In line with Tullow
Ghana’s deep-rooted commitment to support Ghanaian suppliers and subcontractors
in the oil and gas industry, the company in collaboration with the Petroleum
Commission (PC) has held the third session of its webinar workshops on security
and man guarding services.
Organized under the Tullow Ghana and Petroleum Commission Business Academy
Partnership, the session focused on local content requirements, contracts and
procurement process, technical requirements, environment, health & safety evaluations,
and due diligence requirements.
Over 80 participants drawn from the local security and man guarding services
community took part in the webinar to get adequate information on Tullow’s
requirements for the provision of security and man guarding services.
Opening the webinar, Dr. Jennifer Bruce-Konuah, Tullow Ghana Local Content
Manager said, Tullow’s collaboration with the Petroleum Commission on local
capacity development is part of Tullow’s local content commitment which aligns
with the government’s local content delivery targets.
“The workshop aimed at building the capacity of local companies, demonstrating
transparency in the contracts and procurement processes, and highlighting key
requirements for companies who want to provide security and man guarding
services for Tullow Ghana,” she disclosed.
Mr. Kwaku Boateng, Petroleum Commission’s Local Content Director, expressed
appreciation to Tullow for the partnership and for taking practical steps to
deepen local content participation by supporting indigenous companies.
“The Petroleum Commission is committed to ensuring that the government’s local
content agenda in the extractive industry is implemented and benefits local
companies,” he stated.
Webinar Takeaways
On local content requirements, participants were taken through the eligibility
criteria which a strong focus on indigenous Ghanaian businesses, local content
questionnaire and the local content development plan.
The topic on contracts and procurement explained the prequalification structure,
commercial requirements and tentative timelines stating the start and end of
the entire tendering process until contract is awarded.
Further, the technical requirements session of the webinar focused on the scope
of work, locations, and Tullow’s facilities of focus, services required and
contractor’s responsibilities.
To ensure that selected contractors have the requisite capacity to carry out
the task safely and to ensure that they have commitment to prevent injury,
protect assets, environment, and promote good occupational health, participants
were taken through the Environment, Health & Safety (EHS) requirements.
Finally, ethics and compliance constitutes key aspects of Tullow’s operations,
hence suppliers were trained on Tullow’s due diligence requirements and
expectations from contractors in the execution of work.
Source: Peacefmonline.com