EPC: control and command system, electrical substation and instrumentation of CINA Unit 3/4th Floor A

SONATRACH

Activité Exploration - Production

Division Production

Direction Régionale de Hassi- Messaoud,

Direction Technique

BP50 Base IRARA, Hassi- Messaoud (30500).

Téléphone: +213 29 73 04 21

Télécopie : +213 29 73 05 10

National and International Open Invitation to Tender N° 24/2026/DT/HMD

« REVAMPING OF THE CONTROL AND COMMAND SYSTEM, THE ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION, AND RÉ-INSTRUMENTATION OF 3rd/4TH FLOOR A AT CINA IN HASSI-MESSAOUD »

SONATRACH SpA, Exploration Production Activity, Production Division, Regional Direction Hassi Messaoud, Technical Direction, BP No. 50 Base IRARA, Hassi Messaoud, Ouargla Province, Algeria, is launching a National and International Open Call for Tenders for the EPC (Engineering, Procurement, and Construction) of the revamping of the control and command system, the construction of a new electrical substation, and the replacement of the instrumentation of Unit 3/4th Floor A located within the Industrial Center (CINA) in Hassi Messaoud, including the design, supply, construction, and commissioning of the unit.

The project consists primarily, but is not limited to, the following works:

• Instrumentation:

• Complete modernization through the transition from a pneumatic system to an ICSS (Integrated Control and Surveillance System) electronic system (DCS, ESD, and FGS).

• Replacement of all field instrumentation (sensors, transmitters, control valves, and on/off valves).

• Replacement of the vibration and temperature monitoring system (TMS/VMS).

•  Renovation of the instrument air network with the installation of a dryer.

• Fire protection:

Installation of an automatic fire detection and suppression system in the following critical areas:

• Motor-compressor unit.

• Transformers.

• New technical building (including protection of the DCS cabinets, the electrical substation, and the technical void)

• Electricity:

• Supply and installation of equipment for the new electrical substation.

• Complete replacement of the HV/LV networks (switchboards, transformers, junction boxes, cabling, and lighting).

•  Mechanical:

• Complete replacement of the compressor lubrication and sealing system, including the air coolers (lube oil coolers), oil tanks, lubrication pumps (main/auxiliary), and their associated auxiliaries.

• General overhaul of the motor-compressor unit.

• Replacement of all obsolete equipment (pumps, valves, check valves) and corroded piping.

• Supply and installation of a complete chemical injection skid.

• Civil Engineering:

• Construction of a fireproof/blastproof technical building for the new electrical substation and ICSS switchgear room, equipped with HVAC systems and telecommunications networks.

•  Construction of a semi-clad steel-framed shelter with an ADF overhead crane dedicated to the motor-compressor unit, including the assessment and renovation of its platform.

•  Replacement of the existing tower for the gravity lube oil tank.

•  Fire Protection:

• Installation of new automatic detection and suppression systems at critical points (motor-compressor, substation, transformers, and DCS switchgear).

• Supply of safety intervention equipment

  1. The Tender Document can only be requested via electronic messaging to the email address DPHMD.RetraitDesDAO@Sonatrach.dz , no later than the thirtieth (30th) day, at 5:00 PM after publication on BAOSEM, by any interested candidate, against payment of a non-refundable amount of twenty thousand Algerian Dinars (20,000.00 DA) for Algerian bidders, or one hundred and fifty (150) euros for foreign bidders. Payment will be made by transfer to the bank account (RIB) No. 002 00005 0503264125 56, Swift Code: BEXA DZA LA 005, at Exterior bank of Algeria (BEA), Hydra-Algiers Agency.

  2. Proof of payments relating to the withdrawal of the Tender Document (bank notice/cash payment slip) must be drawn up in the name of the tenderer.

  3. The two-stage submission method applies to this Call for Tenders.

  4. Under the first stage of this Call for Tenders, technical offers without any indication of price must be submitted in envelopes to the following address:

SONATRACH/Activité Exploration-Production/Division Production/Direction Régionale de Hassi-Messaoud, Division Juridique, Bureau d’Ordre Générale, Hassi- Messaoud

No later than the sixtieth (60th) day, at 5:00 PM from the date of publication of the call for tenders in “BAOSEM”.

If the last day of the deadline for submitting tenders coincides with a public holiday, the date will be postponed to the next working day.

1. Technical bids must be accompanied by a bid bond of Twenty-five million Algerian Dinars (25.000.000,00 DA) for Algerian bidders, or one hundred seventy-five thousand euros (175.000,00 €) or two hundred thousand dollars (200 000 $) for foreign bidders, valid for the same period as the bids, i.e. 120 days, plus an additional 30 calendar days.

The bid bond may be inserted in the technical bid envelope or handed to the commission (COP) on the day where technical bid envelopes will be opened.

1. The bidder is required to present his technical offer according to the following table of contents:

• The declaration to be made according to the model provided for in section 4;

• The submission guarantees according to the model provided for in section 4;

• The general information file and the administrative file, as detailed in IS point 7.2.2;

• The technical offer itself, as detailed in DAO, including the relevant documents of the Contract, in particular those highlighting the qualifications of the bidder, its certifications, its approval, the execution plans and methodology, proposed technical solution and experience;

• Observations and/or comments on the technical offer in relation to the technical file;

• List of subcontractors proposed by the Bidder; if applicable

• The delegation(s) of powers of the signatory(s), the delegations of powers for the groups, authorizing the signatory(s) of the offer to bind the bidder;

• Observations and comments on the draft contract; the initialed draft contract.

• The DAO bearing, on its last page, the words “read and accepted”;

• SONATRACH ethical rules initialed

• The confidentiality letter

1. Administrative file for national bidder:

• Authenticated company statutes;

• The extract from the electronic commerce register;

• The tax identification number (NIF);

• The tax status certificate (extract from the tax rolls) cleared or with payment schedule;

• Update certificates for social security organizations less than 3 months old (CNAS-CASNOS-CACOBAT);

• The extract from the criminal record for natural persons;

• The certificate of legal deposit of corporate accounts, for commercial companies registered in the National Center of the Trade Register;

• Balance sheets, income statements, for the last 3 years certified by an auditor or an approved chartered accountant, as the case may be.

• Auditor's reports for the last 3 years;

• History of past and current disputes with all customers.

• Power of the signatory authorized to act in the name and on behalf of the bidder within the framework of this DAO. It must be original, dated, and signed by the bidder;

• Copy of receipt for payment of DAO withdrawal fees

• Draft contract duly initialed by the tenderer or his authorized representative, which is submitted to him in section 5 of this DAO.

1. Administrative file for foreign bidder:

• Authentic statutes of the company and list of the main shareholders or associates of the bidder certified by the Algerian consular authorities of the bidder's country;

• Extract from the commercial register with certificate of existence or K-bis, issued by the competent bodies;

• Balance sheets and TCR for the last three (03) financial years, certified by an auditor or approved by an approved accountant as the case may be;

• Certificate of non-bankruptcy;

• History of past and current disputes, if applicable;

• Power of the signatory authorized to act in the name and on behalf of the bidder and committing the company or enterprise for the completion of the contract subject to this tender document. It must be original, dated, and signed by the bidder;

• Professional references in the field, duly justified by certificates of good execution issued by the bidder's clients;

• Copy of the receipt for payment of the withdrawal fees from the tender file;

• Draft contract duly initialed by the tenderer or his authorized representative, which is submitted to him in section 6 of this DAO.

  1. Bidders whose technical bids have been declared compliant will be invited to submit a financial bid. Tenders for the first stage will be opened in the presence of the representative(s) of the Tenderers who wish to attend, at the opening session which will take place at the address, date and time which will be communicated to the Tenderers who have withdrawn the Tender Documents.

Tender guarantees may be submitted by interested bidders on the day of the opening of technical bids.

1. The bids containing financial offers will be opened in the presence of the representative(s) of the Bidders who so wish at the opening session which will take place at the address, date and time to be communicated to the Bidders invited to submit a Financial Offer.

2. Bidders shall remain bound by their offers for a period of 120 calendar days from the deadline for submission of technical offers