Invitation to Tender at the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company Limited (NPDC)

Posted by Future on Tue 04th Jan, 2022 - nigeriantenders.com

The Nigerian Petroleum Development Company Limited (NPDC) invites capable and interested companies / vendors to indicate interest by submitting tender documents for the following works:

The Nigerian Petroleum Development Company Limited (NPDC) with Head office in Benin City and base offices/warehouses in Port Harcourt and Warri for logistics support was established in 1988 as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) with responsibility for Petroleum Exploration and Production activities.

NPDC activities cover the spectrum of the upstream Oil and Gas business. Operations are concentrated mainly in the Niger Delta and span five States (Imo, Edo, Delta, Bayelsa and Rivers) with over Two Hundred and Fifty-Seven (257) host communities.

Applications are invited for:

Title: Invitation to Tender for Descaling of the FPSO MYSTRAS Process Facilities in OML 119 Asset

Preamble

Nigerian Petroleum Development Company Limited (NPDC), a subsidiary of NNPC, has a requirement for the Descaling of the FPSO MYSTRAS Process Facilities Contract in OML 119 Asset. NPDC therefore invites reputable and competent companies for the provision of the under-listed services for her Production and Descaling of the FPSO MYSTRAS Process Facilities.

Scope of Work

Services	High level Scope of Work (include but not limited to the understated)
Descaling of the FPSO MYSTRAS Process Facilities in OML 119 Asset. Product Code Numbers: 2.07.08	Procure the required quantity of the fit for purpose MI-SWACO organic acid chemical that will effortlessly dissolve the scale accumulation. Identify a suitable location for the chemical tanks and pumps. To analyse the proximity of air, water and power supplies to the area where the equipment will be set up. Pump the solution and monitor the scales dissolution and send daily report.

Contract Strategy:

The Strategy is to engage the service of a contractor to execute (one-off) the services for a period of Six (6) Months based on satisfactory performance by the Contractor. Following this advertisement, companies will be evaluated and ranked based on their performance. Contract shall be awarded to the lowest evaluated responsive bidder.

N/B: NPDC shall retain the selected company to provide the required service during the contract duration.

Mandatory Requirements

To be eligible for this tender exercise, a bidder must have product codes in the pre-qualified Product/Services categories 2.07.08, indicated in NipeX Joint Qualification System (NJQS) database. Successfully prequalified suppliers in these categories will receive invitation to Technical Tender (ITT).
To determine if you are pre-qualified and view the Products/Services category you are listed for: Open http://vendors.nipex-ng.com and access NJQS with your log in details. Click on Products/Services Status tab to view your status and product codes.
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.
To initiate the JQS pre-qualification process, access www.nipex-ng.com, click on services tab followed by NJQS registration.
To be eligible, all tenderers’ must comply with the Nigerian Content requirements in the NipeX system.

Nigerian Content Development

As requested by the Nigerian Oil & Gas Industry Content Development Act 2010, each Contractor will be required 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.
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.
Furnish details of company ownership and shareholding structure with photocopies of Forms CAC2 and CAC7.
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
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.
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:

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.
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.

Closing Date

Only Tenderers who are registered with NJQS Product/Categories 2.07.08 (Production & Process Chemicals) as at 15:00 hours on Friday, January 28, 2022, being the advert closing date shall be invited to submit Technical Bids.

Additional Information

All costs incurred in preparing and processing NJQS pre-qualification and responding to this Tender Opportunity shall be to the Contractor’s own account.
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 Pre-qualified 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.
The tendering process shall be undertaken in accordance with the NNPC contracting process in compliance with Public Procurement Act 2007.
NPDC will communicate only with authorised officers of the qualifying Companies at each stage of the Tender process, as necessary, and will NOT communicate through individuals or appointed Agents.
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, subcontractors or agents.
- Only pre-qualified companies in the appropriate service/supplier categorisation shall be invited for tendering.
- NPDC will not enter into correspondence with any company or individual on why a company was short-listed or not short-listed.