Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission
Adamawa Plaza, Plot 1099, 1st Avenue, CBD, P.M.B. 136, Abuja
Request for Expression of Interest (EOI) for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Solution Design and Project Management Consultancy
As part of efforts to achieve the mandate of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) in line with the Electric Power Sector Reform Act 2005, the Commission requires the services of a qualified consultant to assist in designing and managing the implementation of a comprehensive Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) platform. The Commission envisages that the ERP programme will comprise, first, a change management phase and, subsequently, a procurement and implementation phase. At some point, both phases will run concurrently. The Commission expects that the entire programme will take account of the internal processes of the Commission and its regulatory oversight data/information requirements in relation to the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI).
1. Background
The Commission is responsible, under the Electric Power Sector Reform Act, 2005, for monitoring the activities of licensees and ensuring efficient operations in the industry. In this vein, several codes, rules, regulations and standards have been developed and issued. The Commission believes that the reporting, compliance and enforcement processes in the industry can be significantly improved and made more effective if these leverage on available information communication technologies (ICTs).
3. Objective of the Assignment
The objective of this project is to provide programme management services to NERC that ensure the design and implementation of a comprehensive ERP framework (and accompanying change management strategy) that facilitates licensee monitoring, internal and external (industry) data collation, storage, analysis, internal collaboration and decision-making of the Commission.
4. SCOPE
The consultant shall be expected to deliver on the following:
4-1. Conduct a needs assessment including an audit of existing operational processes, procedures, IT infrastructure and their capabilities and use, and determine the information and reporting requirements of the Commission, In doing this, the Consultant shall work with the Commission’s Process Re-engineering Team and consider relevant regulatory instruments enacted by the Commission, strategic plans (Commission and Divisional), projects/programmes within those plans including all reports of various committees on the Commission’s ICT Infrastructure,
4.2 Perform an operational analysis and identify gaps in the current manual and automated processes of NERC and the proposed fully automated processes
43 Present the Commission with at least two options for an ERP architecture and appropriate technology and process integration standards for the NESI related to the deployment of this of this architecture. In carrying out this task, the consultant is to ensure that the architecture design and implementation phase delivers to the Commission a scalable, cost-effective, highly resilient, secure and available solution with acceptable built-in redundancy and full value for money.
4A Develop a change management strategy and subsequently terms of reference (ToR) for the procurement of a consultant that will undertake such change management work.
4.5 Develop a programme plan and budget for the implementation of the entire change management and ERP implementation programmes, which would serve as bases for determining the cost estimates for all the phases of the project
4.6 Support the Commission In procuring the consultant or consortium of consultants that will implement the ERP change management strategy
4.7 Support the Commission in procuring the consultants/contractor or consortium of consultants/contractors that will implement the preferred ERP solution
4.8 Having assisted the Commission in procuring these consultants, act as Programme Manager and work with the ERP Project Implementation and Process He-engineering Teams to ensure timely, cost-effective and comprehensive Implementation of the two primary streams of work.
4.9 Provide advice and reports to the Commission as required during the execution of the two primary streams of work
Eligibility Criteria interested firms are to submit
- Evidence of registration with Corporate Affairs Commission
- Current Tax Clearance Certificate
- Audited Accounts for the preceding 3 years
- Evidence of Remittance of staff pension deductions in line with the Pension Act
- Detailed company profile, including evidences of technical competence, curriculum vitae of professional staff proposed for the project, academic and professional certification.
- Detailed description in writing fisting similar projects executed within the last 5 years with verifiable letters of award and/or certificate of job completion.
Interested Consultants may obtain further information from the Procurement Unit of the Commission as from 9.00 am to 4.00 pm Monday to Friday up to February 28, 2012 at the address stated below, by phone to +234 08086312121 or by email to ERMprocurement@nercng.org.
Submission of EOI
Expressions of Interest (EOI), in eight copies must be submitted, clearly marked “Expression of Interest for Consultancy for NERC Enterprise Resource Planning ( ERP) Design & Project Management Consultancy” no later than 5pm Nigerian time (4pm GMT on Friday, 16th March, 2012. Late submissions will be rejected, EOI must be submitted at the Commission’s Secretariat, 2nd Floor, Room 203 Adamawa Plaza and addressed as indicated below:
The Chairman/CEO
Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission
Adamawa Plaza, 2nd Floor
Plot 1099, 1st Avenue, Off Shehu Shagari Way
CBD, Abuja
Important Notice
- Consultants will be selected in accordance with the procedures as set out in the 2007 Public Procurement Act and the Public Procurement Regulation for Consultancy Services as issued by the Bureau of Public Procurement.
- Bidders should submit an affidavit that all information and documents submitted are true and correct and that no officer of NERC is a former or present director, shareholder or has any pecuniary interest in the bidder.
- Only qualified firms will be contacted in writing to submit proposals and the Commission reserves the right to annul the bidding process and will under no circumstances be responsible for any cost or expenses incurred by any party associated with submissions of EOI on this assignment
