The legislation mandates that every licensee, contractor, and subcontractor prioritize goods and services produced and available in Uganda, requiring a minimum participation of forty-eight percent by Ugandan companies in joint ventures for goods and services not locally available, and allocating at least ten percent of the total evaluation score for national content, emphasizing employment, local goods and services utilization, and technology transfer during bid evaluation
"2. Interpretation. (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires— [...]
“petroleum” means— (a) any naturally occurring hydrocarbons, whether in gaseous, liquid or solid state; (b) any naturally occurring mixture of hydrocarbons, whether in a gaseous, liquid or solid state; or (c) any naturally occurring mixture of one or more hydrocarbons, (whether in a gaseous, liquid or solid state) and any other substances; and includes any petroleum as defined by paragraph (a), (b) or this paragraph that has been returned to a natural reservoir, but does not include coal, shale or any substance that may be extracted from coal or shale;


74. Restrictions on grant of petroleum production licence.
(1) A petroleum production licence shall not be granted to an applicant unless— [...]
(e) the applicant’s proposals for the employment and training of citizens of Uganda are satisfactory; 
(f) the applicant’s proposals with respect to the procurement of goods and services  available in Uganda are satisfactory; and
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PART VIII—STATE PARTICIPATION AND NATIONAL CONTENT [...]
125. Provision of goods and services by Uganda entrepreneurs. 
(1) The licensee, its contractors and subcontractors shall give preference to goods which are produced or available in Uganda and services which are rendered by Ugandan citizens and companies.
(2) Where the goods and services required by the contactor or licensee are not available in Uganda, they shall be provided by a company which has entered into a joint venture with a Ugandan company provided that the Ugandan company has a share capital of at least forty eight percent in the joint venture. [...]" (Petroleum (Exploration, Development and Production) Act 2013)
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"PART II - Monitoring and implementation of national content
Local Content Requirements During Procurement
Article 9 - Priority of Ugandan goods and services during procurement. 
(1) Every licensee, contractors and subcontractor shall give preference to goods and services which are produced and are available in Uganda and services which are rendered by Ugandan citizens and companies. 
(2) Where goods and services required by the licensee or contractor or subcontractor are not available in Uganda, the goods and services, shall be provided by a company which has entered into a joint venture with a Ugandan Company. 
(3) The Ugandan company referred to under subregulation (2) shall have a participating interest of at least fourty eight percent in the joint venture. 
(4) A Ugandan company shall, before entering into a joint venture under subregulation (2), be approved by the Authority and shall— 
(a)  have technical and financial competence and be able to deliver the goods and services in a timely manner; 
(b)  demonstrate capacity to transfer knowledge and technology to Ugandan citizens; and (c)  have experience in provision of the required goods and services. 
(5) The Ugandan company shall take an active participation in the joint venture. 
(6) Where a Ugandan citizen, Ugandan company or registered entity is unable to provide the required goods and services due to lack of technical capacity or financial competence, the licensee may, with the approval of the Authority, use any other company to provide the goods and services within a period specified by the Authority. 
(7) Where Ugandan citizens and companies do not have the required quality of goods and services, technical capacity or financial competence, the licensee may put in place a suppliers’ development plan which shall be approved by the Authority. 
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Article 12 - Principles of bidding to take into consideration national content. 
(1) Every licensee, contractor and subcontractor shall ensure that the bidding process includes national content as one of the requirements for qualification. 
(2) Every licensee, contractor and subcontractor shall hold quarterly tender workshops to educate Ugandan citizens and companies about the procurement process, requirements, performance standards and lessons from previous bidding processes. 
(3) Whenever possible, a licensee, contractor or subcontractor shall provide contract periods that allow other Ugandan companies, Ugandan citizens and registered entities to join the petroleum sector as follows— 
(a) for a capital intensive contract, a maximum duration of five years; and 
(b) for low cost contracts, a maximum duration of three years. 
(4) A licensee, contractor and subcontractor shall provide payment terms that feature more frequent payment milestones, shorter durations and, where possible, up front to help Ugandan companies, Ugandan citizens and registered entities with purchases of materials. 
Article 13 - Principles of bid evaluation. 
(1) National content shall form part of the bid evaluation criteria and in all circumstances, national content shall be allocated at least ten percent of the total evaluation score, which shall be rated wholly or substantially on— 
(a) employment and training of Ugandan citizens; 
(b)  utilisation of local goods and services; and 
(c)  the proposals for technology transfer. 
(2) Whenever bids are close to each other at financial evaluation stage by five percent, the bid containing the highest level of national content shall be selected over other bids. 
(e) any other information required by the Authority for the purposes of implementing the provisions of the Act and these Regulations. [...]" (The Petroleum (Exploration, Development and Production) (Metering) Regulations, 2016)
Petroleum (Exploration, Development and Production) Act, 2013
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