1) BPCL’s package 5 SRU–TGTU2 turnaround award lands with a 72.2% L2 premium 8A four-bidder disqualification wave left BPCL with just three qualified contenders for a high-risk turnaround scope. The price stack hints at sharply different risk models for inspection-driven work. The quiet clause signals in the documents explain why this gap may not be a one-off.
2) Two-way L1 tie at the floor price reshapes award odds for sulphur palletizer O&M — IOCL panipat refinery P-25 SRU block 8Two bidders reportedly hit the exact same L1 number, pushing award probability into GeM’s tie-break mechanics rather than classic undercutting.
1) BPCL’s BPREP LCWS pump tender turns into a system-integration test as three bidders clear technical opening 8A late technical amendment rewrites the coating philosophy and hardens the desuperheating responsibility split, changing what “compliance” actually means in evaluation. With only three bidders in play, one narrow technical interpretation could decide whether this tender stays competitive or becomes a single-vendor negotiation.
2) Seven major pump oems enter BPCL’s BPREP API 610 spp pump race as technical bids open under EIL 8The tender has moved into technical evaluation with seven heavyweight oems admitted, but the real elimination risk is hiding in provenance and verification, not nameplates.
8Three licensors have reportedly shown up, but this is not a “technology beauty contest” so much as a documentation and guarantee trial. The tender architecture forces bidders into a common liability cage while reserving owner’s right to independently validate reference units and reject on discrepancies. The real story sits in how design cases, NPVevaluation, and no-deviation zones will reshape what bidders are willing to sign up to. Click on Details for more
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1) Amendment softens ATF paraffin ratio guarantee and removes VHP steam assumption in integrated hydro processing block 8The licensor tender just rewired its guarantee posture in a way that will change how bidders price risk. A single property flips from “guarantee” to “report”, while a key utility condition is deleted outright, forcing a rethink of battery-limit assumptions. The deeper story is what these edits reveal about enforceability, integration realism, and how EIL is shaping the bidder pool.
2) DCU licensor tender hardens BEDP compliance, grants only surgical fixes, and leaves core schedule realism unanswered 8The pre-bid looks less like a negotiation and more like a compliance lock, with most scope-relief asks waved away. The only clear wins for bidders are narrow drafting corrections, while the heavy BEDP burden and bid-evaluation inputs remain largely intact.
3) BPCL keeps OSBL/ISBL boundaries rigid even when bidders try to push utilities and firefighting out of licensor scope for cumene unit 8Multiple queries attempt to relocate catalyst receipt facilities, firefighting and utility supply assumptions outside the licensor package. The owner posture largely refuses the reframing and directs bidders back to tender requirements. That pushes interface risk into bid-stage assumptions rather than into owner-provided design basis.
4) Phenol licensor tender draws a hard line on BEDP completeness, pushing safety, flare and liability risks back onto bidders 8BPCL and EIL are using the pre-bid cycle to choke off a familiar licensor playbook: “DEC will do it later.” The reply set shows a near-blanket refusal to dilute deliverables across safety, flare, emissions and proprietary replacement obligations. The most consequential tension sits in the fine print—capacity flexibility and catalyst liability—where the owner’s posture can quietly. reshape the bidder pool and pricing
1) This polypropylene project sets up a second pre-tender reset on qualification gates for PFCCU revamp composite works 8A second pre-tender meeting is being used to rewrite tentative qualification criteria, a move that can quietly redraw who even gets to price this schedule-stressed revamp. The real story is whether the promoter widens the market to secure competition or tightens it to protect integration risk, and how that choice reshapes bid aggression.
2) MSW-CBG feasibility tender hard-filters bidders to 100 TPD study credentials while keeping award strictly L1 8The eligibility bar is engineered around prior 100 TPD MSW-CBG feasibility certificates, which narrows the field before price even enters the room.
3) This refinery shutdown bolting tender tightens hydrocarbon-experience filters while keeping reverse auction off 8The owner is treating it as a reliability-critical discipline, not a generic mechanical service, and the eligibility language quietly shows it.
4) EU reach registration of bioethanol project needed with success-linked payments 8The commercial sting is that registration-linked payments are released only after “successful EU REACH registration”, shifting iteration and acceptance risk into the consultant’s balance sheet.
1) Five extensions push the API 617 compressor bid out by 72 days 8This usually signals participation or compliance friction inside a tightly-filtered oem pool. The longer runway will test whether bidders can lock motor/VFD provenance and confidentiality governance without pricing in extra risk.
2) A six-step extension chain rewrites the bidding tempo for BPCL’s BPREP column package 8The tender moved through six dated pushes. That cadence often reflects either thin participation or slow-moving clarifications. The absence of stated reasons forces bidders to infer the promoter’s intent from timing alone.
3) Four bid due date extensions push NRL’s PPU special purpose compressor tender out by 48 days 8This suggests a pattern that usually signals either participation stress or unresolved scope friction. The technical-commercial evaluation bundle is unusually broad for a rotating equipment package, pulling commissioning, FAT, HAZOP and multi-year maintenance into the price lens.
4) Two-step bid deadline extension stretches purge gas recovery membrane package by 25 days 8The unit is being evaluated like a full package lifecycle, not a simple equipment buy, with 3D modelling, HAZOP participation, and OEM site activity priced into comparison.
5) Bid timelines extended for propylene and ethylene tower catalyst package 8This is without changing the underlying reverse auction, qualification, or delivery posture. For a non-regenerable purification catalyst buy that protects pp unit stability, the extension looks like a participation and documentation safeguard rather than a scope rethink.
6) BPCL extends SAF pathway PFR bid to 10 Jan 2026 while keeping licensor-cost risk on bidders 8BPCL has quietly added a one-week breathing space to its SAF pathway PFR tender, shifting the bid deadline from early January to 10 January. But the extension lands inside a document stack where platform-set eligibility signals collide with buyer overrides, and bidders are told to self-fund licensor-gated inputs anyway. The result is a tender that looks routine on dates, yet remains structurally high-friction on qualification certainty and estimate defensibility.
7) IOCL extends bid timeline for SADC shutdown / DCU low-throughput mechanical jobs 8This is buying time without visibly loosening qualification gates.
8ONGC’s western offshore clamp on project throws up a tight 1.8% fight for the top slot, but a sharply higher third bid changes the pricing narrative. Click on Details for moreDetails
1) Owner callout slickline tender hard-codes no-pay downtime and asset-ownership gates 8It is buying reservoir decisions, not slickline time, and it is spelling that out through pay conditions that switch off the meter during breakdowns and compliance failures. 8The qualification bar quietly shifts from paperwork to provable asset ownership and verifiable similar-work value, tightening the vendor funnel before price even matters. 8The clauses that look routine on the surface become sharp once mapped to a 5000 psi, 160°c operating window where tool reliability decides both data quality and cashflow.
2) OVL’s CPO-5 WBCO tender hardwires parallel-well readiness and local price-matching leverage 8The package reads like a cleanout tender, but the technical spine is built for overlapping wells and document-heavy tool integrity. 8A quiet currency-evaluation mechanic and a municipal local-preference match-down rule sit in the background, capable of flipping how bidders price risk and timing. 8The bigger tension is a scope baseline that doesn’t fully agree with itself—exactly the kind of mismatch that decides who can bid aggressively and who has to hedge.
3) SPM maintenance-diving support vessel EOI window extended 8The real filter remains technical and fleet-led: ISM compliance, IACS class, FiFi-1 and a 25-year age cap shape who can even show up. 8What bidders do next will reveal whether this is a simple participation push or a symptom of tighter-than-expected supply of compliant tonnage.
4) ONGC extends charter hiring of 06 helicopters tender opening 8The move comes after multiple corrigenda that tighten bid currency, local/import content declarations, and exchange-rate fixing tied to price bid opening. 8The extension may look administrative, but it reshapes bidder strategy on FX exposure, documentation readiness, and bid-shape compliance.
5) Oil India’s Sadiya integrated drilling service tender extended again 8The extension chain now stretches more than a year beyond the original schedule, yet the corrigenda keep every other tender condition frozen. 8What the documents do not say—why the market still hasn’t cleared—may matter more than the dates themselves.
For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders: 8Procurement of AXELSON USA PSHL spares installed at unmanned platforms of IC SH MHN and NQO of MH asset Details 8Pre-tender meeting for composite works PFCCU revamp for polypropylene project, Kochi refinery Details 8Hiring of custom house agent services for two years Details 8Annual rate contract for supervision and assistance in operational activities for operation department Details 8Annual maintenance contract for civil works Details 8Tender for procurement of naphthenic base oil Details 8Tender for supply of raw material stock Details 8Annual maintenance contract for online maintenance and servicing of AUDCO plug valves in offsite area Details 8Tender for supply of gear box assembly Details 8Tender for procurement of beacon spares Details 8Tender for repairing and comprehensive annual maintenance contract of baggage scanner Details 8Tender for cyber security audit of IT systems and business applications Details 8Procurement of STG MOT oil centrifuge spares Details 8Tender for high voltage phasing rod Details 8Supply and installation of earthing interlocking system Details 8Supply and installation of retractable flap barrier type turnstile gate Details 8Tender for IBR inspection/procurement of deaerator storage and deaerator PSV-506 Details 8Tender for supply of Eagle make seal spares Details 8Engagement of consultant to conduct feasibility study for setting up MSW-based CBG plant Details 8Procurement of OH2 pumping units for HFHSD line from Willingdon Island to SNC North Jetty Details 8Hiring of agency for torquing and tensioning jobs during shutdown Details 8Supply, installation, testing and commissioning of four extendable unloading booms Details 8Tender for procurement of Rotork make actuators Details 8Tender for integration of the two top-to-bottom converting loading bays Details 8Tender for painting of booth, equipment and accessories Details 8Tender for supply of all-in-one computers and printers with buyback of old AIO/PCs Details 8Tender for operation of in-house statutory testing and painting facility at LPG bottling plant Details 8Tender for deputation of BHEL motor expert for supervision of minor overhauling of critical HT motors Details 8Tender for mechanical decoking and inspection of the convection section of heater tubes using in-line pigs Details 8Procurement of finned tube intercooler 36K501 Details 8Tender for sieving, sampling and weighing of spent precious catalyst Details 8Tender for procurement of flanges Details 8Tender for supply of Emerson make actuator Details 8Supply of non-metallic and non-ferrous bars Details 8Supply of safety metallic can for QA lab Details 8Tender for supply of flanges Details 8Supply, installation and commissioning of motor operated plug valve Details 8Procurement of workshop plasma cutting machine spares Details 8Supply, installation and commissioning of CCTV system Details 8Two-year annual maintenance contract for pipeline intrusion detection system Details 8Procurement of compressor spares Details 8Annual rate contract for overhauling and IBR certificate renewal–related jobs for boiler Details 8Tender for vessel surveyor services for Cassimode black oil terminal Details 8Hiring of bottom hole data acquisition services with slickline unit on callout basis Details 8Procurement of complete seal assembly along with mandatory spares for OHCU de-bottle neck pump Details 8Procurement of SR metering make chemical dosing pumps for OOT Details 8Procurement of operational spares for Twin Disc clutch BHEL make rig (E3000 draw works) Details 8Procurement of lower Kelly cock, upper Kelly cock and FOSV on development order basis Details 8Tender for specialized services by OEM for supply and installation of 20 T capacity hook Details 8Procurement of linear motion shale shaker on development order basis Details 8Tender for structural repairing of three water tanks and other miscellaneous works Details 8Supply, installation and commissioning of wireless position indicators and alarm system for tank farm dyke valves (by OEM) Details 8Tender for construction of steel pipeline and associated facilities for last-mile connectivity Details 8Tender for balance works for canopy structure, roofing, fascia, branding and electrical installations Details 8Providing security, caretaking and loss prevention services Details You can also click on Tenders for more For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips (These are public domain newsclips and the website is not responsible for their content): 8Rs 450-crore Hanumangarh ethanol plant may relocate to Madhya Pradesh Details 8Rs 22 lakh crore fuel import bill unsustainable; India must bet on EVs, ethanol and hydrogen: Nitin Gadkari Details 8Global demand for coal reached a record high in 2025 – IEA Details 8Aramco awards SLB five-year contract to support unconventional gas production growth Details 8India’s gas market reforms: a win for consumers Details 8Why should biofuels be at the centre of India’s clean energy transition? Details 8IIT-Bombay and NTPC lead India’s first underground carbon dioxide storage drilling project Details 8Oil slips as Brent heads for longest stretch of annual losses in 2025 Details 8Indian Oil completes highest-ever winter stocking in Ladakh Details 8Rupee rises 14 paise to close at 89.84 against US dollar Details 8India’s petrochemical consumption growth to remain at 6–7% annually, capacity expansion to cut imports: report Details 8Russian oil flows to India sink, but Reliance may limit decline Details 8Oil prices retreat slightly; investors wary of Russia–Ukraine tensions Details 8MRPL will announce December-end results soon Details 8ONGC invites bids for supply of HEDP chemical Details 8Reliance Industries denies reports of $30 billion claim by Government of India Details 8Petronet LNG appoints GSPC’s Avantika Singh Aulakh as new director Details 8LPG tanker accident blocks East–West Highway in Rautahat Details 8US LPG imports force rethink of cooking gas subsidy formula Details 8India has cut imports of Russian oil to a three-year low Details 8India’s Russian crude imports dip in December, but trade remains structurally intact Details 8Saudi Aramco and Oil India expected to acquire equity stakes in BPCL’s upcoming refinery project in Andhra Pradesh Details 8One of the world’s biggest oil companies in Andhra Pradesh? Details 8OIL donates ambulance to Walong PHC Details 8One of the World’s Biggest Oil Companies in AP? Details 8Storm forces halt to Kazakhstan’s oil exports from the Black Sea Details 8Saudi Aramco eyes major stake in new $11 billion Indian refinery Details 8Oil prices climb as Trump issues stark warning to Iran Details 8Investor hesitation stalls India’s offshore oil push Details 8Gas prices set to fall as unified tariff kicks in from January 2026 Details 8Engineers India Limited begins work on 5 TPD compressed biogas plant in Maharashtra’s Kolhapur Details 8V-GREEN signs strategic agreement with HPCL to develop electric vehicle charging infrastructure at HPCL retail outlets Details 8MOL signs pact with Sinopec and Marubeni for marine biodiesel supply Details 82025 marks turning point in India’s clean energy shift Details You can also click on Newsclips for more