Gas Flare Commercialization Market Assessment and Utilization Options Tender, Nigeria - 25578811

Procurement Summary

Country : Nigeria

Summary : Gas Flare Commercialization Market Assessment and Utilization Options

Deadline : 15 Aug 2018

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 25578811

Document Ref. No. : 1258592

Competition : ICB

Financier : World Bank (WB)

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

Purchaser's Detail

Purchaser : THE WORLD BANK GROUP
102 Yakubu Gowon Crescent Opposite ECOWAS Secretariat P.O. Box 2826, Garki Abuja Attn Olufunke Olufon. Sr. Comm. Officer Tel +234 703 583 0641
Nigeria
Email :oolufon@worldbank.org

Tender Details

Expression of Interest are invited for Nigeria Gas Flare Commercialization Market Assessment and Utilization Options.

The objective of the study is to carry out an independent analysis of the potential for commercializing flared gas in Nigeria, thereby helping investors considering participating in the NGFCP to assess options. Its findings will be made available to the FGN and all eligible private-sector third parties (including local companies).
The study will deliver the following:
(i) A report on market analysis, gas utilization options, and recommendations accepted by the FGN, informed by consultation with financiers and market participants.
(ii) The study findings, expected to fill key information gaps and inform the NGFCP flare gas auction process, and support the development of bankable gas flare elimination projects. The findings will be disseminated to private-sector investors and project developers participating in the NGFCP.

Description
The market assessment will provide a knowledge base on the feasibility and attractiveness of gas-to-market projects, including the transformation of flare gas to end-products and the handover of end-products to potential off-takers. The market study will include a catalogue of main challenges to the feasibility of these projects and identify measures to address the challenges. The goal is not to carry out a detailed analysis of each flare site in the first auction but to identify priority commercialization pathways and possible measures to reduce barriers. Depending on the outcome, the study findings may even be used to identify the sites to be included in the first auction.

The scope of the study would include the following:
(1) Current and future demand for, and prices of, end-products (such as electricity, fertilizers and petrochemicals) or fuels that could be substituted (diesel, fuel oil, gasoline);
(2) Suitability in the Nigerian context of different proven technologies in commercial application that can convert flare gas into end products;
(3) Costs and other considerations at different stages along the supply chain, such as economies of scale, willingness and ability of potential consumers to pay, distance to and availability of large infrastructure, and risks that will reduce the commercial viability of projects;
(4) Net-back calculations based on end-product prices and costs incurred along the supply chain estimated in (3) up to the custody transfer point;
(5) Market sounding with a range of stakeholders to obtain, amongst others, the following information: a) the general perception among industry players regarding the NGFCP; b) conditions under which producers will provide guaranteed flare gas; c) general feedback from the finance community regarding appetite to fund NGFCP projects and identify/quantify the main gaps that need to be mitigated; and d) input from original equipment manufacturers.

The study will prioritize projects based on the findings and calculate the financial rate of return and the maximum price of gas that can be offered, together with sensitivity analysis changing key assumptions (capital and operating expenditures, prices of gas or end-products being sold, the Nigerian/dollar exchange rate, and prices of competing goods and services where applicable).


ELIGIBILITY

Eligibility restrictions apply:
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INDIVIDUAL / FIRM PROFILE
The consultant will be a firm.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
The World Bank Group now invites eligible firms to indicate their interest in providing the services. Interested firms must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services (brochures, description of similar assignments, experience in similar conditions, availability of appropriate skills among staff, etc. for firms; CV and cover letter for individuals). Please note that the total size of all attachments should be less than 5MB. Consultants may associate to enhance their qualifications.

Interested firms are hereby invited to submit expressions of interest.

Expressions of Interest should be submitted, in English, electronically through World Bank Group eConsultant2 (https://wbgeconsult2.worldbank.org/wbgec/index.html)

NOTES
Following this invitation for Expression of Interest, a shortlist of qualified firms will be formally invited to submit proposals. Shortlisting and selection will be subject to the availability of funding.

Only those firms which have been shortlisted will receive notification. No debrief will be provided to firms which have not been shortlisted.

Qualification Criteria

· 1. Provide information showing that they are qualified in the field of the assignment. *

· 2. Provide information on the technical and managerial capabilities of the firm. *

· 3. Provide information on their core business and years in business. *

· 4. Provide information on the qualifications of key staff. *

* - Mandatory

Shortlisted consultants will be invited to respond to a Request for Proposal. Contract awards will be made in accordance with the World Bank Group Procurement Policies and Procedures.

Documents

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