Participation and Payment

The results of the assessment conducted by the Licensing Rounds Promotion Superintendence (SPL) and by the Bidding Round Special Commission (CEL) as per the qualification requests submitted by business companies interested in participating in the Second Transfer of Rights Surplus Production Sharing Bidding Round can be consulted on the corresponding Portuguese page: Participação e Pagamento — Português (Brasil) (www.gov.br).

Considering that the minutes, notices published in the Official Gazette (DOU) and any other documents do not have an English version, see the files (in Portuguese) on the same page above.

Domestic or foreign legal entities may participate, individually or in a consortium, of the Second Transfer of Rights Surplus Production Sharing Bidding Round, as long as they are qualified and fully comply with all provisions of the tender protocol and the applicable laws and regulations. FIPs can participate as non-operator, offering their offer as part of a consortium. 

Qualification is mandatory and individual for each interested company, even for those intending to submit bids through a consortium. 

The bidder which qualification is approved by the Bidding Round Special Commission (CEL) may submit offers only for the blocks for which the bidder has paid the participation fee and provided the bid bond.

To be qualified to participate in the bidding process, the interested party shall: 

I) submit the documents to express interest; 
II) to prove the payment of the participation fee and access to the technical data package (participation fee); and
III) submit the documents for technical, economic, financial, and legal qualification and evidence tax and labor compliance. 

I) Submission of the documents to express interest

The business corporations interested in the Bidding must complete individually electronic application form. 

In the electronic form, the interested parties must inform the address, corporate group, the principal accredited representative before the ANP, the controlling shareholder, as well as all the members of the board of directors. 

The principal accredited representative indicated will receive an e-mail message confirming the request for registration, containing all the data informed on the form. From this electronic message, a digital file, in .pdf format, must be generated for routing through the SEI. 

After completing and sending the form, the representative will receive a message confirming the application for registration in the registered e-mail. If you do not receive it, please contact ANP by e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..  

The Electronic Application Form was withdrawn on 11/1/2021 according to the schedule of the round.

List of documents to express interest:  

a) Corporate documents;
b) Power of attorney to appoint accredited representatives; 
c) Confidentiality agreement; 
d) Term of Commitment of Adherence to the Agreement or Commitment of Individualization of Production. 

II) Payment of the participation fee and access to technical data package 

1 – Procedures for payment of the participation fee

Payment of the participation fee shall be made through payment slip, available on the link below. 

Bidders shall submit a document with the blocks of their interest and a copy of the proof of payment. 

The Bank payment slip of the participation fee was withdrawn on 11/1/2021 according to the schedule of the round.

2 - Payments made abroad

Payment of foreign currency interest rate should be made by bank transfer in US dollars. 

The participation fee shall be converted to US dollars rendering mandatorily the official exchange purchase rate (BACEN / Ptax purchase) in respect to the business day immediately prior to the payment, issued by the Central Bank of Brazil. 

The business corporation may check towards financial institution the responsible agent for operating the incidence rates of the wire transfer in order to ensure the exact value of the participation rate to be effectively available to ANP after conversion from dollars. 

The business corporations should submit a document to areas of interest, as ANNEX IV model of the notice and a copy of the swift. 

The following data may be applied for wire transfers: 

III) Technical, economic, financial, and legal qualification and evidence of tax and labor compliance 

Qualification comprises the review of documentation to evidence the legal, tax, and labor compliance, the economic and financial capacity, and the technical capacity of the bidders. 

The bidders shall be qualified as operator A or non-operator, according to the criteria established in this section, and shall be qualified at the following levels: 

Operator A – qualified to operate blocks located in ultra-deepwater, deepwater, shallow water, and onshore; 

Non-operator – qualified to operate in a consortium 

ANP shall classify the bidders at the highest qualification level as possible, according to the review of the documentation submitted.

In case the bidder obtains a technical qualification level different from the economic and financial qualification level, the lower qualification shall be considered. 

ANP may request any additional information and documents to support the qualification.

Bidders shall maintain the qualification conditions until execution of the production sharing agreement, under penalty of disqualification of the bidding process. 

Qualification approval

Bidders that meet all requirements established and provide the bid bond shall have their qualification approved and shall be accepted as capable of participating in the public session for submission of bids. 

The result of the qualification, judged by CEL, shall be individually informed to the bidders by e-mail. 

The schedule for the Public Session for Bids submission will be soon available.