SAIL has invited an open tender (Cycle 2) for tentative purchase of 15,250 MT high carbon ferro manganese from indigenous sources for its different units/plants covered under Market 1.
Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) is the India’s largest steelmaker and produces a variety of steel and iron products including pig iron, flat & long products and special steels at its plants spread over India. The company has required a projected quantity of about 44,400 MT HC ferro manganese from indigenous sources for its different plants/unit in two cycles of 3 months each starting from Aug’16 to Jan’17.
First cycle of the procurement is already completed in Aug’16. According to sources, L1 for the tender has been awarded to M/s Maithan Alloys. The total requirement for the first cycle was 22,200 MT.
Now SAIL has intends to purchase about 15,250 MT (tentative quantity) HC ferro manganese for the second cycle procurement between Nov’16 to Jan’17.
Technical specification along with the quantity required in different plants of SAIL (Market 1) are as follows :
| SAIL Plants | Size (MM) | Tentative requirement for 6 months period (MT) |
Tentative requirement for (2nd cycle) three months period (MT) |
Packing |
| Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP) | 25-50 | 30,500 | 10,700 | 1 MT HDPE jumbo bag |
| Bokaro Steel Plant (BSL) | 3,300 | 1,500 | Loose | |
| Durgapur Steel Plant (DSP) | 1,500 | 200 | Loose | |
| IISCO Steel Plant (ISP) | 1,500 | 200 | 1 MT HDPE jumbo bag | |
| Bokaro Steel Plant (BSL) | 25-100 | 7,300 | 2,500 | Loose |
| Alloy Steel Plant (ASP) | 10-30 | 300 | 150 | 1 MT HDPE jumbo bag |
| Total | 44,400 | 15,250 | ||
Chemical specifications
The material should contain Manganese 70.0% min, Carbon 7.5% max, Silicon 1.5% max, Phosphorous 0.43% max and Sulphur 0.05% max.
Tender schedule (IST)
Due date of submission is 18 Oct’16 at 13:00 hrs and the techno-commercial opening is on same day at 16:00 hrs.

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