Tender Opportunity; Procurement of Operational Vehicles for Total E&P Nigeria Limited
Total E & P Nigeria Limited
Operator of the NNPC/TOTAL Joint Venture
Tender Opportunity
for the Procurement of Operational Vehicles
NipeX Tender Number: 2500220
(1) Introduction
Total E & P Nigeria Limited Deepwater District issues tender opportunity to interested and reputable Contractors for consideration to tender for the Procurement of Operational Vehicles.
(2) Brief description of the work scope:
Services to be provided shall include as a minimum the following:
Purchase of Operational Vehicles
Purchase of 50 Nos Operational vehicles of different brands (Toyota and Honda) from the various OEMs, through the authorized dealers in Nigeria, having their offices/workshop facilities located in Lagos.
Complementary to this shall be the maintenance and servicing of the vehicles procured from the dealers to take full advantage of the warranty provision that accompanies new vehicle purchase.
The commencement date estimated for the provision of services shall be Q4 2015.
(3) Mandatory Requirements
(1) To be eligible for this tender exercise, interested contractors are required to be pre-qualified in the 2.05.04 (Passenger Cars and Associated Equipment) category in NipeX Joint Qualification System (NJQS) database. Tenderers will be required to show proof of evidence of dealership of the listed Vehicles. All successfully pre-qualified tenderers in these categories will receive invitation to Tender for this service.
(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 check my supplier status and then click supplier product group.
(3) If your company is not listed in the product/service category and you are registered with DPR to do business in this category, please 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 pre-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 tenders must comply with the Nigerian content requirements in the NipeX system.
(4) Nigerian Content
COMPANY is committed to the promotion of the Nigerian Oil and gas business in alignment with the Nigerian Content Act 201 of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development. It is important that prospective bidders familiarize themselves and comply with the provisions of the Nigerian Oil & Gas Industry Content Development Act otherwise referred to as The Nigerian Content Act at the stage of bidding.
As from the commencement of this 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 targets as may be directed by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (The Board)
Prospective bidders shall comply with all the provisions of the Nigerian Content Act that relate to this bid but in particular comply with the minimum Nigerian Content percentage for the scopes (engineering, procurement, construction & installation) which are covered in the Schedule of the Act and any other requirement that may arise from time to time not explicitly stated in this contract but which apply to the contract in fulfilment of the Nigerian Content Act, during the bidding stage.
Contractors that demonstrate their commitment to meet or exceed the Nigerian Content Act requirements shall be a ground for preferential consideration in the commercial bid evaluation. Failure to fully comply with the Nigerian Content Act or demonstrate commitment to Nigerian Content Development Policy of the Nigerian government shall result to disqualification from bidding for this contract.
Vehicles procurement by Contractor shall be placed directly with OEM’s locally accredited sales company.
During the bidding stage, contractors shall:
(1) Develop a Nigerian Content Plan (NCP), which shall explain the methodology of how it intends to comply with the requirements of the Act and how to achieve the set target(s) in the Schedule of Nigerian Oil & Gas Industry Content Development Act and any targets set by The Board. How it intends to give first consideration to services provided from within Nigeria, first consideration to goods manufactured in Nigeria and first considerations for employment and training of Nigerians in work programme. The NCP shall consistent with the Act demonstrate that Nigerian indigenous service companies have been given exclusive considerations to bid and execute work in land and swamp operating areas and their full utilization and engagement in exploration, seismic data processing, engineering design, reservoir studies, manufacturing, fabrication and provision of services. That the project or contract has given full and effective support to technology transfer by encouraging foreign and multinational companies to develop joint ventures and alliances with Nigerian service companies and suppliers. Tenderer’s detailed plan to achieve/sustain the minimum percentage Nigerian Content level as prescribed by the applicable measurement metrics in the Schedule of the Nigerian Content Act 2010.
(2) Demonstrate that entity is a Nigerian-registered company. Submit certified true copies of CAC forms 10, 02 & 07 (or its equivalent; CAC 2.3,2,4,2.5, etc) including company memorandum & article of association and other evidence of entity’s incorporation, shareholding & ownership structure in Nigeria. Maiming Nigerian Content Is a key contract priority, therefore for foreign companies and multinationals in alliance with a local company, submit evidence that the local company is an indigenous company and the binding Agreement of the alliance duly signed Agreement by the CEO of both parties and stating the specific work scope to be performed by each member of the alliance.
(3) Provide detailed description of the location of in-country committed facilities & infrastructure to support this contract or submit a credible and verifiable plan towards setting-up to support this contract, evidence that 50% of all equipment deployed to work by multinational and international companies are owned by the local subsidiaries or submit a credible and verifiable plan towards compliance to these requirements. Submit the detailed description of facilities and infrastructure in Nigeria with evidence of ownership and location in-country.
(4) Provide a project-specific training, man-hour budget, skill development and technology transfer plan for Nigerian personnel or indigenous business including evidence of past performance on training and development for Nigerians nationals & indigenous business. Plan for sponsorship of Nigerians to acquire competence and/or certification. Further development of local employee’s as-professionals. Bidders would be requested to execute an enforceable MOA with Local Training Service Provider for the provision of training services in specific technical disciplines involved in the project.
(5) All personnel positions (key & non-key) shall be staffed by Nigerian national employees. Therefore, tenderer shall provide evidence of contractor organization with personnel list by name nationality and position nominated to on the contract.
(6) Provide description of how bidder has given first considerations to the utilization of Nigerian resources (labour, raw materials & manufactured goods and services) in the execution of this contract. Maximizing Nigerian Content is a key Project priority.
(5) Closing Date:
Only Tenderers who are registered with NJQS Product/Category 2.05.04 (Passenger Cars and Associated Equipment) as at 15/09/2015 being the advert close date shall be invited to submit Technical Bids.
(6) Additional Information:
Evidence of proper documentation substantiating the ability to undertake the scope of work will be demanded as part of the technical requirements.
Tenderers eligible for this tender opportunity are expected to be pre-qualified in NJQS under the product/service category.
To enable interested pre-qualified suppliers use the NipeX system to progress the tender, they should contact NipeX and include in their company profile a name of a principal personnel, his/her phone number and the company’s general office e-mail address for set-up and training.
All costs incurred in preparing and processing NJQS pre-qualification shall be for the account of tenderer.
This advertisement shall neither be construed as any form of commitment on the part of TOTAL to award any contract to any company and or associated companies, sub-contractors or agents, nor shall it entitle pre-qualified companies to make any claims whatsoever, and/or seek any indemnity from TOTAL and or any of its partners by virtue of such companies having been pre-qualified in NJQS.
The tendering process shall be the NNPC 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 offers.
NNPC/TOTAL reserves the right to reject any and or all pre-qualified supplier at its sole discretion and at no cost whatsoever.
TOTAL 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 Agents.
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