A total of 50 companies recently submitted bids to partake in the
provision of sea worthy Tug boats on charter time basis for the maritime
operational requirements of the NNPC in Lagos, Warri and Port Harcourt.
The public bid opening event which was held at the Abuja Corporate
Headquarters of the Corporation had in attendance representatives of the
bidding companies with officials of the Bureau of Public Procurement, BPP,
Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, Nigerian Extractive Industries
Transparency Initiative, NEITI, Nigerian Content Development and
Monitoring Board, NCDMB, and some members of the civil society as
observers.
Successful companies would be engaged on a two year term contract in the
first instance with an option of renewal for a further one year.
Winners are expected to provide services which include: aiding the berth
and un-berth of all ships operating at the NNPC jetties/buoy, logistics
support for safe ship-to-ship operations which covers movement of fenders,
horses, documents, rigging and unrigging of fenders among others.
Speaking recently at the Public opening of bids, NNPC Group General
Manager, Supply Chain Management, Mr. Shehu Liman, said the Management of
the Corporation under the watch of Dr. Maikanti Baru was determined to
instill and sustain the values of transparency, accountability and
integrity in the procurement process.
He noted that apart from providing a level playing space for all
stakeholders, the public bid exercise is in conformity with existing
Federal Government legislation on procurement which is also in tune with
the NNPC standing regulations on procurement to ensure transparency and
fairness.
The bid covered services like stand-by and positioning vessels at the
Single Point Moring (SPM) buoy among other marine services.
Declaring the event open, Mr. Dalhatu Makama, Group General Manager,
Marine Logistics Division of the Corporation, noted that the essence of
the bid process was to ensure that companies with the requisite experience
in maritime operations are given the opportunity to compete for the
available service in a fair and transparent manner.