NIGERIA LNG LIMITED (NLNG)
INVITATION FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI) AND PRE-QUALIFICATION FOR PROVISION OF HYDRAULIC BOLT TORQUING & TENSIONING SERVICE FOR NIGERIA LNG LIMITED
INTRODUCTION
Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) production plant located on Bonny Island, Rivers State, Nigeria, consists of six (6) natural gas liquefaction trains with a total capacity of twenty-two (22) million tonnes of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and five (5) Million tonnes of Natural Gas Liquids (NGL) per annum.
The company requires contractors with Hydraulic Bolt Torquing and Tensioning Services as its core business. This service will not be provided at the NLNG plant complex in Bonny, River State, Nigeria and other off-site locations.
NLNG hereby invites professionals in Hydraulic Bolt Torquing and Tensioning with experience, capacity and all regulatory permits and licenses to express their interest in participating in this tendering exercise.
SCOPE OF THE WORKS
The approved scope entails using specialized Hydraulic Bolt Torquing and Tensioning equipment for unbolting and achieving specified torque/tension on bolts to fasten together flanges of pipes, columns, vessels, heat exchangers and other equipment in the Bonny Plant and other off-site locations.
It involves using specialist personnel and equipment on a call-off basis to provide this service.
COMMENCEMENT AND DURATION
The expected date of commencement of the service contracts is Q2/Q3 2025, and the duration will be five (5) years with an option to extend for one (1) + one (1) year based on high-quality service performance. This will be at NLNG’s sole discretion.
PRE-QUALIFICATION
A pre-qualification exercise of interested Hydraulic Bolt Torquing and Tensioning providers will be carried out, and only successful applicants will be invited to participate in the competitive tenders for these services.
To be considered for pre-qualification, interested companies are required to submit the following documents for consideration:
• Valid certificate of incorporation, forms CAC 02 & CAC 07
• Tax clearance certificates for the past three (3) years, i.e (2020, 2021, and 2022) and Nigerian Tax Registration/Identification Number.
• Detailed list of relevant, verifiable experience of Hydraulic bolt torqueing and tensioning service provided over the past three (3) years.
• Acknowledgement of the willingness to undergo NLNG and Third-Party audits.
• Confirmation of willingness to operate in strict accordance with the NLNG safety & Business Principles.
• Valid Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) permit.
• Any additional information that will enhance the potential of the company.
NIGERIAN CONTENT
NLNG is committed to the development of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Business in accordance with the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development Act 2010 (NOGICD ACT).
Interested companies must comply with all the provisions of the NOGICD Act that relate to this service and, in particular, comply with the minimum Nigerian content percentage (%) for ownership in relation to the scopes of service as provided in the schedule to the NOGICD Act.
Failure to fully comply with the NOGICD ACT or demonstrate commitment to the Nigerian content development policy of the Federal Government of Nigeria and NLNG shall result in outright disqualification from the tender process for this service described above.
As part of their submissions, companies signifying interest by responding to this advertisement shall submit an acknowledgment of willingness to comply with the Nigerian Content Act.
GENERAL NIGERIAN CONTENT REQUIREMENTS
Companies responding to this advertisement are required to submit the following in compliance with the Nigerian Oil and gas Industry Content Development Act, 2010.
1. Documentation to demonstrate that the entity is a Nigerian registered company. Submission of certified true copies of CAC forms 02 & 07 (or its equivalent; CAC 2.3, 2.4, 2.5 etc) including company memorandum and Articles of association. All companies shall be legally registered Nigerian indigenous service companies having 51% and above Nigerian equity in shareholding and ownership structure of tenderer’s legally registered entity in Nigerian by CAMA (Companies and Allied Matters Act).
2. Evidence of registration on the Nigerian content Development Monitoring Board (NCDMB) NOGIC Joint Qualification System (JQS).
3. The bidder shall provide valid category 1,2,3,4 or 5 for construction and Moveable equipment (EC) group NCEC demonstrating capability and capacity relevant to executing this service.
4. The bidder shall provide a Nigerian Content Execution Plan (NCEP), which shall explain the methodology of how the contractor intends to comply with the requirements of the Act, how it plans to give first consideration of services provided from within Nigeria and how the bidder would maximize the utilization of Nigerian resources (labour, materials, and services) in the execution of this contract. Maximizing Nigerian Content is a key project priority.
5. The details of the company’s corporate organization and overall human resources structure (management, supervisors, senior & junior skilled officers etc), identifying positions manned/occupied by Nigerian nationals with evidence of the type of employment in-country and identifying the positions manned/occupied by other nationals.
6. A proposed organogram for this service, populated with nationality, qualifications of personnel and years of experience of personnel on the job (attach CV of key finance, operational and technical personnel), including a succession plan in this work scope.
7. A detailed description of the location of in-country committed facilities & infrastructure (assets, technical office, administrative space, storage etc) in Nigeria to support this contract; evidence that 50% of all equipment deployed to work by multinational and international companies are owned by the local subsidiaries.
8. In line with the Nigerian Content Development Human Capacity Development (HCD) initiative, 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 institutions.
9. The bidder shall provide a plan to ensure the utilization of Nigerian banks, legal and insurance companies
SUBMISSION OF RESPONSES
Submission in response to the above requirements shall strictly be in accordance with the instructions given in this publication, segregated and arranged in the order indicated.
Failure to submit any of the documents requested herein may result in the disqualification of the applicant.
The expression of interest document should be submitted in electronic copy and in PDF format via this link https://nlngeoi-nlng-msappproxy.net/NLNGVendors/eoi_index.aspx
The submission must be received by NLNG no later than Thursday, 4th January 2024.
PLEASE NOTE
a. This is not an invitation to tender. The full tendering procedure will be provided to applicants that are successful in the prequalification exercise, which will be carried out in accordance with NLNG’s relevant procedures.
b. Notwithstanding the submission of the documents for the expression of interest, NLNG is neither committed nor obliged to include any company and/or their associated companies, agents or sub-contractors on any bid list or to award any form of contract to any company and/or its associated companies, agents or sub-contractors.
c. This advertisement for EOI and Pre-qualification shall not be construed as a commitment by NLNG, nor shall it entitle respondents to claim any indemnity from NLNG and/or any of its shareholders by virtue of having responded to this advertisement.
d. This EOI is a simple invitation for interested vendors to express their interest in providing the indicated services and does not warrant any further feedback from NLNG hereafter.
e. If you do not hear from NLNG within three (3) months of submission of this publication, it should be taken that your application was not successful.
Signed
MANAGEMENT
NIGERIA LNG LIMITED