1) Participated bidders push back on schedule, yard land and MOV retrofit scope — crude pipeline replacement: Heavy push back 8Seven participating bidders are effectively testing how far ONGC will move on execution reality in a monsoon-hit, third-party corridor job. 8The replies show where ONGC is willing to clarify versus where it is drawing a hard line on cashflow, demolition and interface risk. 8What the “revised BEC” instruction actually changes could decide whether competition widens or stays structurally narrow.
2) Cancelled gas supply tender leaves drilling rigs’ cylinder logistics plan in limbo 8ONGC’s rig-support gas bid was structured less like a commodity buy and more like a rapid-response logistics contract, with cylinder economics embedded in the fine print. 8The cancelled tender freezes a location-tethered supply plan that would have tested which MSE suppliers can truly service “as-and-when” rig demand without working-capital strain. 8What matters next is not the headline cancellation, but which operational clauses ONGC keeps or rewrites when it returns to market.
3) OIL India extends CTU–NPU–FPU well servicing packages tender while rewriting evaluation and EMD logic WSP hiring 8The extension is bundled with a deeper reset: the bid evaluation criteria is replaced and the price bid format is revised. 8The EMD construct quietly shifts from a “three sets” mindset to a modular 1-set/2-sets bid strategy that can redraw who realistically participates. 8But one date-field inconsistency inside the amendment text could become the most expensive detail if bidders do not neutralise it early.
4) LTSOBM drilling fluids tender extended again 8The package has slipped from a July 2025 bid close to a February 2026 close, a timeline that rarely stretches this far for routine oilfield services. 8Behind the date, ONGC rewired labour-cost governance (fair wage + SWMS) and selectively moved parts of insurance and waste-chain costs into reimbursable buckets. 8The result is a bid that looks less like a simple “mud services hire” and more like a compliance-heavy operating partnership—with cashflow and qualification turning on documentation discipline.
5) Western Offshore WBDF engineering services tender 8A quiet consortium-rule deletion and tightened financial certification logic show where ONGC is willing to bend—and where it is not.
1) Bid deadline slips for LuPech N2O2 O&M ARC 8The pricing spine is not a simple BOQ: a fixed-part floor triggers outright rejection, while reverse auction pressure stays intact. The sharper question is why a 24x7 utility reliability contract saw a no-show pre-bid room and needed the full auto-extension runway.
2) CPCL stretches bid window for 100 mw RTC wind–solar pre-feasibility study 8The 70/100 technical gate and the 8760 balancing language are doing more vendor-pool shaping than the emd or turnover thresholds. The extension buys bidders time, but it also hints that CPCL is still trying to pull the right kind of analytics-heavy consultants into the room.
3) BPCL shifts Mahul HCU TA-01 unpriced bid opening by tightening bid hygiene after pre-bid minutes 8The more material shift is hidden in how BPCL treats the portal-entered lumpsum as the evaluation truth and “repairs” BOQ mismatches. For contractors, the extension buys hours, but the governance mechanics can still rewrite pricing structure in the evaluation spreadsheet.
8The move follows a chain of stepwise extensions visible from November 2025 onward. 8The real story is what repeated timeline resets do to rig-availability credibility, bid-security logistics, and the competitive field—especially under ongc’s “no-conditions” posture. Click on Details for moreDetails
8Four companies were in the race. 8The unusually wide financial spread, signals that bidders saw very different execution and acceptance risks Click on Details for moreDetails
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