20th January 2017

KGN-GDD-090-2016 - TENDER FOR PROCUREMENT OF API CATEGORY III

RIG INSPECTION SERVICES FOR KENGEN DRILLING RIGS & API

CATEGORY I & II RIG INSPECTION TRAINING FOR THE DRILLING CREW

CLARIFICATION NO. 3

In accordance with the Tender for Procurement of API Category III Rig Inspection for KenGen

Drilling Rigs & API Category I & II Rig Inspection Training for the Drilling Crew, KenGen

hereby issues Clarification No. 3.

Item

No.

Clarification Sought KenGen Response

1 (a) i. As there is a wide range of items covered

under API Cat III, what specific items do

you require to be inspected?

ii. What inspections have been completed on

this equipment previously, including

internal (drill crew) and external (third

party)?

iii. What standards have the rigs been

manufactured to?

iv. Is there a reason why you are now looking

for third party inspections? Have there been

any incidents or accidents?

v. Does KenGen operate an existing

maintenance system with regime?

vi. Is there the ability for equipment to be

removed from site for inspection depending

on specific items?

vii. Is there a timeframe for the rigs being

available for the next piece of work?

i. Only rig components within the

scope of works recommended by

API for Category III inspections.

ii. This is the first inspection for

the rig components.

iii. API standards.

iv. This is condition-based

inspection. No major incidents

or accidents have been recorded.

v. No

vi. All inspections shall be on site.

vii. The contract shall be one year

and all inspections and training

shall be concluded before expiry

of this period.

2 (b) As API RP 4G, API CAT I, II & III Rig

Inspection is only for derrick, crown block and

substructure, so only those three parts should be

inspected. Please confirm the scope of

inspection?

Only rig components within the

provided scope of works

recommended by API for Category

III inspections.

3 Kindly confirm in the case of joint venture, if

the financial statements of all the companies in

the joint venture shall be submitted and

evaluated or the financial statements of one of

the company in the JV suffices for all

In case of joint venture, the parties

to the agreement must be defined

with their roles. Where a Fnancier is

defined his financial statement will

be evaluated

Otherwise, JV as an entity must

ensure they all meet the tender

requirement jointly.

Can inexperienced Kenya company with interest

in developing rig inspection local capabilities

partner with highly experienced international

company that meets all the tender criteria and

serve as the Kenyan company’s technical

partner to deliver the services thereby ensuring

capacity development and knowledge transfer to

the local company and its staff OR shall the

experience of all bidding companies in a JV be

subjected to evaluation.

Yes

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF CLARIFICATION NO. 3

We, the undersigned hereby certify that the addendum is an integral part of the document and

the alterations set out in the Addendum have been incorporated in the tender proposal.

Signed…………………………………………………………………………………………

Tenderer…………………………………………………………...............................................