DEADLINE 27TH DECEMBER, 2024
TOTALENERGIES UPSTREAM NIGERIA LIMITED (TUPNI)
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR PROVISION OF SPECIALIZED (OPITO) HSE TRAINING SERVICES
NIPEX TENDER REF.: 100000077846 TUPNL.00000173
1. INTRODUCTION
TOTALENERGIES UPSTREAM NIGERIA LIMITED (TUPNI) operator of PML – 2, 3 & 4 (formally OML 130) and other offshore facilities invites interested and reputable indigenous suppliers with suitable personnel and equipment and relevant experience for consideration for inclusion in the tenderer’s list for subject tender opportunity.
2. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF WORK SCOPE AND SPECIFICATIONS
Supplier(s) shall possess internally recognized certification standards to be able to cover the scope of service which involves provision of specialized HSE training services in support of its oil exploration and production activity in its offshore platforms. The trainings required include but not limited to the following:
- BOSIET – Basic Offshore Safety Induction & Emergency Training with CA-EBS (Compressed Air Emergency Breathing System)
- T- BOSIET – Tropical Basic offshore Safety Induction & Emergency Training with CA-EBS (Compressed Air Emergency Breathing System)
- FOET – Further Offshore Emergency Training with CA-EBS
- T- FOET – Tropical Further Offshore Emergency Training with CA-EBS
- HUET – Helicopter Underwater Escape Training HUET with CA-EBS
- HLO – Helicopter Landing Officer
- HTM – Helicopter Team Member
- Lifeboat Coxswain Training
- MOME – Management of Major Emergencies
- Helideck Assistance
- Tropical Emergency Breathing System
- OIM Controlling Emergencies
And other OPITO trainings, tailor made to TotalEnergies Upstream Nigeria Limited (TUPNI) requirements.
Interested suppliers must have OPITO accreditation to carry out the listed Trainings and be willing to abide by local and international Ethics, HSE certifications if applicable.
The estimated commencement date for the provision of service shall be Q2, 2025.
Contact duration is estimated at 5 years firm and an option extension at COMPANY’s sole discretion for a further period of two (2) years.
3. MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS
- To be eligible for this tender exercise, interested suppliers are required to be pre-qualified and have a “LIVE” subscription status in the Training Course / Seminar Service (3.18.13) category of the NipeX Joint Qualifications Scheme (NJQS) database by the CFT advert closing date. All successful pre-qualified suppliers in this category will receive an invitation to submit their Tender for the services.
- To determine if you are pre-qualified and view the product/services category you are listed for: Open www.vendors.nipex-ng.com and access NJQS with your log in details.
- Click on Products/Services status tab to view your status and product codes.
- If you are not listed in the product/service category but you have registered with the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) to do business in the Nigerian Oil & Gas Industry, contact the NipeX administration office at 27b Oyinkan Abayomi Drive, Ikoyi, Lagos with your DPR certificate as evidence for verification and necessary update.
- To initiate the NJQS pre-qualification process, access www.vendors.nipex-ng.com click on “Service” tab followed by “NJQS Registration”.
- To be eligible, all tenders must comply with the Nigerian content requirements in the NipeX system.
- Only Nigerian indigenous service companies having verifiable Nigerian equity shareholding of 51% and above shall submit bids for this tender.
- Only tenderers who are OPITO accredited to deliver these training shall be considered.
4. NIGERIAN CONTENT REQUIREMENTS
i. Tenderer shall demonstrate that the entity is a Nigerian-registered company with 51% or more capacity and evidence of CAC forms CO2 and CO7. Provide evidence of registration with NCDMB NOGIC JQS and NUPRC.
ii. Tenderer shall provide a Detailed description of the location of in-country committed facilities & infrastructure (technical office, administrative space, training center, simulation facilities, etc.) for the execution of the work scope.
iii. Provide a project-specific organogram showing Names and Nationalities of all key personnel that will execute the work scope for this service (not limited to Training instructors/Coordinators, Safety Officers, Simulator Operators, Technical Support specialists, Support staff, etc.).
Tenderer shall note that “No expatriate shall be deployed in this project without obtaining expatriate quota from the Board consistent with section 31 and 33 of NOGICD Act 2010 on expatriate quota applications and approval.”
iv. Tenderers shall provide evidence of Category 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 Consultancy Services (CS) Group NCEC demonstrating capacity and capability to deploy OPITO certified Trainers/Personnel to execute the work scope.
a.) Develop a Nigerian Content Plan (NCP), which shall explain the methodology of how it intends to comply with the requirements of the Act and how to achieve the set target(s) in the Schedule of Nigerian Oil & Gas Industry Content Development Act and any targets set by The Board.
b.) Develop a Research & Development Plan which shall explain the methodology of how it intends to promote education, attachments, training, research and development in Nigeria in relation to the contract.
c.) Develop an employment and training plan which shall explain how first considerations shall be given to employment and training of Nigerians in work program on the contract, hiring and training needs with a breakdown of the skills needed and anticipated skill shortage in the Nigerian labour force including the training and understudy program for succession planning.
d.) Submit a plan for how you intend to give first consideration to services provided from within Nigeria with a list of work packages, 3rd party services and subcontracts that should be reserved for Nigerian indigenous contractors and those for Community Contractors including the list of services that will be provided by companies of Nigeria origin.
e.) Demonstrate that entity is a Nigerian indigenous company or an indigenous company in genuine alliance with a foreign-owned or multinational company registered in Nigeria. Submit certified true copies of CAC forms 10, 02 & 07 (or its equivalent; CAC 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, etc.) including company memorandum & article of association and/or evidence of entity’s incorporation, shareholding & ownership structure in Nigeria. Where applicable, evidence of the Partnership/JV Agreement (where applicable) between Indigenous Company and their alliances with duly signed exclusive binding Memorandum of Agreements by the CEO of the entities in the alliance.
f.) Provide detailed description of the location of in-country committed facilities & infrastructure (assets, equipment, technical office, and administrative space, storage, workshop, assembly area, repair & maintenance, testing, laboratory, etc.) in Nigeria to support this contract. Evidence that 5o% of all equipment deployed to work by multinational and international companies is owned by the local subsidiaries is a necessity.
g.) Provide a project-specific training, am-hour budget, skill development and technology transfer plan for Nigerian Personnel of indigenous business including evidence of past performance on training and development for Nigerians nationals and/or certification. Further development of local employees as professionals.
Proposed training plan for Nigerians on the project including a brief training outline for OEM products, engineering, software & hardware, project management, procurement, construction, installation, start-up & commissioning, maintenance, testing and operations.
h.) Provide evidence (personal list and position with organization chart to substantiate) of percentage of management that are Nigerian Nationals and the percentage of the total workforce that are Nigerians.
i.) Submit tenderer’s corporate organization’s overall human resource structure (management, supervisors, senior & junior skilled officers, etc.) identifying positions manned/occupied.
j.) Tenderer shall be expected to submit verifiable evidence of OEM’s Nigerian Content Equipment Certificate (NCEC) issued by NCDMB during the technical phase of bidding.
k.) All bidders during tendering shall demonstrate how the NC targets of the NOGICD Act would be achieved in accordance with the services.
NOTE: Failure to comply with the provision of the Nigerian Content Act 2010 or to demonstrate commitment to the development of the Nigerian Content Policy shall result in the disqualification of the tenderer from the bidding process.
5. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
a.) Failure to provide any of the listed documents or information may automatically disqualify the tenderer.
b.) All costs incurred in registering and prequalifying for this and other service categories in NJQS shall be borne solely by the suppliers.
c.) This advertisement shall neither be construed as any form of commitment on the part of TotalEnergies Upstream Nigeria Limited (TUPNI) to awards any contract to any company and/or associated companies sub-contractors, or agents nor shall it entitle pre-qualified companies to make any claims whatsoever, and/or seek any indemnity from TotalEnergies Upstream Nigeria Limited (TUPNI) and/or any of its partners by virtue of such companies having been pre-qualified in NJQS.
d.) The ITT and any further progression of this tenders Shall be via NipeX portal.
Interested suppliers are therefore advised to ensure that their profiles in NipeX are active with a valid official email address accessible by their organization as this shall be the only means to transmit the ITT.
e.) Man hour figures for Capital Project Portfolios are estimates to provide definition to the scope and do not constitute guaranteed quantities.
f.) TotalEnergies Upstream Nigeria Limited (TUPNI) will only recognize and correspond with duly authorized officers of the pre-qualified tenderers and NOT through individuals or agents acting on their behalf.
6. SUBMISSION DEADLINE
Only Suppliers, who are registered and have a “LIVE” subscription status in NJQS service category Training Course / Seminar Service (3.18.13) at 1600 Hours (Nigerian Time) on Friday, 27th December 2024, being the advert closing date, shall be invited to submit technical and commercial tenders.
NCDMB Certification Authorization No.: ES/NCDMB/TEUPNL/ADV/26112024
