Addax Petroleum Development Petroleum (Nigeria) Limited - Tender Opportunity: Provision of Rig Support Services in OML-1261137

1.) Introduction:
Addax Petroleum Exploration (Nigeria) Limited (hereinafter referred to as “APE(N)L”) invites interested and prequalified Contractors to respond to this tender opportunity for the provision of the following services as detailed in item 2 below, at APE(N)L’s OML-126/137 [Offshore] facilities. The contracts are proposed to commence in Q4, 2013 and continue for a duration of two (2) years with APE(N)L having the sole option to extend the duration for a further period of one (1) year.

2.) Scope of Services Requirements:
As a minimum requirement, the selected Contractor shall have the necessary experience, capability and shall be fully responsible for the provision of Equipment and Services suitable for use m an offshore operation as listed m the table below;
Tender No.: ETB-0536 Completion Services - Expandable Sand Screen
NJQS Category: 3.04.21 (Well Completion Services)
Scope of Work Description: Contractor must be able to provide Expandable Sand Screens & Services including but not limited to the following;

• Various sizes of Expandable Sand Screen (ESS) w/varying gauge or mesh sizes
• Various sizes Expandable blank pipes
• Appropriate hangers and packers for various casing sizes.
• All necessary Consumables and spare parts; and
• All other related equipment; tools and experienced personnel necessary to satisfactorily perform the above services.

Tender No.: ETB-0540 Gyro Services
NJQS Category: 3.04.29 & 3.04.25 (Cased Hole Logging & Directional Surveying Services)
Scope of Work Description: Contractor must be able to provide Gyro Tools/Equipment and Services including but not limited to the following;

• Battery operated memory single-shot/ multi-shots North Seeking Gyro services deployable by Drop, wireline or sliddine
• Single-shot I multi-shots surface readout North Seeking Gyro
• Multi-axis Gyro sensor multi-shots continuous North Seeking Gyro
• North Seeking Gyroscopic probe operational in MWD collar of various major directional drilling contractors
• GR/CCL subs to run in some applications with North Seeking Gyro tools
• Mono cable or multi-conductor wireline unit and accessories
• Gyro While Drilling (GWD) Tools;
• Wireline pressure control equipment
• All necessary consumables and spare parts; and
• All other related equipment; tools and experienced personnel necessary to satisfactorily perform the above services.

Tender No.: ETB-0542 Subsea Wellhead Equipment and X-mas Trees Supply/Services:
NJQS Category: 1.01.09 (Wellhead Equipment; Xmas Trees and Accessories)
Scope of Work Description: Contractor must be able to provide Subsea Horizontal Xmas Tree, Subsea Test Tree, IWOCS, Wellhead Equipment and Services including but not limited to the following

• Type A: Subsea Wellhead equipment for Conductor and Casing profiles; 36” OD Conductor pipe, 20” OD Surface casing 16” OD Casing (liner), 13 5/8”OD Intermediate-I casing and 97/8” OD Intermediate-2 / production casing. The wellhead shall comprise;
  • Mud mat with PGB type interface shall accommodate a mud mat receptacle installed to the 36” wellhead housing conductor extension pipe joint
  • 36” x 2” wall LP wellhead housing coupled with pipe extension joint shall incorporate anti-rotation, cement ports, annulus shutoff, preload feature and mud mating receptacle installed to conductor extension pipe.
  • Subsea wellhead system: 18 ¾”HP 3 hanger wellhead housing, H4 profile, VX-VT gasket; 15,000 psi MWP. All casing hangers shall be run as single trip system whereby the casing hanger running tool, casing hanger and pck off assembly are made up and run as one assembly. Annulus seal shall have metal to metal seal capabilities with backup resilient seal. The wellhead system and all components shall be a proven design with proven track record.
• Type B: Subsea Wellhead equipment for conductor and casing profiles; 30” OD conductor pipe, 20” OD surface casing, 13 3/8” OD intermediate-I casing and 95/8” OD intermediate-2/ production casing. The subsea wellhead type shall comprise;
  • Mud mat with PGB type interface shall accommodate a mud mat receptacle installed to the 30” wellhead housing conductor extension pipe joint
  • 30” x 1.5” wall LP wellhead housing coupled with pipe extension joint shall incorporate anti-rotation cement ports, annulus shut off, preload feature and mud mating receptacle installed to conductor extension pipe.
  • Subsea wellhead system 18¾”, 3 hanger housing, 10,000 psi MWP with H4 connector profile. All casing hangers are to run as single trip system whereby the casing hanger running tool, casing hanger and pack off assembly are made up and run as one assembly. Annulus seal shall have metal to metal seal capabilities with backup resilient seal. The wellhead system and all components shall be a proven design with proven track record.
• Subsea wellhead should be capable to accept another contractor’s Horizontal Subsea Xmas tree, Subsea Test Tree and other ancillary tools as maybe required without any technical issue.
• Type A Subsea Tree: 5” x 3” 15,000 psi horizontal design production Subsea Xmas tree connecting to the wellhead with HT-H4 hydraulic connector. The forged tree-head forms the basis of the tree having a concentric stepped internal profile for tubing hanger and integral Production and Annulus Master Valves and Annulus Access Valve. Wing blocks contain remaining valves and other equipment. The upper profile for the tree head is a standard 18¾” OD H4 wellhead allowing the 130P stack lobe landed on t of the bee. Control of the tree functions is achieved by work-over umbilical to the tree by an ROV deployed stab-plate
• Type B Subsea Tree: 5” x2” 5,000 psi horizontal design production Subsea Xmas tree connecting to the wellhead with HT-H4 hydraulic connector. The forged tree-head forms the basis of the tree having a concentric stepped internal profile for tubing hanger and integral Production and Annulus Master Valves and Annulus Access Valve. Wing blocks contain remaining valves and other equipment. The upper profile for the tree head is a standard 183/4” OD H4 wellhead profile allowing the BOP stack to be landed on top of the tree Control of the tree functions is achieved by work-over umbilical linked to the tree by an ROV deployed stab-plate
• Tubing Hanger (PH) with single trip capability to run, orient, land and lock hanger in the x-mass tree.
• Subsea Test Tree (SSTT) with the following minimum features;
  • an integrated quick disconnect package.
  • Interface with tubing hanger running tool (THRT) as a space out joint to allow a pipe ram to be dosed in between the tubing hanger and SSTT.
  • space out joint with integrated control lines required for the THRT and TH functions.
  • to allow 130P shear ram closed above the SSTT without the SSTT being disconnected.
  • SSTT valves, both isolation and cut/seal with fail safe dose.
  • independent primary and secondary disconnect features.
• Installation and Work-over Control System (IWOCS) with the following features capable to monitor and control deployment and retrieval of tubing hangers, landing strings and Xmas trees;
  • Tree umbilical compatible with requirements for trees
  • Tree flying umbilical.
  • Tree jumper, umblical reeler & umbilical sheave.
  • URT/Land string for umbilical reeIer, jumper and sheave.
  • Clamps for URT/Land string for umbilical reeler, jumper and sheave.
  • UmbIical deployment frame,
• Horizontal Subsea Xmas tree & Subsea Test Tree should be capable to accept 3rd party’s Subsea wellhead as may be required without any technical issue.
• All necessary Consumables and spare parts; and
• All other related equipment, tools and experienced personnel necessary to satisfactorily perform the above services.

3.) Mandatory Requirements:
3.1. To be eligible for any of the tender exercise, interested contractors are required to be pre-qualified in the Well Completion Services (3.04.21), Cased Hole Iogging & Directional Surveying Services (3.04.29 & 3.04.25) and Wellhead Equipment, XmasTrees and Accessories (1.01.09) Product/Services category in NipeX Joint Qualification System (NJQS) database respectively. All successfully pre-qualified suppliers in these categories will receive Invitation to Tender (ITT) as applicable.

3.2. To determine if you are pre-qualified and view the product/services category you are listed for Open www.nipexngcom and access NJQS with your log in details, click on ‘continue Joint Qualification Scheme tool, click on ‘check my supplier status and thereafter click on supplier product group’.

3.3. If you are not listed in a product/service category that 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.

3.4. To initiate the NJQS Pre-qualification process, access www.nipexng.com to download the requisite application form, make necessary payments and contact NipeX office for further action.

3.5. To be eligible, all tenderers shall be required to comply with the Nigerian Content requirements in the NipeX system.

4.) Nigerian Content Requirements:
Tenderers are to note that they will be requested during the technical tender to provide details of their relevant strategy to ensure that they fully company with the Nigerian Oil & Gas Industry Content Act, 2010 as provided at www.nnpcgmup.com and www.nigcontentcom, 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 inducting evidence or plans of physical operational presence and set-up in Nigeria.
• Furnish details of company ownership and share holding structure. With photocopies of its CAC Forms C02 and C07.
• 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.
• 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 organization 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 maximize the use of Nigerian made goods and services.
• Provide details on any other Nigerian Content initiative the company is involved in.
• Provide MOA with Oil & Gas trainers association (OGTAN) registered facility for both class room type (theoretical) and on-the-job training attachment for the duration of the project.
• Provide evidence of minimum 50% equity ownership of equipment by Nigerian subsidiary.

5.) Closing Date
Only tenderers who are registered with the Well Completion Services (3.04.21), Cased Hole Logging & Directional Surveying Services (3.04.29 & 3.04.25) and (Wellhead Equipment XmasTrees and Accessories (1.0109) NJQS Product/Category respectively as at 1200 Hours on February 26, 2013 being the advert closing date shall be invited to submit Technical Bids.

6.) General Conditions
Please note that all interested Contractors are required to strictly adhere to following condition’ in relation to their response to this Advert:

• As stated in item 3 hereto, Contractors are required to be pre-qualified in NJQS under this specific Services category to be eligible to participate in this tender opportunity
• 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 APE(N)L 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 APE(N)L 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 which requires pre-qualified Contractors to submit their documentation in the following manner:
  • Pre-Qualified contractors in the relevant Product/Services category in NJQS will be requested to submit their Technical Tenders.
  • Following the Technical evaluation process, only technically acceptable and financially qualified contractors will be requested to submit their Commercial Tenders.
• APE(N)L will communicate only with authorised officers of the qualifying Contractors at each stage of the Tender process, as necessary, and will NOT communicate through individuals or appointed Agents.

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