Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc- Invitation To Tender For Provision Of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

DEADLINE: 28TH MAY, 2021
SEPLAT PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT COMPANY PLC
(ON BEHALF OF THE NPDC/SEPLAT JOINT VENTURE)
TENDER OPPORTUNITY: PROVISION OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT

(1.0) INTRODUCTION:
Seplat wishes to engage local vendors who have demonstrated capability in manufacturing and supply of personal protective equipment for its workforce. The proposed strategy will utilize the NipeX contracting platform to run the tendering process.

(2.0) SERVICES REQUIRED/SCOPE OF WORK:
As a minimum requirement, the selected Contractors shall have the necessary experience, capability and shall be fully responsible for the provision of service as detailed in the table below for use in the onshore operations.

SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS:
For the coveralls workscope, Seplat is committed to utilizing an in-country Garment manufacturing factory and for the rest of the workscope. Seplat shall ensure that recommended bidders for contract award shall provide binding memorandum of agreement (MOA) with verifiable Nigerian safety boots manufacturing companies for the procurement of all safety boots on this tender. Furthermore only eligible vendors that have demonstrated ownership of in-country Administrative/ Procurement office and storage facility for the execution of the work scope may be recommended for contract award for Provision of PPEs (Hard hats, Safety shoes, Goggles, Hand gloves, Reflective Vests, Rain Coats, Rain Boots Ear Muffs etc.).

(3.0) MANDATORY TENDER REQUIREMENTS:
(1)To be eligible for this tender exercise, interested Companies are required to be pre-qualified in the relevant Product/Services categories of NipeX Joint Qualification System (NJQS) database as indicated in 2.0 above. All Successfully prequalified Contractors in this category will receive invitation to Technical Tender (ITT).

(2) To determine if you are pre-qualified and view the product/service category you are listed for: Open http://vendors.nipexjqs.com and access NJQS with your log in details. Click on Pr

oducts/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 DPR to do business, contact NipeX office at 8, Bayo kuku Street, Ikoyi, Lagos with your DPR certificate as evidence for verification and necessary update.

(4)  To initiate the JQS pre-qualification process, access www.nipex-ng.com, click on services tab followed by NJQS registration.

(5)  To be eligible, all tenders must comply with the Nigerian Content requirements in the NipeX system.

(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/NCAT.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 .
• Provide evidence of what percentage of its key management positions are held by Nigerians and what percentage of the total work force are Nigerians. Also show overall percentage of work to be performed by Nigerian resources relative to total work volume.
• 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.
• State proposed total scope of work to be conducted by Nigerian personnel (whether contracted directly or under subcontract agreements) with names and addresses including evidences of well-equipped offices and workshop.
• Provide detailed plan for staff training and development on engineering, project management and procurement including all software to be used, number of personnel, name of organisation providing such training and evidence of past training record) for Nigerian personnel including description of any specific programs in place for transfer of technology and skills to indigenous businesses and Nigerians over the next five (5) years.
• Provide evidence of domiciliation of project management and procurement centers in Nigeria with physical addresses (not P.O. Box)
• Provide detailed description of the location of in-country facilities (Equipment, storage, workshops, repair, maintenance and testing facilities)
• Provide detailed statement with evidence of how it intends to maximise the use of Nigerian made goods and services.
• Provide details on any other Nigerian content initiative use company is involved in.
• In line with the NCD Human Capacity Development initiative, Bidder shall commit to providing Project-Specific training, man-hour, budget, skin development and understudy plan for Nigerian personnel utilising OGTAN registered trainer(s) or other approved NCDMB training institution(s).
• Provide evidence of minimum 50% equity ownership of equipment by Nigerian subsidiary.
• Provide evidence of NCEC (Nigerian Content Equipment Certificate).
• PPE (COVERALLS) only in-country Garment manufacturing factory shall be utilize for the execution of the workscope.
• OTHER PPEs (Hard hats, Safety shoes, Goggles, Hand gloves, Reflective Vests, Rain Coats, Rain Boots Ear Muffs etc.)

(a) Bidders shall provide binding memorandum of agreement (MOA) with verifiable Nigerian safety boots manufacturing companies for the procurement of all safety boots on this tender.

(b) Only eligible vendors that have demonstrated ownership of in-country Administrative/Procurement office and storage facility for the execution of the work scope, may be recommended for contract award for Provision of PPFs (Hard hats, Safety shoes, Goggles, Hand gloves, Reflective Vests, Ram Coats, Rain Boots Ear Muffs etc ).

• Evidence of Registration on the NCDMB NOGIC JOS Portal

Please note that failure to provide any of the above documentation (or requirements) will be a fatal flaw.

(3.0) CLOSING DATE
SEPLAT shall download Bidders’ List from NIPEX PORTAL for Companies who are pre-qualified and LIVE in relevant NJQS Product/Services Codes indicated in 2.0 above as at 15:00 hours on May 28 2021. Thereafter, a competitive bidding process shall be adopted. Invitation to Tender (ITT) shall be issued for both Technical and Commercial tenders to the approved bidders. Bidders shall revert with 2copies each of bid packages (hard & soft copies).

(6) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
(1) All costs incurred in preparing and processing NJQS prequalification and responding to this Tender Opportunity shall be to the Contractor’s own account.

(2) This “Invitation To Tender” shall neither be construed as any form of commitment on the part of SEPLAT to award any contract to any Contractor and or associated contractors, sub-contractors or agents, nor shall it entitle Prequalified Contractors to make any claims whatsoever, and/or seek any indemnity from SEPLAT and/or any of its partners by virtue of such Contractors having been pre- qualified in NJQS.

(3) The tendering process shall be undertaken in accordance with the NNPC contracting process m 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 establish 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 your company and/or associated companies, sub-contractors or agents.

(8) SEPLAT will not enter any form of communication with interested bidder(s) from the commencement date of this “Invitation to Tender”.

(9) Willful submission of any fictitious document will attract 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) Evaluation of tenders and selection of successful bidders will be based on proven capability of a bidder to offer the service and submission of the lowest evaluated responsive tender.

(13) Full tendering procedure will be provided only to contractors that have been successful prequalified in NJQS

(14) Contractors that are pre-qualified for this product/service category in NJQS must that the name and contact details (physical address, email address and telephone number) of their company and authorized/personnel is up to date in their company profile in this 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 disqualification 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 processes through NipeX System.

Disclaimer:
This “Invitation To Tender” shall not be construed to be a commitment on the part of NPDC/SEPLAT to award any form of contract to any company and/or associated companies, sub-contractors or agents; nor shall it entitle any company submitting documents to claim any indemnity from NPDC/SEPLAT and/or any of its partners by virtue of such companies having responded to this advertisement.