DEADLINE: 28TH MAY, 2025
CHEVRON NIGERIA LIMITED (CNL)
OPERATOR OF THE NNPC/CHEVRON JOINT VENTURE
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR THE PROVISION OF WELL PLUG AND ABANDONMENT (P&A) SERVICE TO SUPPORT JV ASSET RETIREMENT OPERATION (JV)
NipeX Tender No.: CNL.000000331
1. INTRODUCTION:
Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), Operator of NNPC/CNL Joint Venture, invites interested and prequalified service providers for this tender opportunity for Provision well plug and abandonment (P&A) Asset retirement services, at Company’s operational areas. The Proposed award strategy is multiple contracts of five (5) years term with an option of two (2) years extension.
2. SCOPE OF WORK:
The scope of work covered under this tender includes but is not limited to the following:
- To Plug and abandon selected idle JV Wells utilizing the right mix of resources Equipment and Personnel
- To Provide an integrated P&A services that is inclusive of ancillary services such as on an integrated basis including with tubing and casing cutting and pulling capabilities, Cementing Services, Slickline Services, Electric Line Services, hydraulic workover unit operation (HWOU Services), Logging Services, (E.g. CBL), sand clean out require for cleaning the sand out of the well and well abandonment and well abandonment, Coil Tubing Services, Specialty Barges for Onshore Work, Expendables and all Other Items Required to Provide the Services.
- All work will be carried out consistently with the Company’s current safety and environmental policies as detailed in Exhibit D below:
a. Contractor will perform the services for the joint venture between Company and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (“NNPC”). Contractor must have established base facilities in Warri or Port Harcourt for the handling of HWOU Services.
b. Contractor HWOU Services shall include but is not limited to:
c. Furnish for a 24-hour operation a certified 460K Hydraulic Workover Unit, tools and equipment listed under the contract to enable the performance of the following jobs in deviated, straight and horizontal wells: pulling of completion strings, well killing, fishing, milling, cementing, and well abandonment and related ancillaries. Equipment shall include the equipment needed for the jobs and to rig up onto the Company wellhead. All crossover and flanged connections be included and should be supplied by the contractor. All equipment must be pre-slung and certified.
d. Furnish the following with certification:
- Jack with lift capacity of 460,000 lbs
- Rotary table rated 20,000 ft-lbs
- Work basket with remote BOP control panel
- Jack base basket
- Window basket
- Annular BOP Hydril rated 5000 psi working pressure.
- 11″ Double ram BOP rated 5000 psi
- Accumulator unit with nitrogen bottles charged to 3000 psi
- 30 bbls Trip tank duly calibrated.
- PVT available at Third Party Vendor Specialist Documented Cost plus 10% Handling fee.
- Standpipe rated 5000 psi
- Mud storage tank (with combined capacity of 700 bbls of water=244608 lbs) including additional storage which may include available storage in the SEWOP. Centrifugal and Mud pumps rated 5000 psi. Mud pump skids must include real time data acquisition package capable of tracking rate, pressure, and volume (at a minimum)
- 100 bbls Flowback tank
- Choke Manifold coupled with kill manifold rated 5000 psi.
- Surface pumping iron and flowback iron. Pumping iron should be 2″ 10,000 psi working pressure with fig 1502 10M connections. Flowback iron should be 3″ 5000.
3. MANDATORY TENDER REQUIREMENTS:
A. To be eligible for this tender exercise, interested bidders are required to be pre-qualified and ‘live’ in the 3.15.04 (Asset Retirement, Waste Management Services) category in NipeX Joint Qualification System (NJQS) database. All successfully pre-qualified and ‘live’ bidders in this category by the bid close date will receive Invitation to Tender (ITT).
B. To determine if you are pre-qualified and to 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.
C. If you are not listed in the product/service category and you are registered with NUPRC to do business in this category, please contact NipeX office at 27b Oyinkan Abayomi Drive, Ikoyi Lagos with your NUPRC certificate (formerly called DPR Certificate) as evidence for verification and necessary update
D. To initiate the JQS pre-qualification process, please access www.nipex-ng.com click on services tab followed by NJQS registration.
E. To be eligible, all bidders must comply with the Nigerian Content requirements in the NipeX system.
4. NIGERIAN CONTENT REQUIREMENTS:
Chevron Nigeria 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 with 51% or more shareholding capacity. 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 Services and Support (SS) group NCEC demonstrating ownership of equipment to be utilized in the execution of 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.
Non-Compliance with Nigerian Content requirements is a Fatal Flaw.
5. CLOSE DATE:
Only bidders who are pre-qualified and ‘live’ with NJQS Product/Service Category 3.15.04 (Asset Retirement, Waste Management Services) by 16:00 Hours, May 28, 2025, being the advert close date shall be invited to submit technical and commercial bid.
6. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
1. Suppliers eligible for this tender opportunity are expected to be prequalified and “live” in NJQS under the product/service category.
2. The Invitation to Tender (ITT) and any further progression of this tender shall be via NipeX.
3. All costs incurred in preparing and processing NJQS prequalification shall be to the contractor’s accounts.
4. Meet the requirement of Static and Dynamic Reservoir Studies.
5. This advertisement shall neither be construed as any form of commitment on the part of Chevron Nigeria Limited to award any contract to any company and or associated companies, sub-contractors, or agents, nor shall it entitle prequalified Chevron Nigeria Limited and or any of its partners by virtue of such companies having been prequalified in NJQS.
6. The tendering process shall be the NNPC Ltd contracting process requiring pre-qualified companies to submit technical tenders first. Following a technical review, only technically and financially qualified contractors will be requested to submit commercial tenders.
7. Chevron Nigeria Limited will communicate only with authorized officers of the pre-qualifying companies and NOT through individuals or Agents.
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