Pre-qualification to Tender for the Provision of Medical and Health Services at Seplat West Limited

Introduction

• The proposed contract is for the Provision of Medical and Health Services to support Seplat West Limited. The service will include, but not be limited to, medical personnel to manage the activities of various clinics and ambulances.
• Qualified contractors shall demonstrate capability and capacity to deal with the financial and technical requirements involved in the provision of medical and health services in the oil and gas industry. The proposed strategy will utilize the NipeX contracting platform to run the tendering process.

• NIPEX Service Code: 3.18.12
• Tender Ref. Number:  SEPIC/HSE/SAAF/2024/SERVICES00000176
• Services: Medical Services Clinics, First aid, occupational health & hygiene, pharmaceutical services
• Brief Description of Scope of Work (Include but not Limited to the Understated):
  • Provision of Medical teams (Doctors, Nurses, etc) for each company field clinic and remote locations, and the offices when needed.
    
  • Provision of Ambulance at Oben, Amukpe and Sapele daily.
    
  • The Services shall consist of primary outpatient care, basic emergency medical care/response on Site to stabilize the patient, limited diagnostic testing, preparation of medical evacuations as well as participation in medical evacuations when deemed feasible by the medical personnel. Etc.

• To be eligible for this tender exercise, interested companies are required to be pre-qualified in the relevant Nipex Joint Qualification System (NJQS) database Product/Services categories indicated in "Services Required / Scope of Work" above. All successfully pre-qualified contractors in this category that are active on the closing date of the advert will receive an Invitation To Tender (ITT).
  
• To determine 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 the Products/Services Status tab to view your status and product codes.
  
• If you are not listed in a Product/Service category and you are registered with the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) to do business, contact NipeX office at 27b Oyinkan Abayomi Drive, Ikoyi, Lagos with your NUPRC certificate as evidence for verification and necessary update.
  
• To initiate the NJQS pre-qualification process, access www.vendors.nipex-ng.com, click on services tab followed by NJQS registration.
  
• Any entity intending to bid as a joint venture/alliance arrangement must demonstrate a genuine alliance or joint venture with details on scope and responsibilities of parties for this work, and payment arrangements. Such companies must show evidence of joint venture via a legally binding agreement duly signed by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of both companies. In the absence of a binding legal agreement relating directly to this activity, the company submitting the response on behalf of the alliance/joint venture must supply power of attorney authorizing it to do so.
  
• To be eligible, all tenders must comply with the Nigerian Content requirements in the NipeX system. In the section below:OGTAN shall mean Oil and Gas Trainers Association of Nigeria and NCEC shall mean Nigerian Content Equipment Certificate.

• Demonstrate that the entity proposed for execution of the service is a Nigerian Registered Company, or Nigerian Registered Company as the contracting entity in genuine alliance or joint venture with foreign company with details on scope and responsibilities of parties for this work. Such companies must show evidence of joint venture binding agreement duly signed by the CEO of both companies including evidence or plans of physical operational presence and set-up in Nigeria.
  
• Furnish details of company ownership and shareholding structure. Also submit photocopies of its CAC Forms CO2 and CO7.
  
• Provide evidence of what percentage of its key management positions are held by Nigerians and what percentage of the total work force are Nigerians. Also show overall percentage of work to be performed by Nigerian resources relative to total work volume.
  
• Provide a Nigerian Content Plan with detailed description of the role, work scope, man-hours and responsibilities of all the Nigerian companies and personnel that will be involved in executing the work.
  
• State proposed total scope of work to be conducted by Nigerian personnel (whether contracted directly or under subcontract agreements) with names and addresses including evidence of well-equipped offices and workshop.
  
• Provide detailed plan for staff training and development on engineering, project management and procurement (including all software to be used, number of personnel, name of organization providing such training and evidence of past training record) for Nigerian personnel including description of any specific programs in place for transfer of technology and skills to indigenous businesses and Nigerians over the next five (5) years.
  
• Provide evidence of domiciliation of project management and procurement centers in Nigeria with physical addresses (not P.O. Box).
  
• Provide a detailed description of the location of in-country facilities (Equipment, storage, workshops, repair, maintenance, and testing facilities)
  
• Provide a detailed statement with evidence of how it intends to maximize the use of Nigerian-made goods and services.
  
• Provide details on any other Nigerian Content initiative the company is involved in.In line with the NCD Human Capacity Development Initiative, Bidder shall 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 institution(s).
  
• Provide evidence of a minimum 50% equity ownership of equipment by a Nigerian subsidiary.
  
• Provide evidence of NCEC (Nigerian Content Equipment Certificate) on categories of Non-Movable Asset "DA" and Consultant services "CS" for Manpower
  
• Evidence of Registration on the NCDMB NOGIC JQS Portal.

• All costs incurred in preparing and processing NJQS prequalification and responding to this tender opportunity shall be to the account of the bidder.
  
• This advertisement and subsequent ITT shall neither be construed as any form of commitment on the part of SEPLAT to award any contract to any tenderer and or associated contractors, sub-contractors, or agents, nor shall it entitle pre-qualified tenderers to make any claims whatsoever, and/or seek any indemnity from SEPLAT and/or any of its partners by virtue of such tenderers having been pre-qualified in NJQS.
  
• The tendering process shall be undertaken in accordance with the NNPC contracting process in compliance with Public Procurement Act 2007
  
• SEPLAT will communicate only with authorized officers of the qualifying bidders at each stage of the tender process, as necessary, and will NOT communicate through individuals or appointed agents.
  
• This tender and any related process neither creates any commitment by SEPLAT nor establishes any legal relationship.
  
• All information must be provided in English Language.
  
• Notwithstanding the pre-qualification in NJQS, SEPLAT is neither committed nor obliged to include your company on any bid list or to award any form of contract to your company and/or associated companies, sub-contractors, or agents.
  
• SEPLAT will not enter any form of communication with interested bidder(s) from the commencement date of this Advertisement.
  
• Submission of any fictitious document will attract suspension from participation in future bids.
  
• Only pre-qualified companies in the appropriate registered NipeX Categorization as of the last date of this Advertisement will be eligible and shall be invited for tendering.
  
• SEPLAT will not enter correspondence with any company or individual on why a company was short-listed or not short-listed.
  
• Only tenderers who score the minimum pass mark in the technical evaluation exercise shall progress to the commercial stage of the tender process. Evaluation of tenders and selection of successful bidders will be based on the proven capability of a bidder to offer the service and submission of the best commercially responsive tender.
  
• Full tendering procedure will be provided only to contractors that have been successfully prequalified in NJQS.
  
• Contractors that are prequalified for this product/service category in NJQS must ensure that the name and contact details (physical address, email address and telephone number) of their company and authorized/responsible personnel are up to date in their company profile in the NJQS database.
  
• The tendering process shall be the NIPEX contracting process requiring pre-qualified companies to submit technical tenders first. Following a technical review, only technically and financially qualified tenderers will be requested to submit to commercial tenders.
  

• Please visit NipeX portal at www.nipex-ng.com for this Advertisement and other information and note that this tender will be processed through the NipeX system.
  
• Disclaimer: This Advertisement shall not be construed to be a commitment on the part of NEPL/SEPLAT to award any form of contract to any company and/or associated companies, sub-contractors, or agents nor shall it entitle any company submitting documents to claim any indemnity from NEPL / SEPLAT and/or any of its partners by virtue of such companies having responded to this Advertisement.