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 Hoima and Kikwabe Districts.

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR DESIGNING, REVAMPING, PRINTING, FABRICATION & INSTALLATION OF SAFETY SIGNAGE & POSTER FOR LA2S, KFDA (RFP-CUL-LD-00858)

CNOOC invites Expression of Interest (EOI) from Professional Competent Companies for Provision of Services of Designing, Revamping, Printing, Fabrication & Installation of Safety Signages & Posters for LA2S and KFDA under a framework Contract for three (3) years.

Scope of Work

The scope of work includes supplying safety equipment, safety signage, and posters to Company on call off order basis.

The Contractor shall manufacture Road safety signage from 2–3 mm aluminium or galvanized steel sheets with ASTM D4956 Type IV or higher retroreflective sheeting, compliant with ISO 7010 and BS EN 12899 standards. Signposts shall be hot-dip galvanized steel with corrosion-resistant mounting hardware and concrete foundations suitable for oil and gas operational environments. The scope shall include Painting of faded metallic stands.

Interested bidders shall submit via the Company COBID system, documentation meeting the minimum requirements outlined below. (Note: Additional supporting or miscellaneous information may be provided as necessary)

Minimum Requirements:

a) Registration on the National Supplier Database (NSD) maintained by the Petroleum Authority of Uganda for service providers in the Oil & Gas sector;
b) Experience of QHSE policy, procedure and process in compliance with the Ugandan petroleum regulations, the IFC Performance Standards and the international industry standards;
c) Performance and/or provision of similar services, in Uganda, East Africa or international;
d) Suitably qualified and experienced personnel;
e) Operational capacity to provide the scope of services and equipment in a given package;
f) Financial capacity to undertake the eventual contract;
g) Compliance with the Local and National Content statutory laws and regulations of the Government of Uganda;
h) Possession of relevant certification/licensing from national and international bodies;
i) Preference shall be given to suitably qualified in-country registered entities demonstrating a commitment to statutory National Content requirements for oil and gas operations.

J) 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.

k) 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.

The minimum requirements shall be submitted through the Company COBID system as follows:

1. First create an account in the system by logging into https://www.cobid.com and follow instructions to create an account as Supplier.

2. (Note: Instructions to create supplier account can be downloaded from https://cloud.cnoocuganda.com/sl/SLMPNaT9XKBr).

3. Once your account is ready from step-1 above, login into the system to access the published tenders by downloading and uploading PQ documents not later than 13th August 2026 by 12:00PM (EAT).

4. Only bidders who successfully and timely submit PQ documents into the system shall be considered for PQ evaluation.

5. Only bidders that successfully pass the PQ stage, shall receive Request for Proposal.

6. For any support regarding using the system, contact the following persons by email or by mobile phone for technical support:

   • Godfrey Kaleregga (email: godfrey.k@cnoocuganda.com, mob: +256776-796-667)

   • Yang Nan (Ethian) (email: ex_yangnan2@cnooc.com.cn, mob: +256-776-796-555)

7. This EOI can also be found on our X/ Twitter account @CNOOCUgandaLtd

8. Request for Proposals will be issued to those who shall have successfully passed the Pre-qualification stage.