DEADLINE: 14TH NOVEMBER, 2025
SEPLAT EAST ONSHORE LIMITED
(ON BEHALF OF THE NNPC/SEPLAT JOINT VENTURE)
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR THE PROVISION OF LAND DRILLING RIG FOR SEPLAT EAST
NIPEX SHOPPING CART: 1000008136
ES/NCDMB/IPP/SEPLAT-ADV-100564 /031125
1.0 INTRODUCTION:
Seplat Energy, an operator of the NNPC/Seplat Joint Venture, invites interested and prequalified companies with relevant experience in the Provision of Land Drilling Rigs required to execute drilling, completion, and workover operations in the Eastern Assets.
2.0 SERVICES REQUIRED/SCOPE OF WORK:
The scope of work includes the provision of a 2000HP/10K Land drilling rig, ancillary equipment, and related services. At a minimum, the contractor is expected to supply and provide the following:
• Land Drilling Unit and Associated equipment
• Consumables / Spare parts and
• Other related equipment and personnel
The contract is expected to run for two (2) years with an option to extend for an additional one (1) year, subject to performance and project requirements.
3.0 MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS:
1. To be eligible for this tender exercise, interested Companies are required to be pre-qualified in the Product Group 3.04.01 (Category A) – Drilling Rigs and Production/ Drilling Services (Semisubmersibles / Jack-ups / Others) in NipeX Joint Qualification System (NJQS). All successfully pre-qualified contractors in this category will receive an invitation to Tender (ITT).
2. To determine if you are pre-qualified and to view the product/service category you are listed for: Open http://vendors.nipex-ng.com and access NJQS with your log in details. Click on the Products/-Services Status tab to view your status and product codes.
3. If you are not listed in a Product/Service category and you are registered with NUPRC (Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission) to do business, contact NipeX office at No 27B, Onyikan Abayomi Drive, Ikoyi, Lagos with your NUPRC certificate as evidence for verification and necessary update.
4. To initiate the NJQS pre-qualification process, access www.nipex-ng.com, click on services tab followed by NJQS registration.
5. Any entity intending to bid as a joint venture/alliance must demonstrate a genuine alliance or joint venture with details on scope and responsibilities of parties for this work, and payment arrangements. Such companies must show evidence of joint ventures via a legally binding agreement duly signed by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of both companies. In the absence of a binding legal agreement relating directly to this activity, the company submitting the response on behalf of the alliance/joint venture must supply the power of attorney authorizing it to do so.
6. To be eligible, all tenders must comply with the Nigerian Content requirements in the NipeX system.
a. In the section below:
7. “OGTAN” shall mean Oil and Gas Trainers Association of Nigeria and
a. “Tenderer” shall mean bidder.
4.0 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 & 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 the 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.
- Tenderer shall submit project specific organogram clearly showing distribution Nigerian and Expatriate staff to be deployed on the project – this should include both Management and non-management.
- 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. this should include detailed statement with evidence of how it intends to maximize the use of Nigerian made goods and services.
- Provide detailed description of the location of in-country facilities (Equipment, storage, workshops, repair, maintenance and testing facilities).
- In line with the NCD Human Capacity Development Initiative, Bidder shall commit to providing Project-Specific training, man-hour, budget, skill development and under-study plan for Nigerian personnel utilizing
- OGTAN registered trainer(s) or other approved NCDMB training institution(s).
- Provide evidence of NCRC (Nigerian Content Rig Certificate)
- Evidence of Registration on the NCDMB NOGIC JQS Portal.
- All procurement activity must be done through a registered Nigerian vendor(s) with valid NCEC for the item to be procured.
Please note that failure to provide any of the above documentation (or requirements) will be a fatal flaw.
5.0 CLOSING DATE:
Only tenderers who are registered with NJQS Product/Categories:
A. 3.04.01 (Category A) – Drilling Rigs and Production/ Drilling Services (Semisubmersibles / Jackups / Others) with a “LIVE” subscription status at 16:00hours (West African Time) on November 14, 2025, being the advert close date, shall be invited to submit Technical and commercial Bids.
6.0 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
1. All costs incurred in preparing and processing NJQS prequalification and responding to this tender opportunity shall be to the tender’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 tenderer and or associated contractors, sub-contractors or agents, nor shall it entitle pre-qualified tenderers to make any claims whatsoever, and/or seek any indemnity from SEPLAT and/or any of its partners by virtue of such tenderers having been pre-qualified 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 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 establishes 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 from 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 tenderers 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 are up to date in their company profile in the NJQS database.
15. The 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.
Please visit NipeX portal at www.nipex-ng.com for this advert and other information and note that this tender will be processed through NipeX system.
Disclaimer:
This Advertisement shall not constitute/obligate any commitment on the part of the NNPC/SEPLAT joint venture to award any form of contract to any company and/or associated companies, sub-contractors or agents. Neither shall any company submitting a document to obtain any indemnity from NNPC/SEPLAT joint venture and/or any of its partners by virtue of such companies having responded to this advertisement.
