Total E&P Nigeria Limited
(Operator of the OML 130 asset)
Tender Opportunity for OML 130: Egina Field Development EGI/C236 Provision of 3d Nodes Seismic Acquisition
1. Introduction
Total Upstream Nigeria Limited (TUPNI), operator of the OML 130, requires the services of a suitably qualified and experienced company to provide requisite expertise, experienced, internationally skilled manpower and technology to apply to be considered for inclusion in the bidders list for subject tender. The contract that will result from this tender will be for the EGINA 3D NODES Seismic Acquisition covering an area of approximately 170 km2 on OML 130 Deep Offshore Nigeria in water depth ranging from 1400 m to 1700 m.
2. Brief description of minimum work scope and specifications
Successful contractor shall provide specialist 3D Nodes seismic survey (baseline for future 4D survey) in free waters associated with the Egina Field Development Project.
The acquisition parameters are:
- Hexagonal Nodes Grid – Split Spread – Roll-on Roll-off method; Nodes surface area of 170 km2; shot surface area of 321 km2 and maximum crossline offset of 5000 m.
- OBN Nodes grid of 300m x 346m; 32 Nodes per line; 34 lines per swath
- Shot grid of 37.5 m x 37.5 m or 30 m x 30 m.
- Dual source flip-flop; source volume/pressure of at least 4000 cu. in. / 2000 psi; record length of 7 s; bin size of 18.75m x 18.75m or 15mx15m.
Tenderer shall provide and operate:
- Modern nodes and source vessels with 2 ROVs
- on-board processing solution and experience
- a detailed description of contractors laying out procedures and experience.
3. Mandatory Requirements
- To be eligible for this tender exercise, interested contractors are required to be pre-qualified in the 3.10.01, 2D/ 3D/ 4D Seismic Data Acquisition (Product/Services) category of the NipeX Joint Qualification (NJQS) Database. All successfully pre-qualified suppliers in this category will receive Invitation to Technical Tender (ITT).
- To determine if you are pre-qualified and view the product/ service category you are listed for: Open www.nipexng.com and access NJQS with your log in details, click on continue Joint Qualification Scheme tool, click check my supplier status and then click supplier product group.
- If you are not listed in the product/ service category and you are registered with the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) to carry out business in the Nigerian Oil & Gas Industry, contact the NipeX administration office at 30, Oyinkan Abayomi Street, Ikoyi, Lagos with your DPR certificate as evidence for verification and necessary update.
- To initiate the JQS pre-qualification process, access www.nipexng.com to download the application form, make necessary payments and contact NipeX office for further action.
- To be eligible, all tenders must comply with the requirements of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development Act, 2010. Non compliance shall result in disqualification from tendering for this opportunity.
4- Nigerian Content
Demonstrate that entity is a Nigerian-registered company. Submit certified true copies of CAC forms 10, 02 & 07 (or its equivalent; CAC 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, etc) including company memorandum & article of association and other evidence of entity’s incorporation, shareholding & ownership structure in Nigeria.
Maximizing Nigerian Content is a key contract priority, therefore for foreign companies and multinationals in alliance with a local company, submit evidence that the local company is an indigenous company and the binding Agreement of the alliance duly signed Agreement by the CEO of both parties and stating the specific work scope to be performed by each member of the alliance.
Provide detailed description of the location 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 this contract or submit a credible and verifiable plan towards setting-up. International and multinational companies would be required to demonstrate that 50% ownership of the equipment deployed to the work are owned by their Nigerian subsidiaries.
Provide evidence (personnel list and positions with organization chart to substantiate) of percentage of management that are Nigerian Nationals and the percentage of the total workforce that are Nigerians. Submit tenderer’s corporate organization’s overall human resources structure (mgt, supervisors, senior & junior skilled officers, etc) identifying positions manned/occupied by Nigerian nationals with evidence of type of employment in-country and identifying the positions manned/occupied by other nationals.
Submit for the contract, what percentage of the skilled manpower and labour including key personnel that will be positions for Nigerian nationals and the percentage that will be positions for other nationals in order to maximize the utilization of Nigerian resources on the contract in line with Government Policy. Identify the positions that would be occupied by Nigerian nationals and the positions to be occupied by other nationals (include as a table the list of all skilled positions & key personnel and identify their manning nationality).
Provide a project-specific training, man-hour budget, skill development and technology transfer plan for Nigerian personnel or indigenous business including evidence of past performance on training and development for Nigerians nationals & indigenous business. Plan for sponsorship of Nigerians to acquire competence and/or certification; further development of local employees as professionals.
Bidders will be required to demonstrate and submit the above as part of their Technical Tender.
5. Closing Date
Only Tenderers who are registered in NJQS Product/category (3.10.01 2D/3D/4D Seismic Data Acquisition Services), as at 6:00pm on July 26th, 2012, being the advert close date, shall be invited to submit Technical tenders.
6. Additional information
- Full tendering procedure will be provided only to contractors that have been successfully pre-qualified in NJQS.
- This advertisement shall neither be construed as any form of commitment on the part of TUPNI to award any contract to any company and/or associated companies, sub-contractors or agents, nor shall it entitle pre-qualified companies to make any claims whatsoever, and/or seek any indemnity from TUPNI and or any of its Partners by virtue of such companies having been pre-qualified in NJQS.
- All cost incurred in registering and pre-qualifying for this and other product/service categories in NJQS shall be borne solely by the suppliers.
- Optional scope to cover Other Deepwater Fields with 3D NODES Seismic Acquisition covering an area of approximately 396 km2 with Shot area 700 km2 as detailed in item 2 above.
Management
TUPNI / Egina Manager
Total Upstream Nigeria Limited
KNORR Compound, Plot 296 OZUMBA MBADIWE Street, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria
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