Tender Opportunity: Provision of Call-out Contracts for Engineering Consultancy Services at Nigerian Petroleum Development Company Limited (NPDC)
Nigerian Petroleum Development Company Limited (NPDC)
(A Subsidiary of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation)
62/64 Sapele road, P.M.B. 1262 Benin City, Nigeria
Tender Opportunity: Provision of Call-out Contracts for Engineering Consultancy Services for NPDC Operations.
Tender reference: 0800040 (ETS/CPD/TD/0314/0030E)
1.0 Introduction:
Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC), a subsidiary of NNPC plan to put in place Call-out contracts to facilitate the implementation of its strategic Business Plans. NPDC therefore invites reputable and competent companies for me Provision of Call-Out Contracts for Engineering Consultancy Services for NPDC Operations.
Please visit the Nigerian Petroleum Exchange Portal www.nipex.com.ng for further details
2.0 Scope of Work:
The scope of works for the project shall include but not limited to the following various civil construction and survey services as listed and categorized below:
A1. Engineering Services Agreement (ESA)
A2. Project Management Services (PMS)
A3. Quality Control and Quality Assurance (QA/QC) services
Contract Strategy
The Contract Strategy for the provision of these Engineering Consultancy Services shall be on a Call-Out basis.
Following this advertisement, companies will be evaluated and ranked within their service categories. Contract award will be on split scope award basis between six (6) most competitive bidders in each service category based on the lowest bidder’s price. NPDC shall retain the selected companies in a call-out pool to provide the required services during the contract duration.
The contract duration will be two (2) years with an optional one (1) year extension.
3.0 Mandatory Requirements:
i. To be eligible for this tender exercise, interested Companies are required to be pre-qualified in following Products/Services categories in NipeX Joint Qualification System (NJQS) database.
30101/31501-Project Administration/Project Management
30106 -Pipeline
30117 – Construction Management and Supervision
30199 – Other Engineering
30201 – Quality Assurance QA/QC Consultancy
30203 – Risk Analysis
30208 – Cost and Planning Consultancy
30216 – Third Party/Verification Consultancy
All successfully pre-qualified suppliers in these categories will receive Invitation to Tender (ITT) document for the Technical phase of the tender.
2. To determine if you are pre-qualified and view the product/services category you are listed for: Open www.nipexng.com and access NJQS with your log-in details, click on ‘continue Joint Qualification Scheme tool’, click on ‘check my supplier status’ and then dick on ‘supplier product group’.
3. If you are not listed in a product/service category in which you are registered with DPR to do business, contact NipeX office at 30 Oyinkan Abayomi Street, Ikoyi, Lagos with your DPR certificate as evidence for verification and necessary update.
4. To initiate the JQS per-qualification process, access www.nipexng.com to download application form, make necessary payments and contact NipeX office for further action.
5. To be eligible, all tenderers must comply with the Nigerian Content requirements in the NipeX system.
4.0 Nigerian Content Requirements:
As requested by the Nigerian y Oil & Gas Industry Content Development Act 2010, each Contractor will be required to:
1. 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.
2. International or multinational companies working through a Nigerian subsidiary must demonstrate that a minimum of 50% of equipment to be deployed for execution of the work shall be owned by the Nigerian subsidiary by providing a list of equipment for this tender and including those that will be owned by the Nigerian subsidiary.
3. Furnish details of company ownership and shareholding structure with photocopies of Forms CAC2 and CAC7.
4. Be a Limited Liability Company registered in Nigeria and licensed by the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) to transact General Insurance Business
5. Provide evidence of what percentage of its key management positions are held by Nigerians and what percentage of the total work force are Nigerians. And also show overall percentage of work to be performed by Nigerian resources relative to total work volume.
6. 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 also provide details of Nigeria Content focal point or manager
7. 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.
8. Provide detailed plan for staff training and development on insurance.
9. Provide detailed description of the location of in-country offices.
Interested Companies are to note that pursuant to NPDC (NNPC) and Federal Government Policy to provide opportunities for Nigerian contractors and the development of local expertise, all the applicants must comply fully with the NOGICD Act to give preference to Nigerian companies or foreign companies with Nigerian affiliate and local ownership, which demonstrate willingness to execute the project to the satisfaction of the Nigerian Content requirements and guidelines. Each applicant is enjoined to avail themselves of the requirements of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development (NOGICD) Act for full compliance.
Nigerian Petroleum Development Company on behalf of the Joint Venture partners is committed to fully comply with the requirements of the NOGICD Act. In maximizing the local content of this project, pre-qualifiers are requested to give full details of their strategy for the local content implementation in order to comply fully with the law.
In compliance with NOGICD Act requirements for Research & Development therefore, the following should be noted:
1) All Operators or project promoters in the Oil and Gas industry launching service contracts or other applicable projects with completion period of 12 months and above shall provide R&D implementation arrangement with at least one applicable R&D cluster approved by the Board as part of the Operator’s Nigerian Content Plan for the project or service. The arrangement shall be in the form of a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) and indicate how the Operator will deploy the Cluster for any R&D requirements during the contract phase and the first five years of the service life of the field, facility or plant.
2) All Operators are to include in their ITT documents, a requirement that any service company bidding for such a project shall submit as part of Nigerian Content requirement, a signed MOA between it and one of the R&D Clusters relevant to the project. All service companies are required to sign an MOA with any of the research Clusters. The MOA shall indicate how the service company intends to use the relevant research Clusters during project execution to the satisfaction of the Board. The MOA shall form part of the documents to be reviewed at technical evaluation stage
5.0 Closing Date:
Only Companies who are registered with NipeX NJQS Product/Services categories listed below as at 7:00pm on May, 23, 2014, being the advert closing date shall be invited to submit technical Bids.
30101/31501- Project Administration/Project Management,
30106- Pipeline,
30117- Construction Management and Supervision,
30199 – Other Engineering,
30201- Quality Assurance QA/QC Consultancy,
30203- Risk Analysis
30208- Cost and Planning Consultancy,
30216- Third Party/Verification Consultancy,
6.0 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 Advert shall neither be construed as any form of commitment on the part of OPERATOR 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 OPERATOR 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 in compliance with Public Procurement Act 2007
4. NPDC 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. Please note
- Notwithstanding the pre-qualification in NipeX NJQS, NPDC 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.
- Only pre-qualified companies in the appropriate supplier Categorization shall be invited for tendering
- NPDC will not enter into correspondence with any company or individual on why a company was shortlisted or not short-listed.
Please visit NipeX portal at www.nipexng.com for this advert and other information.
Disclaimer
This advertisement of “Tender Opportunity” shall not be construed as a commitment on the part of NPDC/NNPC, nor shall it entitle companies to make claims whatsoever and/or seek any indemnity from NPDC/NNPC and/or any of its partners by virtue of such companies having responded to this advertisement.
Signed:
MANAGEMENT
