DEADLINE: 25TH MAY, 2026
NIGERIAN AGIP EXPLORATION (OPERATOR)
NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM COMPANY LIMITED
SHELL NIGERIA EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION COMPANY LIMITED CO-VENTURE PARTNERS
INVITATION FOR PRE-QUALIFICATION FOR PROVISION OF ENGINEERING, PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION (EPC) SERVICES OF SUBSEA PRODUCTION SYSTEM (SPS) AND AFTERMARKET SERVICES FOR ZABAZABA AND ETAN DEVELOPMENT PROJECT (WP-4)

(1) INTRODUCTION
Nigerian AGIP Exploration (NAE) Limited as Operator of the Zabazaba field (PML 103) and Etan (PML102) invites interested and reputable companies with relevant experience to indicate an Expression of Interest (EOI) for the Engineering, Procurement, Construction (EPC) services of Subsea Production System (SPS) for the Zabazaba and Etan development project. Zabazaba and Etan deepwater fields are located at about 140 kilometers offshore Nigeria in water depths of up to 2000 meters. The two fields are about 40km apart with a seafloor canyon between them. Development will be phased considering Zabazaba (PML103) first and then Etan (PML102).

The development concept is based on a new hub, with a standalone spread moored FPSO with nameplate Oil processing capacity of 150 kbopd and 1.7 MMbbls (minimum) nominal storage capacity. The subsea network consists of subsea horizontal tree systems, manifold systems, production and water injection risers and flowlines including a gas export line.

The Zabazaba development will be through a deepwater subsea network consisting of 15 production and 7 water injection wells, 27km of production flowlines and risers, 15km of water Injection flowlines and risers, 140km gas export pipeline and riser and a 40km umbilical system (note: lengths provide here are approximate and will be subject to respondents’ final field layout development).

The scope of the EPC for SPS (WP-4), subject of this EOI request, includes the production and injection tree system and manifolds, tie-in connection system, subsea distribution hardware and the subsea control system.

NAE hereby invites only capable, reputable and competent Nigerian and International Companies (herein referred as “Respondents”) with the requisite and demonstrable expertise, experience, skilled manpower and technology to a response in accordance with this notice for expression of interest. Thereafter, for those companies meeting NAE requirements, shortlisting and inclusion in the bid list.

Please visit the Nigerian Petroleum Exchange Portal www.nipex-ng.com for further details.

(2) SCOPE OF WORK

The purpose of the EPC for Subsea Production System is to supply the subsea production system equipment necessary to develop these Offshore fields. The scope of work for the SPS EPC (WP-4) shall include but not limited to the engineering, procurement, fabrication, manufacturing and assembly, testing, maintenance and refurbishment, integration, preservation, storage, loadout, offshore hookup, provision of support for installation, pre-commissioning and start up, and Healthcare support (aftermarket) for the following subsea hardware production systems (SPS).

The equipment supply scope for Zabazaba and Etan developments are as listed below. Zabazaba scope is the base case while Etan is optional to be triggered in accordance with the contractual terms.

Zabazaba SPS Scope (Base Case)

  • 15 off Production tree systems (10kpsi horizontal XT)
  • 7 off Water Inj tree system (10kpsi horizontal XT)
  • 4 by 6 slots manifolds (gas lift at headers near FPSO)
  • Subsea Distribution Hardware including umbilical termination assemblies (UTAS, 17-off), hydraulic distribution.
  • Subsea control system and associated structure (SCM, SRM, EFL, HFL… etc.)
  • Topside control system and associated structures (HPU, EPU, MCS, TUTU…etc)
  • IWOCS
  • Tie-in System
  • Associated tooling for testing and installation

Etan SPS Scope (Optional scope)

  • 6-off Production tree systems (10kpsi horizontal XT)
  • 4 by 6 slot Water Inj tree system (10kpsi horizontal XT)
  • 2-off manifolds (gas lift at headers near FPSO)
  • 1-off Production SSIV module
  • Subsea Distribution Hardware including umbilical termination assemblies (UTAS, 12-off), hydraulic distribution
  • Subsea control system and associated structure (SCM, SRM, EFL, HFL…etc.)
  • Topside control system and associated structures (HPU, EPU, MCS, TUTU…etc.)
  • IWOCS (Base case rental, purchase option)
  • Tie-in System
  • Associated tooling for testing and installation

All necessary spares needed for the subsea production system will also be provided.

(3) MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS

(3.1) Demonstrate that the Company is registered in Nigeria and provide address of registered office in Nigeria and name of legal Entity; if Company is not registered in Nigeria, provide documentary evidence of a liaison/partnership with a Nigerian registered Company (if Respondent is not a Nigerian registered entity). If Respondent is a subsidiary of a Holding Company, provide Name and address of the Ultimate Holding Company, Respondent’s office for this work.

(3.2) Provide copy of relevant and valid NUPRC registration certificate

(3.3) Provide Registration No & Category (include CAC Form C02 & C07 and NUPRC Permit and Corporate COREN Certificate).

(3.4) Provide Valid Tax clearance for the past 3 years.

(3.5) Provide evidence that the Company has performed completion of detailed engineering design, manufacture, and installation support of subsea tree systems and hardware including manifolds, distribution systems, as main contractor, for a deepwater project in water depth of minimum 800m.

Failure to submit any of the above documents, may result in the disqualification of the applicant.

(4) PRE-QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

In addition to the mandatory requirements above, only those Respondents able to demonstrate and substantiate with relevant verifiable documents of proven experience, available resources and readiness to undertake the work will be considered for the subsequent formal tendering phase. In consideration of this, the Respondents are required to provide together with the Mandatory Requirement as per paragraph 3 before, the evidence of the following.

(4.1) TECHNICAL CAPABILITY & HSE MANAGEMENT

  • Provide evidence of detailed engineering design, manufacture and installation support of Subsea Tree systems and hardware including subsea manifolds, distribution hardware for deepwater projects in water depths of minimum 800m.
  • Provide detailed evidence of materials selected for deepwater project (of minimum 800m water depth) tree system, manifolds and controls distribution system.
  • Provide details of key challenges/lessons learnt in the execution of Subsea Hardware aftermarket/healthcare scope as main contractor for projects in water depths of minimum 800m and how these challenges were successfully addressed and/or restored.
  • Provide evidence of in-country owned or leased fabrication yard, minimum yard size of 100,000sqm and 200MT craneage required for assembly of subsea hardware and quayside with a minimum load bearing capacity of 30MT/sqm to support available craneage and anticipated loads.
  • Where the respondent has executed a detailed engineering design in Nigeria Deepwater in water depth of above 800m, the respondent is to provide evidence of the engineering scope completed in-country, indicating the following: (a) Engineering scope (b) Total man hours spent (c) Total duration of scope completed in-country (d) Challenges experienced and how the challenges were successfully addressed.
  • Provide project completion certificates of participation/execution as main contractor of the supply of Deepwater Subsea
  • Production Systems in water depths of minimum 800m,
  • Provide evidence of technical document (drawings and datasheets) of
  • Production and Injection Christmas Trees
  • Manifolds
  • Subsea Control Module
  • Master Control Station
  • Hydraulic Power Unit
  • Electrical Power Unit

previously executed and deployed in Nigeria Deepwater and/or any other offshore location of minimum 800m water depth

  • Provide validity of Quality Management System in accordance with the requirements of ISO9001 and certified by ISO approved and registered quality assurance company Provide 1509001 certificate
  • Provide evidence of HSE Management System as implemented for the delivery of Subsea Production Systems and for any similar executed projects in the past 10 years and the company interfaces with Subcontractors HSE system.

(4.2) FINANCIAL CAPABILITY

  • Provide Company audited financial statements for the last three (3) years. Please provide certified translations where accounts are published in a language other than English.
  • Provide financial statements of Operating Company and Ultimate Guarantor (e.g. Parent, holding companies etc.)
  • Have you previously received short term financing of up to US$300million? If yes, provide evidence.
  • Provide evidence of Project Finance plan for similar executed work showing the contract duration.

(5) NIGERIAN CONTENT(NC) REQUIREMENTS

(5.1) Mandatory NC Requirements for this Pre-Qualification

  • As part of this pre-qualification, Respondents shall provide a written confirmation, signed by an authorized representative, stating their “readiness to comply with applicable Nigerian Content Requirements as will be approved by NCDMB (during ITT) in line with the provisions of the NOGICD Act (2010) and applicable enablers from 2024 Presidential Directives”, before being considered eligible to proceed from the ITT into Commercial Phase of this process. It’s underlined that such Requirements will be better detailed in the subsequent ITT phase for short listed Vendors.
  • Respondents shall provide % scope split in two parts:

(1) Showing work scope to be executed/fabricated/manufactured/assembled in-country (Nigeria) against out-country scope (i.e provide % split for each scope of work line item)

These NC Requirements that will be mandatory at ITT Phase (Post-“PRE-QUALIFICATION”) include but not limited to all respondents:

(5.2) Post Pre-Qualification NC Requirements

Respondent must ensure full compliance with the Nigerian Oil & Gas Industry Content Development Act (2010) except as authorised by NCDMB. Please note the following:

  • Respondents shall furnish details and support documentation of company ownership and shareholding structure. Also, clear photocopies of your registration on NOGIC JQS.
  • Respondent shall domicile in-country through the utilization of Engineering Services Company (with COREN practicing license) registered engineering company in Nigeria to meet the minimum NC requirements agreed for the project.
  • Respondent must have NCEC for Fabrication and Construction (FC) and Consultancy (CS) for Project Manpower/Engineering Design.
  • Company must provide requisite NCEC for itself or partners or subcontractors to deliver related scopes of work under this project such as for Quality Inspection and Quality Control; Manufacturing/Assembly; Procurement and Supplies etc. ’’Nigerian registered partners/companies” being referred to above, must be companies with requisite technical capabilities and established experience as may be determined by the Board via existing NCDMB Certifications and record of execution of previous EPC projects in the oil and gas industry. Attempt to consider ’briefcase’ partners as a bypass means to fulfill local content requirements will be rejected by the Board.
  • Respondents shall commit to and ensure that they engage qualified and categorized Nigerian companies for the production and supply of anodes, steel ropes, steel plates, protective paints and coating, welding electrodes, electrical and instrumentation cables, panels, cable trays, ladders, gaskets, flanges, bends, PPE, bolts and nuts, vaives welding consumables and other goods, materials and equipment.
  • Respondents shall commit to and ensure that they engage qualified Nigerian companies for the in-country fabrication construction, assembly, production and supply of:
    • Hydraulic Power Units (HPU), Hydraulic Hying Leads (HFL), Electrical Flying Leads (EFL), Electrical Power Units (EPU), Panel.
    • Fabrication of the jumpers, mud-mats, manifolds, support structures, suction piles, pigging modules, xmas tree structural frames, guide base, xmas tree guidance structure, Subsea Distribution units, UTAS with foundation structure, Xmas Tree ROV panels, deployment frames, conductor pipe, weld overlays etc.

Respondents shall commit to and ensure the assembly, kitting, testing, transportation and installation of the Subsea Production Systems including Xmas Trees, flat packs, blocks, connectors, tubings, Topside Umbilical Panel Assembly (TUPA), Subsea Master Control Stations, Subseas Communications Gateway (SCG) etc in Nigeria.

Respondents must commit to and ensure the engagement of qualified and categorized Nigerian Companies to provide subcontracted services such as:

  • Inspection, QA/QC, NDT and certification services
    • Freight forwarding and logistics
    • Package/ Product transportation services
    • Security services
    • Mechanical Testing Services
    • Weld Qualification & Certification Services
    • Certification of Lifting Equipment
    • Offshore Safety Certification
    • Legal, Insurance and Financial Services
    • Tax and external audit consulting
    • Satellite/Telecommunications
  • Respondents must commit to and ensure offshore logistics support including but not limited to Support vessels – OSVS, PSVs, security, surfers, cargo barges etc are provided by NCMVC certified vendors
  • In accordance with the NOGICD act 2010 and Nigerian Content Marine Vessels Categorization (NCMVC) scheme, respondents shall give first consideration shall be given to Nigerian built/or owned vessels in the tender process and for contract award. Foreign flagged vessels are only to participate in the execution when there is no Nigerian owned vessel with capacity for such job. Respondent shall provide Nigerian content marine vessel categorization certificate (NCMVC) for the proposed vessel for the bid. Each Respondent’s NCMVC shall clearly specify the category/s in which the vessel/s has been registered.
  • Provide a project-specific organogram showing Names and Nationalities of all key personnel not limited to just key personnel that execute the work scope for this service. For any position to be occupied by Expatriate personnel, the tenderer shall commit to obtaining expatriate quota approval from NCDMB before project execution.
  • Provide written letter of commitment signed by an authorized representative, confirming readiness to: “Comply with NCDMB HCD Guidelines and execute such HCD Program as may be approved by NCDMB. Also confirm compliance with NCDF 1%deduction and remittance in line with Section 104 of the NOGICD Act.”

(6.0) SUBMISSION OF PRE-QUALIFICATION PACKAGE

Companies interested in responding to the EOI shall be registered and active in NipeX Joint Qualification System (NJQS) database. The interested Companies are requested to submit, on or before 4.00pm (GMT+1) on the 25 May, 2026, an together with the provision of all information and supporting documentation required under Sections 3, 4 & 5.1 of this advert.

Submissions shall include detailed responses addressing the pre-qualification requirements and all relevant supporting.

Only Respondents whose submissions are complete and fully compliant with all the requirements set out in Sections 3, 4 and 5 will be evaluated for the potential vendor list of the subsequent tendering phase for which a specific Request for Proposal (RFP) will be issued via NipeX. with a specific closing date stated therein.

(7.0) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

  • All suppliers eligible for this opportunity are expected to be prequalified and active in the NJQS.
  • All costs incurred in preparing and processing NJQS prequalification shall be to the respondents’ accounts.  
  • This advertisement shall neither be construed as any form of commitment on the part of NAE to award any contract to any company and or associated companies, subcontractors or agents nor shall it entitle prequalified companies to make any claims whatsoever and/or seek any indemnity from NAE and or any of its partners by virtue of such companies having been prequalified in NJQS.
  • NAE will communicate only with authorised officers of the pre-qualifying companies and NOT through individuals or agents.

This advertisement is not an invitation to tender for the above services. There is no commitment or obligation, implied or otherwise, for NAE to issue a tender or enter into a contract. Participation in the pre-qualification exercise does not construe or imply any commitment to any party or entitle any party to any indemnity or any form of payment from NAE

ES/NCDMB/UPD/NAE-EOI-100913/060526

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