8Mancozeb has shown little movement over the past month after a sharp decline earlier in the quarter

8Sulphuric Acid has been largely steady over the past fortnight, with only marginal changes

8Ethyl Acetate slipped by Rs 1/kg this week after spending most of December on firmer footing. 

8Phthalic Anhydride has remained unchanged this week after firming earlier in the quarter

8Vinyl Acetate Monomer slipped earlier this fortnight but has stabilised this week. 

8Maleic Anhydride was unchanged this week after several weeks of small gains

8Monostearin has remained unchanged over the past three months. 

8Glycerine is flat this week after easing earlier in the month

8Stearic Acid slipped marginally over the past month but has steadied this week. 

8C5 prices were steady this fortnight, following a quiet start to the year

8Paraformaldehyde was unchanged this week after holding firm through the past fortnight

8Caustic Soda is higher than three months ago following a steady climb

8Palm Wax is unchanged this week and steady on a fortnight view

8Benzene is steady compared with last month after a softer phase earlier in the quarter

8Acrylamide has shown little change over the past six months

8Lauric Acid is flat this week after slipping earlier in the quarter

8IPA is up Rs 2/kg over the past month following incremental weekly changes

8EDC is steady compared with three months ago, maintaining levels reached in late 2025

8Dimethylformamide was unchanged this fortnight after small movements earlier in the month

8Methanol moved up by Rs 1/kg over the past week after holding steady through most of December

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8ONGC’s helicopter charter tender looks standard on paper, until bidder clarifications expose leasing-market constraints and DGCA-linked operational limits.
8The most consequential shift is not in aircraft specs, but in contract architecture—where a 3-year plan gives way to a 5-year reality.
8The remaining answers show where ONGC holds firm and where operators may still be carrying execution ambiguity.

8The execution layer of three company-owned ac/scr drilling rigs, but the scope quietly stretches into the interface zones where drilling time is usually lost.
8The tender’s embedded 3,000 HP obligation forces bidders to price scalability even if the day-one rig class is 1400/2000 HP.

8The documents still carry a coast-level inconsistency on where the first rig is meant to start, a detail that can swing mobilization and metocean risk. Behind the deadline story,
8ONGC’s real filter is administrative discipline—file naming, mandatory uploads, and no-deviation posture that can knock out bids before technical merit is even debated.

1) Participating bidders pushed for CTU flexibility and job certainty, but ONGC held truck-mounted specs and call-off risk
8ONGC’s participated-bidder clarifications show a deliberate refusal to soften the contract’s two hardest edges: one-day response across three assets, and zero minimum job commitment.
8Vendors tried to re-engineer the risk stack through trailer options, larger coil, penalty caps, and standby economics—and mostly hit a wall.
 
2) Participating bidders face a tighter “no cross-subcontracting” ringfence in Odalarevu CAAQMS-CEMS compliance package
8ONGC has tightened how bidders can execute this compliance-heavy job after participation, and the clause design is aimed squarely at preventing post-award bid-pooling.
8Warranty security has been softened even as execution control is tightened, shifting the risk mix in a long camc-tailed contract.
8The participating bidder set will now be tested less on “who can source analyzers” and more on who can own integration, commissioning, and regulator-facing uptime.
 
3) ONGC extends Rajahmundry hydraulic fracturing and coiled tubing services bid while fixing standby-rate pricing gate
8A seemingly small excel validation error around the standby cap forced ongc to re-issue the price breakup logic, turning the pricing template into a qualification gate.
8Behind the dates, the tender’s real signal is how aggressively the buyer is tightening document governance, onboarding discipline, and post-evaluation contestability.
 
4) ONGC resets buyer-atc terms and hardens upload compliance for MBCU hiring
8ONGC’s latest corrigendum does not tweak the scope, it rewrites which buyer-added terms are legally “live” for the bid.
8The quiet risk is procedural: one missed certificate or an unseen uploaded atc annexure can kill responsiveness even before technical merit is weighed.
8Behind it sits a deeper procurement signal on how hard ONGC is willing to screen the MBCU fleet and bidder discipline for four-year cementing logistics.