Expression of interest (eoi) for drilling bits tender

CNOOC Uganda Limited (CNOOC), a subsidiary of China National Offshore Oil Corporation, is an oil and gas exploration and production company, and Operator of the Kingfisher Development Area located in Holma and Kikuube Districts.

EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI) FOR DRILLING BITS (BID REF: RFP-CUL-LD-00695) CNOOC invites Expression of Interest (EOI) from professional competent companies/ Contractors to provide Drilling bits for drilling and completion operations in the Kingfisher Development Area in accordance to the Company's drilling bit Plan.

The drill bits services will be carried out in Uganda using different methods to be detailed in the RFP package.

Minimum Requirements: • Registration on the National Supplier Database (NSD) maintained by the Petroleum Authority of Uganda for service providers in the Oil & Gas sector • Experience of QHSE policy, procedure and process in compliance with the Ugandan petroleum regulations, the IFC Performance Standards and the international industry standards; • Performance and for provision of similar services.

products and/or equipment in Uganda, East Africa or international • Suitably qualified and experienced personnel Operational capacity to provide the scope of services, products and/or equipment in a given package Financial capacity to undertake the eventual contract Compliance with the Local and National Content statutory lavis and regulations of the Government of Uganda; • Possession of relevant certification/licensing from national and international bodies; • EOIs from suitable partnerships and consortiums/ ventures for the provision of the required services and or equipment are encouraged.

Preference shall be given to suitably qualified in-country registered entities demonstrating a commitment to statutory National Content requirements for oil and gas operations.

Bidders should strictly comply with Regulation 9 (Priority of Ugandan goods and services during procurement) and Regulation 10 (Contracts for goods and services to be exclusively provided by Ugandan citizens and companies) of THE PETROLEUM (EXPLORATION, DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION) (NATIONAL CONTENT) REGULATIONS, 2016.

Any non-compliance may lead to direct disqualification.

And bidders should solely bear all the risks and consequences caused by the non-compliance Parent company and its subsidiary are not allowed to participate in the bidding for the same lot (section) of a tender, or a tender not splitting into lots (sections). Otherwise, both the parent company and its subsidiary's bidding proposals shall be treated as null and void.

Interested parties may send their EOI to the following emails:, requesting for Pre-Qualification (PQ) documents captioned with the tender reference "E PRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI) FOR DRILLING BITS-BID REF: RFP-CUL-LD-0069 "in the subject of the email Fully completed PQ documents shall be submitted on or before 600hrs/4pm (EAT/GMT+3) of May 06,2024 (Closing Date & Time). Request for Proposals will be issued to those who have successfully passed the Pre-qualification stage.

LATE SUBMISSIONS SHALL BE REJECTED