returned un-opened;
f. Consultancy Service: Only shortlisted firms will be invited at a later date for collection of Request for Proposals;
g. Arrangement of EOIs/technical documents in hard copies should follow the order in the list above and appropriately paged. The EOIs/technical document should have a table of content indicating the pages, which these items are to be found;
h. This advertisement shall not be considered as commitment on the part of the Nigeria Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, nor shall it entitle potential companies to make any claims whatsoever or seek any indemnity from Nigeria Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission by such Company having responded to this advertisement.
i. All bidders are advised to visit the project site for all Works, during their bid preparation.
j. The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission is not bound to pre-qualify/shortlist any Applicant and reserves the right to annul the Procurement process at any time without incurring any liabilities in accordance with Section 28 of the Public Procurement Act, 2007.
k. Bidders who collected bid based on the earlier advertisement may approach the NUPRC for collection of a bid or request for a refund.

SIGNED:
MANAGEMENT