Steel Authority of India (SAIL) has invited a global tender for purchase of 46,500 MT calcined petroleum coke (low sulphur content) from overseas/domestic suppliers during the period May’17 to Apr’19 for its 8 different plants (4 markets) across the India.
The techno-commercial bids will be frozen for 2 years and the price discovery shall be done in 6 cycles of 4 months each.
The projected requirement of all 4 markets during year 2017-18 is 23,250 MT. Company has released this RFQ for first 3 cycles (May’17 to Apr’18) which is due on 5 May’17.
Market wise requirement of the company during period May’17 to Apr’18 (3 cycles)
| Market | SAIL Plant | Requirement (in MT) | |||
| Cycle 1 May-Aug’17 |
Cycle 2 Sept-Dec’17 |
Cycle 3 Jan-Apr’18 |
Total May’17-Apr’18 |
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| Market 1 | BSP | 4,800 | 4,800 | 4,800 | 14,400 |
| Market 2 | RSP | 800 | 800 | 800 | 2,400 |
| DSP | 560 | 545 | 545 | 1,650 | |
| ISP | 1,066 | 1,066 | 1,068 | 3,200 | |
| BSL | 300 | 350 | 350 | 1,000 | |
| SSP | 20 | 20 | 20 | 60 | |
| Market 3 | ASP | 100 | 100 | 100 | 300 |
| Market 4 | VISP | 80 | 80 | 80 | 240 |
| Total | 23,250 | ||||
Chemical specification
Fixed carbon: 99% min
Sulphur: 1.2% max
Volatile matter: 0.4% max
Ash: 0.5% max
Moisture: 0.1% max
Size: 2-10 mm
Only Pet coke producers, Indian Central PSU trading houses and overseas suppliers having authorizations are eligible to bid against this tender. Besides, an Indian agent can also submit offer on behalf of a foreign principal, if being authorized. However, if the foreign principal submits offer directly, offer of the Indian agent will not be considered.
Bidders should have an installed capacity to produce at least 15,000 MT of the product. Besides, the bidders should have produced and dispatched at least 10,000 MT in 12 consecutive months during Jan’12-Dec’14.
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