By Modupe Gbadeyanka
No fewer than 34 companies bided for the digitization of legacy documents in the corporate headquarters of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
A statement issued on Tuesday by the agency’s spokesman, Mr Ndu Ughamadu, disclosed that the bid opening exercise was conducted before representatives of the bidding firms and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) at the NNPC Towers in Abuja.
Mr Ughamadu noted that the public opening of bid was part of NNPC’s avowed commitment to transparency in its bid to reposition as a Focused, Accountable, Competitive and a Transparent organisation conducting its business with Integrity (FACTI).
The Group General Manager, Information and Technology Division (ITD), Mr Danladi Inuwa, represented by General Manager Applications, Mr Kunle Osobu, stated that the exercise was geared towards having electronic copies of all NNPC documents in line with global best practices.
He said, “I am happy that there is much show of interest in this process. The process is going to be transparent from the beginning to the end and we want the best yield in terms of value addition and best services and this was why the bid tender was extended to twelve (12) weeks.”
In her remarks, the General Manager, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Mrs Sophia Mbakwe, said NNPC, through the bid exercise, seeks to engage the services of reputable organizations that would digitize the legacy documents of the Corporation, assuring that the process would be transparent.
Adedapo Adesanya