SAIL has invited a tender for tentative purchase of 8,790 MT ferro silicon for its various plants
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 and long products and special steels at its plants spread over India. The company will require a projected quantity of about 8,790 MT ferro silicon during Dec’15-Mar’16. The projected purchase quantity will meet the requirement of the following plants:
Tentative quantity of ferro silicon for market 1 :
| Market | SAIL Plants | Size (mm) | Packing | Tentative requirement for 4 months period |
| Market 1 | Alloy Steel Plant (ASP) | 10-40 | 1 MT Jumbo Bag | 200 |
| Salem Steel Plant (SSP) | 10-40 | 1 MT Jumbo Bag | 1,720 | |
| Durgapur Steel Plant (DSP) | 25-50 | 40Kg Bag | 1,900 | |
| Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP) | 25-50 | 40Kg Bag | 800 | |
| Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP) | 25-50 | 1 MT Jumbo Bag | 800 | |
| Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) | 25-50 | 1 MT Jumbo Bag | 1,520 | |
| IISCO Steel Plant (ISP) | 25-50 | 1 MT Jumbo Bag | 1,790 | |
| Visvesvaraya Iron & Steel Plant (VISL) | 50-100 | 40 Kg Bag | 60 | |
| Total Qty of Market-1 | 8,790 | |||
Quantity in MT
Chemical specifications:
The material should contain Silicon 70% min, Carbon 0.15% max, Phosphorous 0.05% max, Sulphur 0.05% max and Aluminium 2.0% max.
Size specification:
| Size | Specification |
| 10–40mm | (-) 10 mm = 10% max |
| 25–50 mm | (+) 70 mm = NIL |
| (+) 50 mm = 5% max | |
| (-) 25 mm = 5% max out of which (-) 10 mm = 1% max | |
| 50–100 mm | (+) 120 mm = NIL |
| (+) 100 mm = 7.5% max | |
| (-) 50 mm = 7.5% max out of which (-) 25 mm = 1 % max |
Eligibility criteria:
1.The bidder should be a ferro silicon manufacturer and must have installed capacity to produce 4,000 MT pa.
2.The bidder must offer a minimum quantity of 2,700 MT to be submitted in 4 equal installments in 4 months.
3.The bidder must quote for all size-wise, packing-wise requirement of the market for all SAIL’s plants.
4.If the bidders are the past supplier of ferro silicon to SAIL, they shall be considered as eligible if they does not have a backlog of more than 10% of final ordered quantity against any purchase order placed on them or after .1 Jan’14.
5.If the bidders are the manufacturers and not supplied material to any of the SAIL plant since Jan’14, they required to submit the following documents :
a)A consolidated statement pertaining to any of the last 3 financial years.
b)Self attested copies of purchase orders for at least 2,000 MT of supplies as detailed in consolidated statement.
Tender schedule:
Due date of offers submission will be on 26 Dec’15 at 13:00 hrs IST and the techno-commercial opening will be on 28 Dec’15 at 10:30 hrs IST.

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