STAR DEEP WATER PETROLEUM LIMITED
A CHEVRON COMPANY
OPERATOR OF AGBAMI UNIT (OML 127/128)
TENDER OPPORTUNITY
PROVISION OF CONSTRUCTION SUPPORT SERVICES

1. INTRODUCTION:
Star Deep Water Petroleum Limited (SDWPL), a chevron company and operator of the Agbami field on behalf of its co-venture (FAMFA Oil Limited, prime 127 Nigeria Limited, Equinor Nigeria Energy Company Limited and Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), invites interested and prequalified companies with relevant experience for this tender opportunity for the provision of Construction Support Service to support the Agbami floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel operations, which is located in approximately 5000 feet of water and about 70 miles offshore Nigeria.

The services are estimated to commence March 2025 for 5years primary term with an optional 2years extension period.

2. SCOPE OF WORK
The scope of work for the services shall include but not limited to the provision of skilled, quailed and certified personnel, supervision, services, transport, testing devices, equipment, tools, consumable materials and/or every item of expense necessary for Construction support services to company, 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, on an “as and when required” basis and in a safe manner to plant, assets and personnel at company’s Agbami FPSO facility. Furthermore, successful companies would be expected to have self-sustaining operations and capabilities to provide any aspect of the scope form personnel only who are qualified and able to communicate fluently in English, to full services, including equipment and consumables, as may be required.

Detailed Services Description:
The scope of work for the provision of fabrication maintenance services includes but not limited to the following:
• Pipework including fabrication and installation
• Structural steel work including welding
• Provision of resources to support shutdown and outage management
• Pre-commissioning support
• Provision of construction crew
• Provision of NDT services onshore
• Quality assurance and quality control
• Onshore coating
• Scaffolding
• Flange management
• Electrical and instrumentation
• Storage of completed structures and piping
• Hydro testing of valves, pressure vessels, tanks etc.
• Post weld heat treatment
• Installation of fireproofing and insulation
• Load out & sea fastening
• Material handling
• Transportation and logistics
• Specialist technical support services
• Project management and supervision
• Engineering designing and evaluation services
• Rigging services
• Rope access
• Mechanical equipment operation, repair and maintenance
• The provision of products and other materials (including consumables, construction plant and equipment) to the extent they are required to perform the services
• Other services as may be required by business needs.

3. MANDATORY TENDER REQUIREMENTS:
A. To be eligible for this tender exercise, interested bidders are required to have the requisite NUPRC permit, NCDMB NOGIC JQS registration and be pre-qualified and ‘live’ under product code 4.06.01 (management and provision of all facilities engineering, modification and maintenance services for a site/platform) category in Nipex Joint Qualification System (NJQS) database. All successfully pre-qualified and ‘live’ bidders in this category by the bid close date of this advert will receive the Invitation to Tender (ITT).

B. To confirm if you are pre-qualified and view the product/service category you are listed for: open www.vendors.nipex-ng.com and access NJQS with your log in details. Click on Products/Services tab to view your status and product codes.

C. If you are not listed in this product/service category you registered with NUPRC to do business, please contact Nipex office at 27b, oyinkan Abayomi drive, ikoyi Lagos with your NUPRC certificate as evidence for verification and necessary update.

D. To initiate the JQS pre-qualification process, please access www.nipex-ng.com, click on services tab followed by NJQS registration.

E. To be eligible, all interested bidders must comply with the Nigerian Content requirements in Nipex system.

4. NIGERIAN CONTENT REQUIREMENT:
Star Deep Water Petroleum Limited is committed to the development of the Nigerian Oil and gas business in observance with Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development act 2010 (NOGICD Act) enacted by the Federal Government of Nigeria in April 2010.

Pursuant to enactment of the NOGICD 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 target as may be directed by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB).

Contractors shall comply with the provisions of the NOGICD Act and all applicable regulations.
Bidders that do not meet the Nigerian Content criterion will not be allowed to participate in next Tender Stage.

The following are Nigerian Content requirements bidders are expected to comply with in their technical bid submission:

A. Tenderer shall provide evidence of being a Nigerian registered company with 51% shareholding capacity. The tender shall provide CO2 and CO7 forms registration on NOGIC JQS and NUPRC certificate.
B. Tenderer shall provide detailed description of the location of in-country committed facilities & infrastructure (technical office, administrative space etc.) in Nigeria to support this contract.
C. Provide evidence of what percentage of your key management positions is held by Nigerians and what percentage of the total work force are Nigerians. Also, show overall percentage of work to be performed in Nigeria and those by Nigerian resources related to total work volume.
D. The tenderer shall provide evidence of category 1,2,3OR 4 Services & Supply (SS) group NCEC demonstrating ownership of NDT equipment to be utilized in the execution of the work scope.
E. Tenderer shall comply with the latest approved version of NCDMB HCD guideline by committing (via a letter of undertaking) 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).

5. CLOSE DATE:
Other bidders who are pre-qualified and ‘live’ with NJQS Product/Category code 34.06.01 (management and provision of all facilities engineering, modification and maintenance services for a site/platform) by 16:00 hours, Thursday October 10, 2024 being the advert close date shall be invited to submit technical bid.

6. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
1. The invitation to tender (ITT) and nay further progression of this tender shall be via Nipex. Interested bidders are therefore advised to ensure they are set-up in Nipex with a valid and active official company email address accessible by all in their organization as this shall be the only means to transmit the ITT.

2. Bidders who for this bid process enter a joint venture (JV), Partnership, consortiums etc. with another bidder that is bidding for this service will be disqualified.

3. All costs incurred by a bidder in preparing/processing NJQS prequalification and participating in this tendering process shall be to the bidder’s account.

4. This advertisement shall neither be construed as any form of commitment on the part of Star Deep Water Petroleum Limited (Company) to award ant contract to any company and or associated companies, sub-contractors, or agents nor shall it entitle prequalified companies to make any claims whatsoever, and/or seek any indemnity form Company and/or any of its partners by virtue of such companies having been prequalified in NJQS.

5. The tendering process shall be the NNPC Nipex contracting process requiring pre-qualified companies to submit both technical and commercial tenders at the same time.

6. Company reserves the right to reject any and or all pre-qualified bids at its sole discretion and at no cost to company.

7. Company will communicate only with authorized officers of the pre-qualify companies and not through individual or agents.

ES/NCDMB/SDWPL/ADV/UPD/01082024/PROVISION OF CONSTRUCTION SUPPORT SERVICES
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