Job Description
NNPC E & P LIMITED (NEPL)
OGBA ROAD, BENIN CITY, EDO STATE NIGERIA
TENDER OPPORTUNITY: PROVISION OF CATERING AND HOUSEKEEPING MANAGEMENT SERVICES AT NEPL OFFSHORE LOCATION
1. INTRODUCTION
In furtherance of its strategic business objectives, NNPC E & P Limited wishes to invite tenders from reputable and competent companies for the provision of the following services to support its operations.
2. SERVICES REQUIRED
| SN | DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE | NIPEX NJQS PRODUCT/SERVICE CODE(S) | SHOPPING CART NO. |
| 1 | Provision of catering and housekeeping management services at NEPL offshore location | 3.18.03 | 1000006625 |
Note: Detailed scope of works for the advertised services shall be provided to eligible Nipex pre-qualification bidders.
For further details, please visit the Nigerian Petroleum Exchange Portal www.nipex-ng.com
Contract Strategy:
The strategy is to execute framework agreements with technically and commercially successful bidders for the respective services which shall be called out by NNPC E & P Limited based on operational requirements.
3. MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS
1. To be eligible for this tender exercise, interested contractors are required to be pre-qualified in the relevant categories Product/Services categories in NipeX Joint Qualification System (NJQS) data base. All successfully pre-qualified suppliers in this category will receive Invitation to Technical Tender (ITT) document for the technical phase of the tender.
2. Vendor may visit http://vendors.nipex-ng.com to view your status and product codes for this products/services category.
3. If you are not listed in a product/service category you are registered with OPR to do business, contact NipeX office at 8, Bayo Kuku Rood, Ikoyi, Lagos with your DPR certificate as evidence for necessary update.
4. To initiate the NJQS prequalification process, access www.nipex.ng.com to download the 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 DEVELOPMENT
As requested by the Nigerian Oil and 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 of 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. 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 of manager.
5. State proposed total scope of work to be conducted by Nigerian personnel (whether contracted directly or under subcontract agreements) with names and addresses including evidence of well-equipped offices and workshop.
6. Development of a technology transfer plan which shall explain the methodology of how it intends to promote the effective transfer of technologies from alliance partners to Nigerian Individuals and companies.
In line with the NCD Human Capacity Development Initiative, Bidder shall commit to providing Project-Specific training, man-hour, budget, skill development and understudy plan for Nigerian personnel utilizing OGTAN registered trainer(s) or other approved NCDMB training institution(s). Demonstration of plan for the utilization of third-party services of Nigerian origin and Nigerian subcontractors in executing the work.
7. Demonstration of detailed description of the location and evidence of ownership (certificate of ownership, lease agreement, layout drawings and photographs) of in-country committed facilities & infrastructure (assets, equipment, technical office, and administrative space, storage, workshop, assembly area, repair & maintenance, testing, laboratory, etc.) in Nigeria to support the contract. Demonstration of plan for the procurement of goods and services manufactured in Nigeria.
8. Provide evidence of registration on the NJQS Portal
9. Provide valid Nigerian Content Equipment Certificate (NCEC) relevant to the scope of service to be provided.
10. A Nigerian Content Execution Plan, which shall explain the methodology of how it intends to comply with the requirements of the plan, and how to achieve the set targets in the schedule of the NOGICD Act, and any other targets, set by NCDMB.
Interested vendors are to note that pursuant to NNPC Limited and 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 enjoyed to avail themselves of the requirements of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development (NOGICD) act for full compliance.
NNPC E & P Limited is committed to full compliance with the requirements of the NOGICD Act. In maximizing the local content of this project, pre-qualified vendors are required to provide full details of their local content implementation strategy.
In compliance with NOGICD Act requirements for Research & Development therefor, the following should be noted:
A. 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 (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 of the field, facility or plant.
B. All operators are to include in their ITT documents, a requirements that any service company binding 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 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. CLOSING DATE
Only vendors who are registered with NJQS product/category services code as indicated in paragraph 2.0 (see table above) as at 1600 (Nigerian Time) of October, 19th 2023, being the advert closing date shall receive the technical and commercial ITTs.
6. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
i. All costs incurred in preparing and processing NJQS prequalification and responding to this tender opportunity shall be to the contractor’s own account.
ii. This advert shall not be construed to be a commitment on the part of the OPERATOR to award any form of contract to any contractor and/or associated companies, sub-contractors or agents; nor shall it entitle any prequalified companies to make any claims whatsoever, and/or seek any indemnity from OPERATOR and/or any of its partners by virtue of such companies having been prequalified in NJQS.
iii. The tendering process shall be undertaken in accordance with the NNPCL contracting process in compliance with Public Procurement Act 2007
iv. NNPC E & P Limited 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.
PLEASE NOTE
• Notwithstanding the pre-qualification in NipeX NJQS, NEPL is neither committed nor obliged to include your company or any bids 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 service/supplier categorization shall be invited for tendering
• NNPC E & P Limited will not enter into correspondence with any company or individuals or why a company was short-listed or not short-listed
Please visit NipeX portal at www.nipex-ng.com for this advert and other information.