NIPEX AUDIT REQUIREMENTS

NIPEX AUDIT REQUIREMENTS
NIPEX (Nigerian Petroleum Exchange)

NIPEX (Nigerian Petroleum Exchange) is an electronic one-stop transaction centre that improves on value procurement in the oil and gas industry and institutionalizes world-class contracting processes in Nigeria.

The Nigerian Petroleum Exchange (NipeX) is a Division of NAPIMS, a Corporate Service Unit of NNPC. It is an electronic contracting platform. It is a virtual community and collaborative environment that delivers significant value to all Stakeholders in the Nigerian Upstream Oil and Gas Industry. It links Buyers and Suppliers by establishing industry-wide standards for business transactions, and provides a comprehensive suite of capabilities, which includes a platform for showcasing contract opportunities

NipeX conducts audits during the final stages of the NJQS registration process. These audits apply to new suppliers registering with the Nigerian Petroleum Exchange (NipeX), an NNPC company. Suppliers registering for the first time must complete two (2) types of NipeX audits. The NipeX Desktop Pre-Audit and NipeX Onsite Audit. NipeX means Nigerian Petroleum Exchange.

Upon completion of NipeX Registration Questionnaire, you will receive a mail containing NipeX Desktop Pre-Audit Assessment Requirements. At Desktop Pre-Audit, you are to submit all registration documents via online (email) before you will be scheduled for an onsite audit.

NIPEX DESKTOP PRE-AUDIT REQUIREMENTS LIST ;

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pLnjwApVBp6uo9yFBwl8gqdbi82Ifynp/view?usp=sharing

NipeX will go through your documents, if satisfied, you will get a notification.

After submitting all registration documents online, you will receive an email from NipeX confirming that the Desktop Audit has been completed. NipeX will later notify you of the Onsite Audit date. The email subject may look like the title below:

The email will read:“As part of the NJQS requirement for prequalification and categorisation of suppliers onto the NJQS scheme, we have scheduled an Assessment/Audit for your company, xxXXx LIMITED, on xxxxx at your office located at #103 xxxxxxxxxxxx.”

Please find attached the following relevant documents:

(1) NJQS Audit Core Module

(2) NJQS Assessment/Audit Guidelines

(3) NJQS Statutory

(4) NJQS SUPPLIER INFO – Completed by Supplier and presented during audit.

NipeX Desktop Pre-Audit Requirements List

Your NipeX Joint Qualification System (NJQS) registration will be complete after a NipeX Auditor conducts and closes the JQS Onsite Audit. Once your company completes this stage of the registration process, NipeX will migrate your company to the e-Marketplace platform. The NipeX e-Bidding platform for Buyers and Suppliers of all Oil & Gas Companies in Nigeria.

Time and space will not allow us to list all the NJQS Onsite Audit requirements, but we have listed the main headings, each of which contains several subheadings.

Note: NipeX will conduct a Renewal Audit every three years.