Tender_ 20549

Call-off Contract for Engineering, Procurement and Construction Services

Attention: To whom it may concern

Date: 09-08-2023
Sanjay Kumar
Contact Point:
Email: sanjay.kumar@oq.com Phone: (+968) 22143243
Tender_ 20549 / Call-off Contract for Engineering, Procurement and
Our Reference:
Construction Services

Dear Sir,
OQ Gas Networks S.A.O.C. ('the Company') invites ‘Tenderer’ to Tender for the Work or Services in
accordance with the terms and conditions set down in the Tender Documents. If you are a
successful Tenderer you shall be required to enter into a Contract in accordance with the Form of
Agreement.
The Tender Documents shall comprise the following Sections:
Section 1: Below documents are redundant after award and will not be part of the Contract
T1 Invitation to Tender (this document including the attachments)
T2 Instructions to Tenderers
T3 Data to be provided by Tenderers
Section 2: The eventual Contract Documents after award
C1 Form of Agreement
C2 Special Conditions
C3 General Conditions
C4 Scope of Work
C5 Schedule of Rates
C6 Technical Specifications
C7 ICV Specification
C8 Contract Procedures
C9 HSSE Specifications
C10 Data provided by Contractor
Only section T1 is provided; the other documents will be issued via OQ’s e-tendering portal at
https://tawreed.oq.com/ (hereinafter referred to as ‘Tawreed’) to interested Tenderers that;
• pay the Tender fee and submit payment confirmation in Tawreed (if required),
• submit the Tenderer Data Sheet attached under Appendix 1 in Tawreed,
• submit the Confidentiality Declaration attached under Appendix 2 in Tawreed.
In the preparation and submission of the Tender, Tenderer shall comply with the Tender
Documents. OQ reserves the right to disqualify the Tenderer if any of the requirements included in
the Tender Documents are not met.
Yours faithfully,
For OQGN S.A.O.C.
Sanjay Kumar

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OQ Gas Networks S.A.O.C.

Tender Number: Tender_ 20549

Tender Title: Call-off Contract for Engineering,

Procurement and Construction Services

T1, Invitation To Tender

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Contents

1.0 TERMS OF TENDER AND TENDER OVERVIEW .......................................................................... 4

2.0 REQUIREMENTS TO COLLECT TENDER DOCUMENT ................................................................. 5

3.0 CONTACT POINT ................................................................................................................ 5

4.0 TENDER COLLECTION .......................................................................................................... 5

5.0 TENDER BOND .................................................................................................................... 5

6.0 SITE VISIT/ BID CLARIFICATION MEETING ............................................................................. 6

7.0 OUTLINE TENDER PROCESS AND SUBMISSION OF TENDER ..................................................... 6

8.0 TENDER AWARD.................................................................................................................. 7

9.0 APPENDIX 1 – TENDERER DETAILS FOR THIS TENDER ............................................................... 8

10.0 APPENDIX 2 – CONFIDENTIALITY DECLARATION................................................................ 9

11.0 APPENDIX 3 – ANTI BRIBERY & ANTI-CORRUPTION FORM................................................. 11

12.0 APPENDIX 4 – TENDER PROCESS OVERVIEW .................................................................... 12

THE TENDER PROCESS SHALL BE CONDUCTED THROUGH TAWREED. .............................................. 12

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1.0 Terms of Tender and Tender Overview

1.1 Terms of Tender
1.1.1 The terms and conditions applicable to this Tender Process are detailed in Sections T1, T2
and T3. Complete Tender Documents will be available to the Tenderer after paying the
Tender Fee in Tawreed (if applicable). Tenderers have to submit signed and stamped
copy of Appendix 1, 2 & 3 in Tawreed before submitting their Tender.
1.2 Description of Scope of Work/Service/Supply
1.1.1 OQ GAS NETWORKS S.A.O.C. (OQ) hereinafter called as Company is the gas
transportation company in Oman delivering Natural Gas to main economic sectors and
major consumers comprising of Domestic, Power and Desalination plants, Fertilizer,
Methanol, Petrochemical, Refinery, Steel and Cement plants.

OQGN has host of new Projects in the Pipeline encompassing:

▪ New Pipelines and Gas Supply stations (GSS) – Transmission Pipelines
▪ New Pipeline connection Projects to the new consumers (Madayan)
▪ New GSS facilities
▪ Brownfield improvement and De bottlenecking projects
In line with this organisation strategy, this Tender solicits Engineering, Procurement,
Construction, Commissioning (EPCC) and Management Services on a call-off basis for
various Green and Brownfield Projects envisaged and will be undertaken by OQGN to
meet the expanding requirements of their facilities and the business. The Operational
period of the contract is envisioned as three years with Optional extension of one plus
one year (3+1+1).

1.3 Minimum Requirements to Participate in Tender

Below are minimum requirements that the Tenderer has to meet to be considered for
further detailed technical evaluation.
1 Bidder shall have establishment/ Set up within GCC and shall submit a
Commitment letter to set up an office to exclusively manage the Contract in
Oman once this contract is awarded.
2 Bidder shall have minimum two EPC contracts experience (Pipelines and Gas
stations related with minimum value of 5 M OMR each) in last 5 years with Oil &
Gas operators in GCC.
3 Compliance with Scope of Work: OQ Scope, which includes OQ’s specific
requirement stated in Tender. Bidder to submit a signed statement confirming
acceptance.
4 Bidder to submit his Company’s Financial Statement / liquidity and health
analysis assuring a healthy financial status.
* Tenderer should submit the last 3 Years Audited financial statements.
* Third party financial Audit report and certificate.
5 Bidder to be ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015 and ISO 45001 :2018 certified.
Certificate to be submitted as evidence.
6 Bidder to confirm Compliance with Minimum ICV Criteria as stated in the Tender
documents C7.

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Evidence for passing those requirements is required to be submitted as part of the

technical tender as further specified in document T3 Data to be Provided by Tenderers
1.3.1 Tenderer Registration Requirements
Tenderers shall be registered in the Joint Supplier Registration System (JSRS). As such,
Tenderers if not registered, shall complete their registration with Business Gateways and
submit JSRS certificate as part of their technical submission. Refer to the following URL for
the registration process: https://www.businessgateways.com
1.3.2 No affiliate of the Tenderer shall be eligible to Tender or participate in a Tender in any
capacity whatsoever unless it can be demonstrated that there is not a significant degree
of common ownership, influence or control amongst the Tenderer and the affiliate. This
may also include Approved Registration requirements with OQ or JSRS.

2.0 Requirements to Collect Tender Document

2.1 Tenderer Details Sheet
2.1.1 In order to correctly identify the Tenderer and the Tenderer’s point of contact for this
Tender Process, Appendix 1 Tenderer Data Sheet shall be completed, signed by an
authorised person, stamped with the Tenderers company stamp, and submitted to OQ
at the relevant section question within the Tawreed Technical Envelope.
2.2 Tender Fee
2.2.1 The Tender Fee for this Tender is OMR 3000
2.2.2 Prior to access of the Tender Documents in Tawreed, the Tenderer is required to submit a
non-refundable ‘Tender Fee’ in Tawreed using the e-Payment Gateway.
2.3 Confidentiality Declaration
2.3.1 Should the tenderer purchase the tender documents, the tenderer is confirming
acceptance of the Confidentiality Declaration as included in Appendix 2.
2.3.2 The Confidentiality Declaration must be completed, signed by an authorised person,
stamped with the Tenderers company stamp, and submitted to OQ at the relevant
section question within the Tawreed Technical Envelope. Once payment has been
made, Tenderers shall have access to the Tender documents and the relevant submission
sections which includes the Tawreed Technical Envelope.
3.0 Contact Point – Contract Engineer
3.1.1 All communication with OQ shall be through Clarification Requests issued via the
messaging tool within Tawreed. No Clarification Requests shall be entertained after the
Clarification Request Closing Date included in the Table 1 below.
4.0 Tender Collection
4.1 Collection of Tender documents
4.1.1 Complete Tender Documents will be available to the Tenderer after paying the Tender
Fee in Tawreed (if applicable). Tenderers have to submit signed and stamped copy of
Appendix 1 & 2 in Tawreed before submitting their Tender.
5.0 Tender Bond
5.1 To ensure conformance of the Tender, OQ requires the Tenderer to issue a Tender Bond
in the exact format detailed in Section T3. The value of this Tender Bond shall be OMR
200,000. A scanned copy of the Tender Bond shall be uploaded within the Tawreed
Commercial Envelope and a sealed hard copy of the same to be sent on or before the
Bid Closing Date to the Secretary to Tender Board, P.O. Box 799, Postal Code 133, OQGN
Head Office, Al Khuwair, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
5.2 The Tender Bond shall be enforced in the event that Tenderer fails to submit and
substantiate a conforming tender or has failed to accept award of the contract or
purchase order.

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6.0 Site Visit/ Bid Clarification Meeting – Not Applicable

6.1 A Site visit/ Tender Documents clarification meeting will be held on the date included in
the Table 1 below. Details of the attendees (a maximum of [2] representatives) must be
submitted to the Contact Point by date advised through Tawreed messaging tool.
7.0 Outline Tender Process and Submission of Tender
7.1 OQ will be conducting all tendering, invoice management and associated activities
through Tawreed portal (https://tawreed.oq.com/)
7.2 For assistance please contact our Helpdesk: toll free Number: (800 71117 - within Oman),
+971 800 836 3377 - Outside Oman, email: tawreed@oq.com
7.3 Once registered on Tawreed portal, bidder is required to open this tender on the portal
and submit technical and commercial offer on the portal itself. Please do not submit any
hard copy offer.
7.4 The proposed Tender Process Overview is captured in Appendix 4
7.5 The Tender schedule is as follows:

Activity Date
Issue of T1 - Invitation to Tender either on Tawreed 09-08-2023
Clarification Request Closing Date 25-09-2023
Technical Tender Submission Date 25-09-2023
Commercial Tender Submission Date 25-09-2023
Table 1

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8.0 Tender Award

8.1 In the event that OQ considers Tenderer to be potentially successful competitor for the
award of the Contract, OQ may subject Tenderer to a further technical and financial
evaluation. Only when a Tenderer satisfies the OQ’s technical, financial and commercial
requirements will a Contract be awarded.
8.2 OQ at its sole discretion reserves the right to split and make partial award of the Contract
to the successful Tenderer or award the contract to one or more than one Tenderer.
OQ reserves the right to accept or reject any Tender at its sole discretion and shall be
under no obligation to explain the reasons for doing so.

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9.0 Appendix 1 – Tenderer Details for this Tender

Contract/ Tender Number Tender_ 20549
Contract/ Tender Title Call-off Contract for Engineering, Procurement and Construction
Services
Full name of Tenderer
Postal Address
City
Country
Web site
Office main tel number
Country of registration
Status in Oman Agent / locally registered branch office / Omani LLC / foreign
company
Ownership details - XX% -
(percentages and names, - XX% -
indicate where Omani) - XX% -
Name of company and address to be awarded the Contract (if different from details above)
Full name
Registered address
City
Country
Office main tel number
Status in Oman Agent / locally registered branch office / Omani LLC / foreign
company
Ownership details - XX% -
(percentages and names, - XX% -
indicate where Omani) - XX% -
Tenderer’s representative to which all Tender correspondence shall be addressed
Name of person
Telephone number
GSM number
E-mail address
Tenderer’s agent in Oman (if applicable)
Omani agent name
Postal address
Telephone number
GSM number
E-mail address

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10.0 Appendix 2 – Confidentiality Declaration

The undersigned <<insert Tenderer Name here>> having its registered office at <<insert
Tenderer address here>> (the 'Tenderer') hereby declares to OQ S.A.O.C., Muscat Grand
Mall, PO Box 261, PC 118, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, and all of OQ’s group companies,
that any Confidential Information (defined below) pertaining to the Work, which may be
shared for the purposes of the above mentioned Tender, is governed by the following
Terms and Conditions.
10.1 Definitions
10.1.1 All definitions used in this Appendix have the meaning ascribed to them in T2 – Instructions
to Tenderer, unless otherwise defined herein.
10.1.2 Confidential Information
Shall mean all knowledge, data or information acquired by Tenderer from, or disclosed
to Tenderer by OQ, or on behalf of OQ, in connection with the Tender Documents,
Clarifications and the Tender Process in writing, drawings, magnetic tapes, computer
programs or in any other way, as well as all knowledge, data or information derived there
from, to the extent that such knowledge, data or information at the time of such
acquisition or disclosure is not either already in the unrestricted possession of Tenderer or
part of public knowledge or literature.
10.1.3 Confidential Record
Shall mean all Tender Documents, Clarifications and any other material containing
Confidential Information.
10.1.4 Third Party
Shall mean any party other than OQ or Tenderer.
10.2 Confidentiality
10.2.1 Tenderer shall preserve and cause its employees to preserve the confidentiality of any
Confidential Information.
10.2.2 Tender shall not for any purpose other than the preparation and submission of a Tender

• Disclose to any Third Party or enable any Third Party to note the fact that Tenderer
has been invited to submit a Tender and/or, if applicable, the fact that the Contract
is awarded to Tenderer;

• Reproduce, copy or use, or disclose to, place at the disposal of or use on behalf of
any Third Party or enable any Third Party to read, copy or use, any Confidential
Information;
except with the prior written consent of OQ.
10.2.3 The undertakings above shall continue insofar and for so long as the Confidential
Information or Confidential Record in question has not:
a) become part of the public knowledge of literature otherwise than through any act
or default on the part of Tenderer; or
b) been disclosed to Tenderer under an obligation to maintain secrecy by a Third Party
(other than one disclosing on behalf of OQ) who could lawfully do so and who did
not derive such Confidential Information or Confidential Record from OQ.
10.3 Copyright
10.3.1 The copyright in any Confidential Record shall, in the absence of any express provision
to the contrary thereon, be vested in OQ. Copyright in any record containing geological
or geophysical data acquired or generated by Tenderer in connection with the Contract
shall be vested in OQ.

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10.4 Return of Confidential Record

10.4.1 If Tenderer declines to submit a Tender or is notified that its Tender is unsuccessful, upon
written notification thereof by OQ, Tenderer shall destroy electronic copies and return all
hard copy Tender Documents including Addenda and Clarifications to OQ.
10.5 Third Parties
10.5.1 Tenderer shall ensure that if under the terms of this confidentiality agreement any of the
Confidential Information comes to the knowledge and/or in the possession of any Third
Party, Tenderer shall require from such Third Party that it shall abide by stipulations
equivalent to those contained in this confidentiality agreement.
10.6 Validity
10.6.1 This Confidentiality Declaration shall be valid for a period of 3 (three) years from the date
signed by the Tenderer.
Agreed and accepted this

<<day>> day of <<month>> 202x

And signed by a duly authorized person on behalf of the Tenderer

Signature

Name

Position

Name of Tenderer
(“Tenderer”)

Tenderer Stamp:

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11.0 Appendix 3 – Anti Bribery & Anti-Corruption Form

Having examined carefully the Instructions to Bidders & Service Order/General
Conditions, we hereby certify the following:

a) The Tenderer agrees and confirms that, in connection with the proposed contract,
and any and all transactions contemplated by the proposed contract, it will fully
comply with all applicable legislation, including, but not limited to, Royal Decrees
(including: Royal Decree 7 of 1974 promulgating the Oman Penal Code; Royal
Decree 112 of 2011 promulgating the Law of the Protection of Public Funds and
Avoidance of Conflicts; and Royal Decree 64 of 2013 ratifying the United Nations
Convention Against Corruption), regulations, ministerial directions and orders, of the
Sultanate of Oman relating to anti-bribery and anti-corruption.

b) The Tenderer agrees and confirms that it, and each of its affiliates, and their
respective directors, officers, employees, agents and any other person acting on its,
or their, behalf, has not, and will not, in order to induce or obtain an advantage in
promoting its, or their, business activities, offer, promise, mediate or become any way
involved in bribery, be it a payment or other transfer of anything in value, including
the provision of any service, gift or entertainment, directly or indirectly, to any third
party including, but not limited to: government officials (including directors, officers
and employees of government owned and/or controlled entities); any director,
officer or employee of OQ or its subsidiaries, or their relatives; any candidate for
public office; or any agents or intermediaries of any of the foregoing.

c) The Tenderer agrees and confirms that, in connection with the proposed contract,
and any and all transactions contemplated by the proposed contract, it has and will
apply effective anti-bribery and corruption reporting and disclosure controls and
procedures and has and will maintain internal accounting systems that are sufficient
to show, in reasonable detail, all transactions undertaken in relation thereto.

d) Without prejudice to any other rights that OQ may have under law or otherwise,
should the Tenderer be considered to be in breach of any of the above provisions,
OQ may, upon written notice, immediately disqualify the Tenderer from bidding,
tendering, applying for or otherwise entering into the proposed contract or terminate
the contract with the Tenderer (as the case may be) and refuse to allow the Tenderer
to bid, tender, apply or enter into any further or future contracts with OQ.

Agreed and accepted this

<<day>> day of <<month>> 202x

And signed by a duly authorized person on behalf of the Tenderer

Signature

Name

Position

Name of Tenderer
(“Tenderer”)

Tenderer Stamp:

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12.0 Appendix 4 – Tender Process Overview

The Tender process shall be conducted through Tawreed.

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