Second extension pushes HPCL LMBU LCWS pump bid to 25 Sep as EIL locks Rev-B specs and zero-tolerance power guarantees
8The LCWS package just moved again, with price opening gated behind a stricter performance regime. Technical Amendment-1 swaps in Rev-B specs and data sheets, and forces guaranteed shaft-power with zero positive tolerance. Domestic-only bidding remains, but the real contest is now efficiency, not paperwork.
Seven-day bid extension, L1 stance intact for CAMS digitalization in BPCL
8BPCL has shifted the CAMS bid date by a week while keeping selection firmly on an L1 basis. Vendors asked for QCBS and quarterly CAMC payouts but found little room for change. The fine print on integrations may matter more than the extra days.
HPCL extends consultancy tender for assessment centres to 22 September after corrigenda tighten compliance
8HPCL has pushed back the closing date for its assessment centre consultancy tender to 22 September, following multiple corrigenda. The changes clarify quoting formats, reinforce strict separation of technical and financial submissions, and reaffirm penalty regimes. The extension underscores both bidder compliance challenges and HPCL’s insistence on tight delivery controls.
GSPL’s PMC ARC bid date pushed by a week to 22 September for small-connectivity projects
8GSPL has moved the bid due date to 22 September for its two-year PMC rate contract capped at Rs 2 crore. The shift could expand the qualified bidder set and sharpen reverse-auction outcomes. But unless openings are rescheduled, bid-scrutiny could be squeezed on the same day.

Petronet LNG pre-tender meet set for compressor package at Dahej PDH-PP plant
8Petronet LNG has called vendors to a pre-tender dialogue on a critical reciprocating gas compressor package for its Dahej PDH-PP complex. The scope spans API 618-compliant units with stringent technical and financial filters. But the compressed delivery timeline and operational flexibility demand raise fresh questions for contractors. Vendors are being asked to meet stringent API 618 standards in a high-pressure, fuel gas service application. The scope spans design to commissioning with non-lubricated cylinder specification. Such demands narrow the field to technically credible OEMs.
Pre-tender meet announced for DG set package at Dahej PDH-PP project
8Petronet LNG has called a pre-tender meeting for its Dahej petrochemical DG package. Engineers India is steering a technical alignment exercise before the formal bid. The scope and qualification requirements already hint at high entry barriers.
Granular pay ladders, formal change routes, and idle-time cover set the tone for the Pali Jodhpur spurline
8This pipeline tender hard-wires cash to measurable field and documentation milestones. Change-order and waiver templates formalise every deviation’s time, cost and guarantee effects. An explicit idle-time preservation line hints at a promoter intent on schedule discipline and liquidity balance.
HPCL launches bundled HIRA tender across 12 aviation service facilities
8HPCLhas rolled out a consolidated tender to conduct hazard identification and risk assessments at 12 aviation service facilities. The move brings multi-site HSE governance into one package, but also raises bidder compliance burdens. Reverse auction pressures and stricter PQC could reshape participation dynamics.
HPCL’s Visakh Refinery clubs VR and VRMP shift instrumentation services into a single RA-enabled GeM bid with a 31-month ePBG
8HPCL has rolled out a consolidated instrumentation maintenance package covering both VRMP and legacy VR units. The bid pushes a two-packet, RA-enabled model with tight compliance and a striking 31-month ePBG. Whether KPIs, manpower minima, and the security tenor get clarified at pre-bid could shape participation and pricing.

Ten firms line up for GAIL’s two-year CP integrity ARC across DUPL/DPPL
8A crowded technical opening puts pressure on margins for GAIL’s CP ARC split across DUPL and DPPL. The SOW’s NACE-anchored surveys, GPS-stamped logging, and penalty-backed reporting will reward disciplined operators. But the real edge may lie in how quickly bidders can close CP anomalies under Part-B without derailing uptime.
Only Mecon clears HPCL’s technical gate for Vashi–NMIA ATF pipeline EPMC
8Four bidders showed up for HPCL’s EPMC, but only one made the technical cut. The bar was set around aviation-grade pipeline experience, tight documents, and full-stack integration. The commercial round will now test pricing power in a one-horse race.

Xplorer undercuts estimate by 47.3% to win BPCL AP refinery topography survey
8A five-way limited contest at Ramayapattnam saw Xplorer land L1 at barely half the owner estimate. EIL kept the commercial frame tight: no EMD, firm price, GST-loaded evaluation and a 3-month finish. The pricing spread hints at either efficiency or risk-taking — and the delivery window will tell which.

Hubert Enviro wins IOCL Guwahati Refinery EIA–RRA NG facility study, L2 trails by 112.9%
8A two-horse race ended with a deep price gap and a surprise dip below the refinery’s internal SOR. IOCL kept the bar high on accreditation and pushed a cash-intensive payment profile. The combination reshaped who could bid—and how they priced risk.
RPTU mechanical works awarded with 7.8% L2 gap amid tight EPCM controls
8NRL’s RPTU mechanical package closed with a clear L1 and a sizable 35.0% tail. Behind the number is a documentation-heavy execution model that few fabricators can run efficiently. The spread hints at where margins—and risks—will settle on similar NREP works.

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8Commencement of liquid carbon dioxide (co2) plant at trombay unit [RCFL]

8ONGC wants inspectors to do more than tick API boxes — they must state which API standards were enforced and prove every critical serial.
8The rigs must be certified “new and unused,” with NDT thresholds tightened for equipment older than a year.
8A 30-month performance bank guarantee on a two-year contract hints at how hard the buyer plans to hold the line.

NDA-gated stainless pressure vessels for PDH-PP at Dahej move under zero-deviation, 11-month delivery
8EIL has opened a limited, zero-deviation RFQ for stainless-steel pressure vessels tied to PLL’s PDH-PP build. An EMD waiver sits alongside ABG-backed early payments and a firm 11-month FOT site delivery. Bottom-line evaluation with NDA gating will test vendor discipline more than headline capacity. The BDS pins GAD at six weeks and FE/reporting at twelve, forcing early design maturity. That front-loads risk into plate/forging awards due by week eight. Slippage here cascades into NDE/PWHT and dispatch.
PLL’s PDH-PP vessels retender resets clock by two weeks without relaxing zero-deviation in Dahej PDH-PP project
8EIL has re-timed the PDH-PP vessel package while keeping its zero-deviation spine intact. The move preserves competition yet holds the line on integrity pact, land-border forms, and basketwise evaluation. The catch is in the details: an EMD waiver in the RFQ table and unforgiving BoQ discipline.

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8ONGC wants thrice-daily site forecasts, cyclone tracks on a four-bulletin cadence, and seven-day tow-route packages with tides — all streamed via APIs and dashboards.
8The buyer is also asking for training, a helpline, and monthly usage reviews to keep operations weather-literate.
8A 40-month epbg on a 36-month service hints at harder governance and could thin the field to serious met-ocean players.

8A deep three-way split defines ONGC Mehsana’s directional tools hire.
8L1 undercuts L2 by over a third, even as the scope forces standby, fishing kits and stricter non-retrievable MWD risk.
8The commercial shape hints at reliability bets and basin-specific risk pricing that could reset future bids.

8A narrow 1.1% gap separated L1 and L2 in ONGC Assam’s scraping winch hire.
8Beyond that, bids rose sharply, with a 46.6% premium at the tail.
8The curve hints at hard assumptions on rope burn, penalties, and redeployment readiness that only a few bidders are willing to underwrite.

8IOCL’s WRPL Songadh daytime ROW security package delivered a rare three-way L1 tie. The numbers point to DGR-driven wage parity rather than aggressive undercutting. But the security-deposit treatment in the NIT quietly departs from IOCL’s usual playbook.

8L1 lands the OIL House design-PMC at a fraction of rival quotes.
8The tail stretches to over thirteen times the lowest bid, signalling deep disagreement on live-site and statutory approval risk.
8The award will test whether lean teams can deliver substation-DG-AC replacements without the PMC bulk others priced in.

8A single-award, reverse-auction package for emergency shutdown works at Haldia drew a tight field. L1–L2 finished just 2.5% apart, hinting at disciplined risk pricing. The fine print on ESI, ISD and no advance explains why.

8Oil India has picked a single integrated operator to run its Kakinada shore base for the Andaman and KG DSF campaigns.
8The contract hard-codes 24×7 port access, vessel turn-round in 24 hours, and simultaneous bulk and deck operations.
8The risk lies in the plus minus 25% option and a dispute framework that may sit outside routine arbitration.

IOCL BR-9 RFCC revamp award math hints at interface-risk divergence
8A three-way contest at Barauni closed with a tight L1–L2 and a startlingly high L3. The contract rides on domestic content, DMI&S steel rules and steel price variation, reshaping risk and margin arithmetic. The spread tells a story about shutdown and interface risk that the bid tables don’t explicitly show.
Dorf-Ketal takes GCU-1/2 process-chemicals service at GAIL Pata; composite evaluation and 1% penalty regime remain the spine
8A specialty chemicals incumbent has edged out the field at Pata. The numbers are modest, but the penalty and run-length clauses are not. The real story is how throughput-linked pricing and corrosion caps will police performance.
Material handling award for PDH-PP Dahej tightens logistics discipline under EIL/PLL’s percentage-priced SOR
8L1 undercut the pre-priced basket by double digits, but the gap to L2 stayed narrow. The contract bakes in cranes, trucks and manpower for the full 40-month build-out. What that means for margins and delivery risk is not what the topline numbers suggest.

Five global consultancies qualify for this ESG strategy tender under strict liability and QCBS 70:30 model
8The ESG consultancy tender has drawn five of the world’s largest firms into technical qualification. Yet the promoter’s refusal to alter QCBS weightage or liability caps introduces high stakes. Milestone-linked payments and credential flexibility will shape the competition behind the price wall.
Two clear the technical bar for EIA-RRA at the proposed NG facility in IOCL Guwahati refinery
8Eight entered, but only two firms made IOCL’s technical cut for the Guwahati NG facility’s EIA-RRA mandate. The accreditation-heavy PQC appears to have filtered out most of the field. What that means for pricing power and delivery risk now shifts behind the wall.

IOCL tightens safety, control and vacuum architecture in Bottom-Up Synthesis pilot plant
8IOCL has re-written key parts of its BUP pilot plant tender after opening, and the deltas are not cosmetic. From hazardous-area philosophy to 2-oo-3 voting and vent-line mass flow, the plant now reads like a mini process unit. The bar to qualify — and execute — just moved higher.
IOCL Digboi DR 1.0 revamp extends bid submission by 11 days; RA-driven split-award model stays intact
8An 11-day extension pushes IOCL’s Digboi revamp bid clock to 22 September, but the auction and split-award architecture is unchanged. That combination could widen the bidder bench just enough to tighten RA spreads across the three packages. The real question is whether shutdown-grade mobilisation plans now catch up to the paperwork.
EIL narrows scope ambiguities and leans on standards in Hazira instrumentation revamp
8Spacer rings turn free-issue, HDPE conduit goes off the table, and splicing is counted cleanly—small answers with big billing consequences. EIL pushes vendor/spec minutiae to post-award while anchoring execution to SI-1001 and the 7-52 series. The signal is unmistakable: standardize now, customize later.
Two-step bid extension adds 17 days to supervising-agency tender window for IOC’s KGPL
8IOCL has pushed the SA bid end to 22-09-2025 after two extensions on GeM. The move keeps PQC and evaluation logic intact while buying time for multi-state team assembly. The real test is whether the extra 17 days expands competition without slipping downstream mobilization.
Crane-hiring tender gets a one-day push and sharper PQC rules in IOCL Guwahati Refinery CRU project
8IOCL has nudged the CRU crane-hiring bid by a day while tightening how past performance counts. The executed-value rule could pull in operators who typically out-perform work orders. What that does to bidder spreads and schedule risk is where the story gets interesting.

Pump package retendered with tighter PPP-MII and fixed supervision loading for BPCL Bina petchem project
8The pump retender looks routine on the surface but the clause work is not. evaluation now bakes in a fixed supervision constant even as local-content paperwork shifts gates. bidders pushing BB2 to escape NPSH traps won’t find much room.
PBG at 10% with zero-deviation framing signals tight execution discipline at PLL’s PDH-PP material handling works
8PLL has kicked off material handling works-2 for its PDH-PP complex under EIL’s standards. The bid pack leans on a 10% PBG and a strict two-part, zero-deviation model. But with LD rates and EMD amount not specified in the document, bidders must infer risk. EIL’s 6-82-0003 standard and annexures hard-wire colour codes and material identification across piping and fittings. This reduces mis-match risk at unit tie-ins. The approach privileges experienced petrochem contractors over generalists.

8Reliance has formally moved to transfer the environmental clearance for its strategic Dahej–Nagothane ethane pipeline from Reliance Gas Pipelines Ltd. (RGPL) to the newly carved-out Reliance Ethane Pipeline Ltd. (REPL). The matter came up before the EAC (Industry-2) on September 18, 2025, following NCLT’s earlier approval of the restructuring scheme. The transfer is procedural, but it consolidates all regulatory and compliance obligations under the new company, paving the way for smoother operations of India’s only dedicated ethane import and transport corridor.

8Graphite India Limited has filed for environmental clearance to expand its graphite electrode facility in Durgapur, West Bengal, from 67 KTPA to 80 KTPA. The Rs.315-crore modernization plan, now before the MoEFCC’s Expert Appraisal Committee, involves new extrusion, impregnation, and graphitization units with upgraded emission controls. Located in a severely polluted industrial belt, the project will be closely scrutinized for compliance, but promises higher domestic supply security for India’s steel sector.

Hot tapping and double stopple valve swap locked to prime capability for ONGC Cambay asset.
8ONGC wants the Anklav tee valves replaced on a live trunk line under a strict no-subcontracting rule.
8The eligibility gate demands proven hot tap and stopple work on 6-inch-plus hydrocarbon lines within ten years.
8With a 10% PBG and a year-long liability tail, only true specialists are likely to price this tight.
Aviation fuelling station O&M hard-wired to DGCA QC and tight stock-loss math — ONGC Juhu helibase.
8ONGC wants into-plane fuelling under a lab-backed, DGCA-anchored regime with stock losses capped at 0.20%.
8A long performance security tail collides with an internal one-month tenor mismatch and a harsh penalty for PS delays.
8The winner will be the bidder who prices capital drag and still keeps the refuellers ready on every offshore window.
Aryatech wins mooring and riser analysis for ONGC drillships
8ONGC has chosen a single analysis house to set operating and survival limits for its drillships.
8The scope hard-codes API-based modelling and DG Shipping-recognised certification, with full file-level deliverables.
Lightning eliminator retrofit awarded to Om Technical in ONGC Frontier Basin rigs E2000-6/E2000-VIII.
8ONGC has moved from “acceptor” to “eliminator” lightning philosophy at two Frontier Basin rigs.
8The scope hard-codes IEC-62305-4 design, dedicated earthing and remote monitoring within a 3-month window.
One in, one out on helideck net compliance in ONGC Sagar Shakti pre-dispatch gates split the bidder field.
8Only one of two helideck-net bidders cleared ONGC’s technical gate.
8The dossier asked for BIS-anchored sisal ropes, CAP 437 alignment and NABL/ILAC test proofs.
8The disqualification underscores how buyer-side inspection and licence asks are reshaping the vendor pool.