OIL & GAS PRODUCTION

Global project analysis; architecture & engineering planning & implementation; supplies & logistics management.

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HEAVY CONSTRUCTION

Infrastructures projects works & global oversight; supervision & construction; design pojects; studies; public work contracts and contracts for construction

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GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

Providing full spectrum consultancy services and management.

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TELECOMUNICATIONS &
ENERGY SUPPLY INFRASTRUCTURES

Providing full spectrum consultancy services; studies, design projects, supervision, construction and management.

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MINING OPERATIONS

Tailored Consulting Services for New or Expansion Projects (EPCM or EPC)
Strategy definition support; analysis, planning, design, materials & equipment procurement; implementation and project management.

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TELECOMUNICATIONS &
ENERGY SUPPLY INFRASTRUCTURES

Providing full spectrum consultancy services; studies, design projects, supervision, construction and management.

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West African Development and Thriving

Our mission goes beyond fighting poverty and improving people's living conditions; we aim at establishing reference structures for the long-term future of the African nations; promoting investment of public funds and private equity in projects and programs contributing to the self-sustained economic and social development of the West African region.

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Logistics & Supply Chain Management

Empowering local small businesses, promoting internationalization processes and supporting major corporations since 2018:
• Catalyzing corporate collaboration, connecting suppliers, customers, and partners and third-party players, boosting efficiency and producing value for the end consumer;
• Supporting strategic decisions, setting up and managing the operational framework within which logistics is performed;
• Working together as a supply chain, helping to manage the flow of raw materials, ensuring the finished goods provide value;
• Working across multiple functional levels and companies, ensuring that a finished product not only gets to the end consumer but meets all applicable legal, regulatory, and “good to have” requirements as well;
• At STeP forward, logistics is well thought-out as one small part of the larger, all-encompassing supply chain process through planning procedures, implementing and controlling the efficient, effective forward and reverse flows and storage of goods, services and related information between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet customer’s requirements.

Supply Chain Management

Linking major business processes within and across corporations, optimizing processes into a high-performance business model establishing competitive advantage.

Logistics

Managing the movement (transportation), storage (warehousing, packaging and others), and flow of goods, that move and position inventory as well as services and information inside and outside the organization, synchronizing the supply chain.

Local Presence

Based in Africa and Europe we connect global markets to local suppliers directly with no intermediaries, adding value through the optimization of the entire chain.

State-of-the-art tools

A specialized in-house built platform, allows us to deliver and implement unparalleled, dedicated, processes optimization studies.

Sao Tome e Principe    •     STeP forward

• Quality, Reliability, Safety, Integrity and Strength are our foundations; honouring our commitments and providing the best customer service, creating long term business relationships;
• Providing know-how, equipment, tools, human resources and financing solutions tailor-made to our customers' needs;
• Highly qualified, specialized senior consultancy teams allow us to meet the diverse demands of the markets we operate in.

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Infrastructures

Projects Works

  • Roads; bridges; highways; dams; tunnel (boring operations); sea ports; airports and other special projects;
      o   Supervision and work coordination;
      o   Technical Assistance;
      o   Quality Assurance;

Supervision & Construction

  • Construction Management Support in:
    o  Budgeting; work preparation; planning; construction works; cost control;
  • Quality, environment and work safety – ISO 9001 / ISO 14001 / OHSAS 18001;
  • Technical Reports.

Contracts for Construction

• Demolitions
• Reconstruction Projects
• Construction Rehabilitation
• Structural Rehabilitation
• Water distribution networks implementation
• Electrical works
• Gas works
• Architectural Construction and Rehabilitation.

Studies

• Geoenvironmental
• Geotechnical
• Hydro geological
• Environmental.

Design Projects

• Structural stability;
• Water supply & Sewerage;
• Telecommunications;
• Energy distribution;
• Gas.

Public Work Contracts

• Earthworks
• Demolitions
• Drainage Systems
• Construction of supply networks (Water, Gas, Energy)
• Implementation of Green Areas
• Construction and Rehabilitation
• Paving works.








MINING OPERATIONS

Tailored consulting services for new or expansion projects (EPCM or EPC)

• Strategy definition support;
• SWOT analysis;
• Change Management;
• Planning, design, materials & equipment procurement; implementation and project management;

      o Technical Specifications Preparation;
      o RFQ/RFP issuing;
      o Bid evaluations;
      o Contract negotiation;
      o Product or supplier data expedition;
      o Reception and inspection;
      o Payments issuing to Suppliers/Providers;
      o Contractors & suppliers selection;


• Bauxite • Bitumen • Chromium • Coal • Cobalt • Columbite • Copper • Diamonds • Gold • Ilmenite • Iron • Manganese • Palladium • Phosphate • Platinum • Rutile • Tantalite • Tantalum • Tin • Tungsten • Uranium • Vanadium • Vermiculite • Wolframite • Zinc • Zirconium




Oil & Gas Production Logistics Support Services

• Offering turnkey complete logistics service solutions;
• Management approach flexibility and decision making agility, enables STeP forward to swiftly adjust to both market and operational conditions to tailor unique and cost-effective solutions to meet the exact needs of our clients;
• Onshore and offshore shipping, logistics and marine services.

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Container Transport & Logistics

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Freight Distribution Services

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Warehousing & Storage

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Dangerous Goods Cartage

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Waste Transportation

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Heavy Haulage Transport







Communications, Energy Production & Distribution Infrastructures

Supplying state of the art infrastructures solutions, deployment and long term maintenance programs anchored on futureproof technologies through partnerships with world class reference players in each field.

Connecting the world

Next generation networks


• Projecting, building, managing and systematically keeping up vital nation-wide communications infrastructures for day-to-day usage;

• Ensuring communications infrastructure convergence through compliance to:
    o ITU technical standards;
    o WTO regulatory framework.

Fiber-optic

Broadband FTTx


• Planning, deploying and installing physical supports for landline, mobile and internet traffic;
• Fitting the needs of XXI century digital communications;
• Reaching out to end user from the big urban centers up to the rural and remote areas;
• Investing in the development of fiber-optic backbone links;
• Best effort / Quality of Service balance.

Energy Distribution

Fueling the future


• Ensuring power quality efficiently distributed from the production plants to the end consumers;
• Network maintenance services;
• Metering and control, monitoring and power factor correction;
• Installations control of technical inspections.

Energy Production

Shifting paradigms


• Reshaping the sector through focus on renewables; providing innovative, cost-effective solutions in:
                        ‣ eolic;
                        ‣ solar;
                        ‣ biomass;
                        ‣ geothermal;
                        ‣ hydropower;
• Experienced executives in the sector coming also from traditional power sources plant management:
                        ‣ natural gas, and
                        ‣ coal








About Us

STeP forward, Lda. is a privately owned, limited liability company, incorporated under the São Tomé and Príncipe law, on November 24th, 2017 with Headquarters in Detrás dos Armazéns Delfim Neves, São Gabriel, Distrito de Água Grande, República Democrática de São Tomé e Príncipe; VAT number 517037737, Registered at the national GUE record under the reference: A100240/2017. It is held by the Sierra Brava Group and Santomean private investors with 100% Santomean capital. With deep roots within its beautiful Country of origin it aims at expanding its scope of action internationally through the consolidation of existing partnerships and joint-ventures with reference players in its strategic target markets.

Contact Info

STeP forward, Lda.
Detrás dos Armazéns Delfim Neves,
São Gabriel, Distrito de Água Grande,
República Democrática de São Tomé e Príncipe
Phone/WhatsApp: (+351) 911 155 544