DEADLINE: 14TH MAY, 2025
STAR DEEP WATER PETROLEUM LIMITED (SDWPL)
A CHEVRON COMPANY
OPERATOR OF THE AGBAMI UNIT (OML 127/128)
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR THE PROVISION OF DESIGN ENGINEERING SUPPORT SERVICES FOR AGBAMI FPSO
NIPEX TENDER: STARDEEP.00000128
1. INTRODUCTION:
Star Deep Water Petroleum Limited (“SDWPL”), a Chevron company and operator of the Agbami field on behalf of its co-venturers (FAMFA Oil Limited, Prime 127 Nigeria Limited, Chappal Energies Offshore Limited and Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL)), invites interested and prequalified companies with relevant experience for this tender opportunity for the provision of Design Engineering Support Services for Agbami FPSO to support the Agbami Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) Vessel operations, which is located in approximately 5000 feet of water and about 70 miles offshore Nigeria.
The services are estimated to commence August 2025 for five (5) years primary term with an optional two (2) year extension period.
2. SCOPE OF WORK:
The Agbami FPSO is located at a water depth of about 5,000 feet and about 70 miles (~112 kilometers) offshore from the Nigerian coastline. The FPSO has been in operation since 2008 and regular engineering activities are required to increase her capacity and maintain her integrity to guarantee safe and reliable operations.
The scope of Design Engineering and Support Services includes but not limited to the following:
- Provision of Conceptual Design, Front End Engineering Design (FEED) and Detailed Engineering Design (DED) in compliance with applicable regulatory requirements, relevant industry codes and standards, Chevron Engineering Standards (CES) and Chevron Operations Excellence Management Standards (OEMS).
- Design Services which shall include but not limited to Mechanical Engineering, Piping and Pipeline Engineering, Process Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Architectural Design, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Fire Protection Engineering, Instrumentation and Controls Engineering, Robotics Engineering, Asset Integrity Engineering, Telecommunications Engineering, Subsea Civil and Marine Engineering, Quality Engineering and Drafting services (3-D/Laser Scanning, Intelligent P&ID, PDMS, Isometric and GA drawings).
- Provision of Engineering Support Services using Company qualified personnel and sub-contractors in the areas of Operations Reliability and Maintenance (ORM) Management and Consulting, Construction Management and Consulting, Project Management, Asset Integrity Management, Robotic Assessments/ Specialist Studies and Consulting. Quality Management, Turnaround Maintenance Planning, Materials Management, Field Design Support, OEM/SME call-out Services, Project Scheduling, Cost Estimating, Information Management and Document Control, Specialized Processing Engineering Studies (e.g. HAZOP assessments, Flare Radiation Modeling and Gas Release Modelling), Hazardous area Classification, Reliability and Predictive Maintenance Modeling, Assets End of life/Life Extension Studies and Consulting, Engineering Procedures and Plans, Marine structural dynamics analysis including fatigue analysis, dynamic modelling, finite element analysis, etc.
MANDATORY TENDER REQUIREMENTS:
To be eligible for this tender exercise, interested bidders are required to have the requisite NUPRC permit, NCDMB NOGIC JQS registration and be pre-qualified and ‘live’ under Product Codes:
1. 3.01.01: Engineering Support Services/Project Administration Services,
2. 3.01.03: Mechanical/Process/Utilities/Piping Services
3. 3.01.04: Electro/Control/Instrumentation Services
4. 3.01.05: Pipeline Services
5. 3.01.11: Material Technology/Anti-Corrosion/Surface Protection Services
6. 3.01.13: Fire and Gas Protection System Services
7. 3.01.02: Steel/Construction/Architectural Services
in NipeX Joint Qualification System (NJQS) database. All successfully pre-qualified and “live” bidders in this category by the bid close date of this advert will receive the Invitation To Tender (ITT).
A. To confirm 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.
B. 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.
C. To initiate the JQS pre-qualification process, please access <www.nipex-ng.com> click on services tab followed by NJQS registration.
D. To be eligible, all interested bidders must comply with the Nigerian Content requirements in the NipeX system.
4. NIGERIAN CONTENT REQUIREMENT:
Star Deep Water Petroleum Limited is committed to the development of the Nigerian Oil and Gas business in observance with the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development Act 2010 (NOGICD Act) enacted by the Federal Government of Nigeria in April 2010.
Pursuant to enactment of the NOGICD Act, the minimum Nigerian Content in any project, service, or product specification to be executed in the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry shall be consistent with the level set in the schedule of the Act and any other target as may be directed by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB).
Contractors shall comply with the provisions of the NOGICD Act and all applicable regulations. Bidders that do not meet the Nigerian Content criterion will not be allowed to participate in next Tender Stage.
The following are the Nigerian Content requirements bidders are expected to comply with in their technical bid submission:
A. Tenderer shall demonstrate that entity is a Nigerian-registered company. Submit certified true copies of CAC forms 10, 02 & 07 (or its equivalent; CAC 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, etc.). Tenderer shall provide evidence of registration with the NCDMB NOGIC JQS and NUPRC.
B. Tenderer shall provide detailed description of the location of in-country committed facilities not limited to administrative office, technical office, and workshop for execution of the work scope.
C. Provide a project-specific organogram showing Names and Nationalities of all key personnel to be utilized in the execution of the work scope.
D. Tenderer shall provide evidence of any valid category 1,2,3,4 or 5 Consultancy Services (CS) NCEC demonstrating capacity to deploy qualified personnel to execute the work scope.
E. Tenderer shall (via a letter of undertaking utilizing its letter headed paper) commit to:
i. Complying with the latest approved version of NCDMB HCD guideline 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).
ii. In line with the NOGICD Act, deduct 1% NCDF for every subcontract (if applicable) to be issued on the contract and remit same to NCDMB. Tenderer shall ensure that the 1% NCDF for all subcontracts must be priced into the commercial submission to be submitted to Operator.
5. CLOSE DATE:
Only bidders who are pre-qualified and ‘live’ with NJQS Product/Category
1. 3.01.01: Engineering Support Services/Project Administration Services,
2. 3.01.03: Mechanical/Process/Utilities/Piping Services
3. 3.01.04: Electro/Control/Instrumentation Services
4. 3.01.05: Pipeline Services
5. 3.01.11: Material Technology/Anti-Corrosion/Surface Protection Services
6. 3.01.13: Fire and Gas Protection System Services
7. 3.01.02: Steel/Construction/Architectural Services by 16:00 Hours, May 14, 2025 being the advert close date shall be invited to submit technical bid.
6. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
1. The Invitation to Tender (ITT) and any further progression of this tender shall be via NipeX. Interested bidders are therefore advised to ensure they are set-up in NipeX with a valid and active official company email address accessible by all in their organization as this shall be the only means to transmit the ITT.
2. Bidders, who, for this bid process enter a Joint Venture (JV), Partnership, Consortiums, etc. with another bidder that is bidding for this service will be disqualified.
3. All costs incurred by a bidder in preparing / processing NJQS prequalification and participating in this tendering process shall be to the bidder’s accounts.
4. This advertisement shall neither be construed as any form of commitment on the part of Star Deep Water Petroleum Limited(“Company”) 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 Company and/or any of its partners by virtue of such companies having been prequalified in NJQS.
5. The tendering process shall be the NNPC NipeX contracting process requiring pre-qualified companies to submit both technical and commercial tenders at the same time.
6. Company reserves the right to reject any and or all pre-qualified bids at its sole discretion and at no cost to Company.
7. Company will communicate only with authorized officers of the pre-qualifying companies and NOT through individuals or agents.
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