Tender Opportunity: Provision of Machine Shop Services (JV) at Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL)

Title: Tender Opportunity: Provision of Machine Shop Services (JV)

• Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) Operator of NNPCL/CNL Joint Venture, invites interested and prequalified service providers for this tender opportunity for the Provision of Machine Shop Services at company's operational areas.
  
• The proposed award strategy is multiple contract of five (5) years term with an oplion of two (2) years extension.

• Contractor must be capable of cutting API OCTG Casing and tubing connections.
• Contractor must be capable of cutting API Rotary shouldered connections.
• Contractor must have experienced factory certified technicians trained to operate lathes, drills and other machine shop equipment.
• Contractor must be capable of cutting different thread and sizes for all OCTG and also capable of pre-drilling and slotting casings, liners and tubing
• Contractor must have adequate and up to date Certifications and Thread Gauges required for the Cutting and/or Re-cutting of all proposed proprietary threads.
• Contractor must have the ability to fabricate crossovers and subs for the connections and sizes of OCTG. Only Companies with high quality control standards and approved up-to-date license from the thread manufacturers will be considered. Licenses must include Tenaris Blue, Hunting Seal-Lock, Vam, New Vam, Vam Ace, Vam Top, Vam Top HT, Vam FJL, Vam 21, Hydril CS, Hydril PH6, Hydril 563, Hydril SLX, Hydril 521, TSH 561, Contractor must be able to perform Full Thread Gauge and Inspection after Cutting/Re-cutting of any of above Threads or any thread worked upon.
• Contractor must be capable of carrying out approved welding of RL-4S and NOV viper connectors to 20", 30" and 36" conductors.
• Contractor must be capable of procuring bar stocks and fabricating crossovers and pups from them.
• Contractor must be capable of bevelling conductor shoe and coating conductors with corrosion prevention epoxy.
• Contractor must have bucking machines sized for making up range 2 and 3 tubulars, tubing and casing hangers, float accessories etc.
• Contractor must maintain established base/shop facilities in Warri or Port Harcourt, complete with lathes, drills and other machine shop equipment required to cut OCTG Casing, Tubing, Drill Pipe and Rotary shouldered Connections.
• Contractor shall furnish details of QA / QC programs and equipment plus training to back up these programs.
• Contractor must provide verifiable evidence of currently providing signilicant machine shop services to support drilling rig operations.
• Contractor will supply a Quality Plan outlining procedures to ensure that Company receives equipment that has been properly prepared for utilization. Dedicated QA personnel will be supplied by contractor to ensure rigorous adherence to Contractor's Quality Plan.
• Quality Plan will define shop equipment required to makeup and test completion equipment prior to shipment offshore.

• To be eligible for this tender exercise, interested bidders are required to be pre-qualified and "live" in the 2.11.01 (Workshop Equipment and Hand tools) category of the NipeX Joint Qualification System (NJJQS) database. All successfully pre-qualified and 'live' bidders in this category by the bid close date will receive Invitation to submit Technical and Commercial Tender (ITT)
• To determine if you are pre-qualified and to 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 Products/Services tab to view your status and product codes.
  
• If you are not listed in this product/service category, and you are registered with Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) to do business for this category, please contact NipeX office at 27b Oyinkan Abayomi Drive, Ikoyi, Lagos with your NUPRC certificate as evidence for verification and necessary update.
• To initiate the JQS pre-qualification process, please access www.nipex-ng.com click on services tab followed by NJQS registration.
  
• To be eligible, all bidders must comply with the Nigerian Content requirements in the NipeX system.

• Chevron Nigeria Limited is committed to the development of the Nigerian Oil and Gas business in observance with the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development Act 2010 (NOGICD Act) enacted by the Federal Government of Nigeria in April 2010.
  
• Pursuant to enactment of the NOGICD Act, the minimum Nigerian Content in any project, service or product specification to be executed in the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry shall be consistent with the level set in the schedule of the Act and any other target as may be directed by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB)
  
• Contractors shall comply with the provisions of the NOGICD Act and all applicable regulations. Bidders that do not meet the Nigerian Content criterion will not be allowed to participate in next Tender Stage.
  

• Demonstrate that entity is a Nigerian registered company. Tenderer shall provide evidence of company Ownership Structure form CO2 and CO7, registration on NOGIC JQS and NUPRC certificate.
  
• Provide evidence of what percentage of key management positions is 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.
  
• Detailed description of the location of in-country committed facilities & infrastructure (Administrative/Technical offices) in Nigeria to support this contract.
• Bidders shall provide any of the underlisted NCEC categories:
  • Cat. 1,2, 3, 4, or 5 Fabrication and construction (FC) group NCEC demonstrating capaciy and capability as well ownership of fabrication equipment to be utilized in the execution of the work scope.ii. Cat. 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 Manufacturing services (MS) group NCEC demonstrating ownership of Machine shop / threading facility to be utilized in the execution of the work scope.
    
• Tenderer shall comply with the latest approved version of NCDMB HCD guideline by committing (via a letter of undertaking) to providing Project-Specifie training man-hour, budget, skill development and understudy plan for Nigerian personnel utilizing OGTAN registered trainer(s) or other approved NCDMB training institution(s).

• Suppliers eligible for this tender opportunity are expected to be prequalified and "live" in NJQS under the product/service category.
• The Invitation to Tender (ITT) and any further progression of this tender shall be via NipeX.
• All costs incurred in preparing and processing NJJQS prequalification shall be to the contractor's accounts.
• Meet the requirement of Static and Dynamic Reservoir Studies.
• This advertisement shall neither be construed as any form of commitment on the part of Chevron Nigeria Limited to award any contract to any company and or associated companies, sub-contractors or agents, nor shall it entitle prequalified companies to make any claims whatsoever, and/or seek any indemnity from Chevron Nigeria Limited and or any of its partners by virtue of such companies having been prequalified in NJQS.
• The tendering process shall be the NNPC Ltd contracting process requiring pre-qualified companies to submit technical tenders first. Following a technical review, only technically and financially qualified contractors will be requested to submit commercial tenders.
• Chevron Nigeria Limited will communicate only with authorized officers of the pre-qualilying companies and NOT through individuals or Agents.ES/NCDMB/CNL/ADV/UPD/26092024/ PROVISION OF MACHINE SHOP SERVICES (JV).