SAIL Issues Purchase Tender for 20,000 MT LAM Coke

SAIL has invited a tender for purchase of 20,000 MT LAM coke for its special steel plant ‘Visvesvaraya Iron & Steel Limited’.

Visvesvaraya Iron & Steel Plant (VISL) is a pioneer in production of Pig iron and high quality alloy and special steels. The company requires 20,000 MT Low ash metallurgical coke on FoR Bhadravati basis by road. Only indigenous coke manufacturer and PSU firms are allowed to participate in the tender.

The offer should be submitted in three envelops i.e. EMD bid, Techno-commercial bid, and price bid. The price bid of the tender consists of two stages. In the 1st stage all eligible bidders required to submit online initial bids (sealed bids) and the 2nd stage will be online reverse auction.

Eligibility criteria

1. Bidder should be an indigenous PSU firms and manufacturer of coke.
2. Bidder needs to submit offer for quantity not less than 10,000 MT, thereafter in multiples of 500 MT thereof.
3. The turnover of the bidder should be minimum 17 crore in any one of the last three financial years. As the proof bidder needs to submit the audit profit and loss account sheet.
4. Bidder should have experience of successfully completing similar orders during any one of the last five financial years.

Chemical specifications

Ash (dry basis): 12% max
Total Moisture: 4% max
Volatile Matter (dry basis): 1% max
Sulphur (dry basis): 0.6% max
Phosphorus (dry basis): 0.03% max
Fixed Carbon: 86% min
Size: 30-80 mm

Tender schedule

Bid submission due date and techno-commercial opening date are on the same day i.e 23 Feb’16 at 11:00 hrs and 11:30 hrs IST respectively.