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249685-2012 published in OJEU S 149, 04.08.2012

deadline for submission of tenders Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Contract notice (Original) of Service contract in United Kingdom

The contractor belongs to Utilities (European Communities)

Directive 2004/17/EC

Section I: Contracting entity

I.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s)

Chevron Romania Exploration and Production SRL.

Octavian Sprinceana

c/o Chevron North Sea, Hill Of Rubislaw

Aberdeen

AB15 6XL

UNITED KINGDOM

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting entity: http://www.chevron.com

Further information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)

Specifications and additional documents (including documents for a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: The above mentioned contact point(s)

I.2) Main activity

Exploration and extraction of gas and oil

I.3) Contract award on behalf of other contracting entities

The contracting entity is purchasing on behalf of other contracting entities: no

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1) Description

II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting entity:

Framework Agreement for the provision of Well Site Geological Services for Romania and Bulgaria.

II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance

Services

Service category No 12: Architectural services; engineering services and integrated engineering services; urban planning and landscape engineering services; related scientific and technical consulting services; technical testing and analysis services

Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Romania and Bulgaria.

NUTS code ROMANIA,BULGARIA

II.1.3) Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)

The notice involves the establishment of a framework agreement

II.1.4) Information on framework agreement

Framework agreement with a single operator

II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s):

The contract is a non exclusive framework agreement with Economic Operator(s) to provide well site geological services to support Chevron Romania Exploration and Production SRL. and affiliated companies, including but not limited to Chevron Bulgaria Exploration and Production EOOD (hereinafter referred to as "Company") for land based exploration and production activities in Europe.

Company's preferred outcome would be to award framework agreement(s) to economic operator(s) capable of delivering the required services.

Call-offs against the Framework Agreement will be issued to the Economic Operator(s) offering the most economically advantageous offer.

Only when the terms laid down in the framework agreement are not complete enough for a particular call-off, will company hold a mini competition with all the providers awarded a framework agreement and capable of meeting the particular need against the terms and conditions of the framework agreement.

II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

Onshore services (CPV: 76510000), Drilling services incidental to gas extraction (CPV: 76310000)

II.1.7) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): no

II.1.8) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: no

II.1.9) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: no

II.2) Quantity or scope of the contract

II.2.1) Total quantity or scope:

—Company intends to assess the shale gas potential of their license portfolio. Initial exploration and appraisal activities.

Are expected to commence in the 4Q of 2012 and last several years. A full well site geological service is required.

For exploration wells.

—Company prefers a single economic operator to cover the full range of services but may consider issuing separate specialized services to different.

Economic Operators.

—Services shall include, but not be limited to.

Wellsite Geologists (in Field) as:

— Point of contact between the rig and the Company’s operations geologist in Aberdeen (UK) providing regular operational and geological.

Updates;

— Data Management –Prepare (where relevant) and send daily reporting files– including Daily Geological Reports, Daily Drillling.

Report, Mudlogging, LWD data, wireline data, Composite-Lith logs, pore pressure prediction;

— Supervise and QC all third party subsurface providers (Mud loggers, biostratigraphers, LWD, Wireline VSP and Pore Pressure Engineers) at the well site,

— Evaluate drilled cuttings for Lithology and shows,

— Monitor and evaluate drill gas and chromatograph data,

— In conjunction/consultation with the Aberdeen (UK), Romania and Bulgarian Shale Gas Project Team assist in making core point and casing point decisions,

— In conjunction/consultation with the Aberdeen (UK), Romania and Bulgarian Shale Gas Project Team assist in all geological operational decisions with respect to wireline LWD and mudlogging,

— Working with Company coring Subject Matter Expert, help to direct and assist safe core handling and recovery – marking up core barrels and describing core chips,

— Ensure all geological samples leaving the well site are correctly addressed and documented.

With appropriate manifest / transmittals;

— Compare drilled lithology with the geologic plan,

— Prepare & certify geologic documentation during drilling operations and geologic activities,

— Other Services which can be reasonably inferred from the above description of services,

— Office compilation of FWR and composite logs,

— The Services are to be performed on the drilling locations within the Romania and Bulgarian Licenses.

And it would be preferable to have at least 2 Contractor personnel (one per rotation) which must be fluent in spoken and written Romanian and/or Bulgarian and English language skills;

— Services shall be performed 24 hours per day, 7 days per week and 365 days per annum on rotational basis,

— The duration of the rotation is 2 calendar weeks (14 calendar days).

II.2.2) Information about options

Options: yes

Description of these options: Two one year options to extend.

II.2.3) Information about renewals

This contract is subject to renewal: no

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1) Conditions relating to the contract

III.1.4) Other particular conditions:

The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: no

III.2) Conditions for participation

III.2.1) Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Preqalification questionnnaire and subsequent follow up checks will be issued to ascertain economic operators capability in the following areas:

Legal status and compliance to all appropriate regulations.

Health, Safety & Environment.

III.2.2) Economic and financial ability

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: As per III.2.1 above, economic operators will be required to supply requested financial information through a prequalification questionnaire.

III.2.3) Technical capacity

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: As per above, economic operators will be required to supply requested technical information through a prequalification questionnaire.

III.3) Conditions specific to services contracts

III.3.1) Information about a particular profession

Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: no

III.3.2) Staff responsible for the execution of the service

Legal persons should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service: no

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Type of procedure

IV.1.1) Type of procedure

Negotiated

Some candidates have already been selected (if appropriate under certain types of negotiated procedures): no

IV.2) Award criteria

IV.2.1) Award criteria

The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated in the specifications or in the invitation to tender or to negotiate

IV.2.2) Information about electronic auction

An electronic auction will be used: no

IV.3) Administrative information

IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

no

IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents

Payable documents: no

IV.3.4) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

14.8.2012 - 16:00

IV.3.5) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up

English. Romanian.

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1) Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: no

VI.2) Information about European Union funds

The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:

2.8.2012