Invitation for Expression of Interest and Pre-Qualification for the Provision of Integrated Maintenance Services at Nigeria LNG Limited

Invitation for Expression of Interest and Pre-Qualification for the Provision of Integrated Maintenance Services for Nigeria LNG Limited’s Gas Production Plant on Bonny Island

Introduction

Nigeria LNG Limited’s gas production plant is located on Bonny Island, Rivers State, Nigeria. It consists of six natural gas liquefaction trains with a total capacity of 22 million tons of LNG and 4 million tonnes of LPG per annum, with associated gas receiving, storage and loading facilities and utilities.

Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) hereby invites interested companies with wide experience in maintenance of gas production plants, oil refineries, chemical plants or similar heavy industrial production facilities, to make a submission of an expression of interest to be invited to tender for NLNG’s Integrated Maintenance Services Contract. The companies who demonstrate relevant experience, expertise and a successful history in this type of service will subsequently an invitation to tender for the work.

Scope of the Services

The Integrated Maintenance Service will be mainly provided at NLNG’s gas production plant on Bonny, which includes gas receiving, processing, storage and loading facilities, and utilities as well as at the NLNG Port Harcourt supply base and occasionally in the Gas Transmission Networks that extend through Obiafu, Obite, Rumuji, Soku and Ubeta. The services encompass planned/preventive maintenance, breakdown repair, replacement, shutdown overhauls and other services for:

• Process equipment including vessels, tanks, heat exchangers and cryogenic exchangers
• Rotating equipment including compressors, pumps and generators
• Control valves up to 1500mm diameter
• Hydraulic equipment including loading arms and winches
• Mobile cranes with capacities between 10T and 200T, and overhead cranes with capacities 5T to 50T
• Heavy lifting and rigging services
• Welding, fabrication and pipe fitting of carbon steel pipe up  to 1500mm  diameter, stainless steel pipe and vessels, and on aluminum cryogenic exchangers.
• Scaffolding up to 40m high including design, load calculations and inspection
• Insulation, both high temperature and cryogenic
• Light duty and heavy goods vehicles maintenance including inspection, mechanical and electrical works and bodywork
• High pressure jetting, grit blasting, painting and coatings
• Minor civil and-building works, including excavation
• Plant instrumentation calibration, commissioning, maintenance, defect elimination and IPF testing
• Explosion proof equipment
• Electrical integrity and cathodic protection
• HV & LV switchgear and motors
• UPS systems and batteries
• Lighting checks and lamp replacement
• Training, accreditation and development of the contractor’s own maintenance and support personnel as well as for third parties.

NLNG will provide some limited logistical support for these services including living accommodation on Bonny for the Contractor’s Senior personnel, offices, stores, laydown areas, and transport for personnel between Lagos or Port Harcourt and Bonny Island.

Pre-Qualification Information

A pre-qualification exercise of interested companies will be carried out and only companies successful in the pre-qualification exercise will be invited to submit a competitive tender for the services.

As part of the pre-qualification process interested parties are required to submit the following. Failure to submit any of the under-listed items may lead to disqualification,

1).      Company profile, organization, size and structure, including any parent or group

of companies to whom they belong, together with key management personnel profiles.

2).     Detailed list of experience in maintenance of gas production plant, refineries, chemical plants or similar heavy Industrial production facilities executed in the last 10 years, giving names of clients, location and cost or volume of services provided. These details should indicate experience in planned, preventive, breakdown and shutdown maintenance, itemised in the various elements of the scope of the services defined above.

3).     Description of the contractor’s techniques and capabilities in managing, planning, scheduling, resourcing of personnel, plant and materials (including for peak demands such as shutdowns), and cost controlling all aspects of maintenance including details of techniques and methodology, and unique and proprietary software or IT systems that the contractor uses and would apply in delivering the services.

4).     Detailed list of plant and equipment owned by the contractor that is deployed in Nigeria and that is relevant to the provision of maintenance services, indicating age and capacity.

5).     Curriculum vitae of typical personnel that might be (a) engaged on these services, with evidence of experience in all the relevant aspects of the services.

6).    The contractor’s QA/QC policy and details of the standards to which its QA/QC processes are accredited.

7).     Detailed company Health, Safety, Environment and Quality (HSEQ) management

procedures, including safety statistics for the last three years.

8).    Submission of certified true copies of CAC Forms 10, 02 & 07 including Company Memorandum and Articles of Association where Company is a fully registered Nigerian Company

9).    Details of the Contractor’s capabilities and experience in managing labour relations and welfare, including negotiations on pay and conditions with individual workers, collective groups, individual unions and government departments.

10)    Community relations proposal giving in detail how your company has successfully handled community related issues in the past and propose to during the execution of the service.

11)    Audited Financial accounts for the last three years and management accounts for the  current year and Tax clearance certificates for the past three (3) years and Tax Registration Number.

12)    Acknowledgement of willingness to undergo NLNG and Third Party audits

13)    Any additional information that will enhance the application for prequalification.

Submission in response to the above requirements shall be completed strictly in accordance with the above, segregated  and arranged  in the  serial order indicated.

Nigerian Content

Nigeria LNG Limited is committed to the development of the Nigerian Oil and Gas business in compliance with the Nigerian Content Act 2010 for Nigerian Content Development.

Interested companies shall comply with all the provisions of the Nigerian Content Act that relate to this service and in particular comply with the minimum Nigerian Content percentage (%) for the scopes which are covered in the Schedule of the Act.

Failure to fully comply with the Nigerian Content Act or demonstrate commitment to Nigerian Content Development Policy of the Nigerian government shall result in disqualification from bidding for this contract.

As part of their submissions, companies signifying interest by responding to this advertisement shall submit:

(a)               (i)      The Process and Procedure that explain the methodology of how it intends to comply with the requirements of the Act and how to achieve

(ii)     the set target(s) in the Schedule of Nigerian Oil & Gas Industry

Content Development Act and any targets set by The Board,

(iii)    its  plan for giving first consideration to services provided within Nigeria with a list of work packages, 3rd Party Services and subcontracts that should be reserved indigenous contractors.

(iv)    its plan for giving first consideration to raw materials manufactured and assembled goods of Nigerian origin

(v)    its plan for technical skills transfer to Nigerians employed on the contract.

(b)     A Research & Development plan (R&D Plan) which shall explain the methodology of how it intends to promote education, attachments, training, research and development in Nigeria.

(c)      A Technology Transfer Plan (T&T Plan) which shall explain the methodology of how it intends to promote the effective transfer of technologies to Nigerian individuals and companies.

(d)     An employment and training plan (E&T Plan) which shall explain how first considerations shall be given to employment and training of Nigerians on the contract, and training needs with a breakdown of the skills anticipated skill shortage in the Nigerian labour force including the training and understudy program for succession planning.

(e)      A project-specific training, 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 Proposed training plan for Nigerians on the project including a brief training outline for OEM products, engineering, software & hardware, maintenance, testing and operations.

(f)      Documentation to demonstrate that entity is a Nigerian-registered company. Submit certified true copies of CAC forms 10, 02 & 07 (or its equivalent; CAC 2.3, 24, 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.

(g)     A 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, to support this contract, evidence that 50% of all equipment deployed to work by multinational and international companies are owned by the local  subsidiaries.

(h)    Details of their corporate organization showing management, supervisors, senior and junior skilled officers, unskilled personnel identifying positions manned/occupied by Nigerian nationals and the positions manned/occupied by other nationals.

Commencement and Duration

It is intended to award a contract to the successful bidder in Q3 2012, for a period of up to 5 years starting in Q4 2012.

Submission of Responses

Submission in response to the above requirements shall be completed strictly in accordance with the instructions given in this publication, segregated and arranged in the order indicated.

Failure to submit any of the documents may result in the disqualification of the applicant.

The Expression of Interest document should be submitted  in hard copy in a sealed envelope and marked “CONFIDENTIAL Expression of Interest and Pre-Qualification for Provision of Integrated Maintenance Services for NLNG” to:

The Head, Business Strategy & Support,

CPM Department,

Production Division,

Nigeria LNG Limited,

Bonny Island, Rivers State.

AND

In electronic copy in PDF format by e-mail to vendor.enquiry@nlng.com with “CONFIDENTIAL Expression of Interest and Pre-Qualification for Provision of Integrated Maintenance Services for NLNG in the subject line.

The submission in either format must be received by Nigeria LNG Limited on or before 19^th July, 2011.

Please Note:

This is not an invitation to tender. Full tendering procedure, will be provided to applicants who successfully pass pre-qualification in accordance with NLNG’s pre-qualification procures.

Please Note:

This is not an invitation to tender. Full tendering procedure will be provided to applicants who successfully pass pre-qualification in accordance with NLNG’s pre-qualification procedures.

Notwithstanding the submissions of the Expression of Interest, NLNG is neither committed nor obliged to include any company and/or associated companies, agents or subcontractors  on any bid list or award any form of contract to and/or associated companies, agents or subcontractors.

This advertisement  for Expression of Interest and Prequalification shall not be construed as a commitment by NLNG, nor  shall it entitle respondents to claim any indemnity from NLNG, technical advisers and/or any of its shareholders by virtue of having  responded to this  advertisement.

Signed

Management

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