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EOI Ref : Biorefinery / Biomass Supply

EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR SUPPLY OF BIOMASS TO THE PROPOSED LIGNOCELLULOSIC ETHANOL BIOREFINERY

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Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) is planning to setup a Lignocellulosic Biomass to Ethanol

Bio-refinery, exploring business opportunities with potential stakeholders.

BPCL, CPO(R) invites Expression of Interest (EOI) for “Supply of Biomass to the proposed Lignocellulosic

Ethanol Biorefinery” (System ID: 12278).

Details of the EOI can be downloaded from the following websites:

• https://www.bharatpetroleum.in/tenders/view-tenders.aspx Select Department

CPO(Refineries)

• E-tendering website : https://bpcleproc.in

• Central Public Procurement Portal : https://eprocure.gov.in/cppp

Interested parties are requested to submit their EOI along with relevant details on or before 10.05.2016,

11:00 hrs.

Important: All updates, amendments, corrigenda, etc, (if any) will be posted only on the above websites.

There will not be any publication of the same through newspapers or any other media.



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1 Background

Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) is a Fortune 500 company and a leading Navratna Public

Sector Company with an all India presence, engaged in Refining, Marketing and Distribution of

Petroleum products. BPCL is also diversified into exploration of oil and gas. BPCL as a responsible energy

company has made first big strides towards harnessing renewable energy like Solar and wind. Moving

one more step forward in the area of renewable energy, Bharat petroleum is planning to setup a

lignocellulosic biomass to ethanol Biorefinery, exploring business opportunities with potential

stakeholders.

The purpose of inviting this EOI is to explore the availability of biomass (Sugarcane

Baggasse/RiceStraw/Wheat Straw/Corn cobs/Cotton stalks) and willingness of potential supplier(s) of

biomass to the “Proposed Lignocellulosic Ethanol Biorefinery”

2 Introduction

Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited is planning to setup a “Lignocellulosic Biomass Ethanol

Biorefinery” for production of ethanol and other chemicals, if any, from potential biomass feedstock

including but not limited to Sugarcane Baggasse/Rice Straw/Wheat Straw/Corn cobs/Cotton stalks. For

this purpose, Bharat Petroleum proposes to execute the project with biomass supplier (s) and a

technology provider (s) wherein.

I. Biomass Supplier would be responsible for aggregation, storage & regular supply of quality

biomass feedstock (Sugarcane Baggasse/Rice Straw/Wheat Straw/Corn cobs/Cotton stalks etc.)

to the Biorefinery.

II. Technology provider would be responsible for providing process technology including Basic

Design Engineering Package, Detailed Engineering of plant, supply of enzyme (if any required),

III. Bharat Petroleum would use ethanol produced at the biorefinery.

The minimum capacity of the proposed biorefinery would be ~15,000 tonnes of ethanol per annum.

Correspondingly, the biomass supplier is expected to supply a minimum of 75,000 – 80,000 tonnes dry

biomass per annum (minimum 220 tonnes dry biomass per day).

It may be noted that BPCL intends to float a separate EOI for Technology providers, which is anticipated

to be advertised in due course of time. The proposed mode of execution of the project is tentative and

would be finalized after thorough discussions with all the stakeholders.

3 Definitions Primary or field based residues: Agricultural residues, which are generated in the field at the time of

harvest, are defined as primary or field based residues

Secondary or processing based residues: Agricultural-residues co-produced during processing are called

secondary or processing based residues like Baggasse from Sugar & Paper industry



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Radius of Operation: Radius of operation is the radius of the approximate circular region, wherein

Biomass would be produced, aggregated and supplied to the proposed Biorefinery (located within the

radius of operation)

4 Role of biomass supplier

Following is the envisaged role (step wise) that the biomass supplier would have to execute. We

envisage that the biomass supplier would need to carry-out significant background work (steps 1 to 7:

time required is approximately 1.5 year) before commencing commercial supply to the propose

biorefinery:

1. Biomass assessment – primary data analysis

2. Village Level Entrepreneur (VLE) development

3. Agreement with farmers and finalization of storage depots and its structure development

4. Machinery procurement, and transport arrangements

5. Training to VLE for collection and machinery maintenance

6. Insurance , fire hazard protection for biomass at storage

7. Demonstration of biomass collection, transport and storage

8. Payment to farmers and Commercial supply of biomass

5 Other aspects

The location of the project shall be in the vicinity of the operations of selected biomass supplier and

would be finalized in discussions with all the project stakeholders.

6 Qualification Criteria

S No Details Qualification Criteria

Primary Agri-residue

Supplier

Secondary Agri-residue

supplier

1 Capacity to supply biomass to

proposed bio-refinery (average Per

day)

A minimum of 220 dry

tons

A minimum of 220 dry

tons

2 Capacity to supply biomass to

proposed bio-refinery (Per year)

A minimum 75,000 dry

tons

A minimum 75,000 dry

tons

3 Capacity of biomass transportation Capacity to transport

required biomass from

a 50KM radius of

operation around the

proposed biorefinery

Capacity of transporting

required biomass from a

50KM radius of operation

around the proposed

biorefinery



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4 Willingness to take equity by the

bidder

Yes Yes

5 Average annual turnover of the

bidder during last three financial

years up to 2014-2015

INR 12 Crores

INR 12 Crores

6 Net worth as per latest audited

Balance Sheet.

Shall be positive

Shall be positive

7 Information to be submitted by bidder

1. General Information

1.1 Name of the BIDDER / Firm

1.2 Nature or legal status of the Firm

1.3 Name and address of associated companies to

be involved in the project with relationship and

role, if any.

1.4 Details of Registration document of the Firm

(provide details & enclose copy)

1.5 Registered Address of Firm

1.6 Contact Person

1.7 Designation and address of Contact person

1.8 Email

1.9

Turnover & Net worth of the Firm during last

three financial years (Please enclose copy of

audited annual reports)

Year Turn Over

(INR Crore)

Net

Worth

(INR

Crore)

2014-15

2013-14

2012-13

1.10 In case firm is a subsidiary, indicate the role of

parent company

2. Technical information regarding agri-residue supply

2.1 Category of the bidder Primary agri-residue supplier/

Secondary agri-residue

supplier/other (please specify)

2.2 Proposed Location of the Biorefinery (to be

proposed by the bidder, ensuring cost efficient

aggregation, storage and supply of biomass to the

biorefinery)

2.3 Type of biomasses to be supplied (Sugarcane

Baggasse/Rice Straw/Wheat Straw/Corn

cobs/Cotton stalks etc.)



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2.4 Tentative price (per dry ton) of biomass at the

biorefinery site. (Consider a 50KM radius of

operation around the proposed Biorefinery)

2.5 Proposed maximum annual agriculture -residue

supply (dry tons) for each biomass type in next

five years

2.6 Moisture content of the biomass, to be supplied

(% w/w)

2.7 Locations of current operation

2.8

Details of bidder’s total existing biomass storage

capacity

2.9 Date of start of biomass handling operations

2.10 Details of agri-residue handled in last five FY Year Dry tons

2014-15

2013-14

2012-13

2011-12

2010-11

2.11 Details of current usage/purpose of agri-residue

produced/supplied (include details of surplus

secondary agri-residue available, if any)

2.12 Details of all the synergistic units* (including

storage, excess utilities, biomass handling

equipments, fermenters, downstream facilities,

effluent treatment etc.) if available within the

bidder’s premises

Provide following details:-

1. Capacity (production per day)

2. Average working days per year

4. Details of product

* Units that may be used for 2G ethanol

production

2.13 Details of Co-generation Plant, if available within

the bidder’s premises

1. Capacity (MW)

2. Average working days per annum

3. Annual power generated (kwh)

4. Internal Consumption (kwh)

5. Surplus Power supply to Grid (kwh)

6. Power selling price (Rs/unit)

7. Furnish the details on long term

commitment for Cogeneration/

Power supply, if any

2.14 All Statutory clearances available (YES/NO)



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2.15 Safety measure adopted (YES/NO)

2.16 Spare area (more than 40 acre) available for

setting-up Lignocellulosic Ethanol Biorefinery

facilities (in acre) with in 50Km radius of operation

Note: Interested vendors with availability of

land, within the 50KM radius of operation, shall be

given preference.

(YES/NO)

2.17 Average working days of the bidder’s industry per

year

3. Potential Involvement

3.1 Willingness to provide a minimum 40 Acre

spare land in existing agri-residue handling

premises of the firm for:

- Setting-up ligno-cellulosic ethanol

production unit,

- Other support infrastructures

Yes/No

3.2 Willingness to supply a minimum of

220 dry ton biomass per day of a specific biomass

type for 340 days of an year (please furnish the

month wise assured supply in format attached as

table-1)

If no, then willingness to supply other type of

biomass for ensuring a supply of 220 dry ton

biomass per day round the year (please furnish

the month wise assured availability of other

biomass types in the same table-1)

If no in both the above cases, please mention for

how many days a minimum of 220 dry ton

biomass per day biomass supply will be ensured

per year (please furnish the month wise assured

supply in format attached as table-1)

Yes/No

Yes/No

3.3 Quantity of any other surplus agricultural residue

(not discussed above) available in the vicinity of

operations

3.4 Details of agri-residue storage facility, if available

with in the proposed radius of operation, for

ensuring committed quantity of biomass supply.

3.5 Willingness to invest equity in the project.

(The indicative cost of the proposed project is

approx. Rs 250-500 Crores)

...............%

………………Crores



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Table – 1: Monthly Availability of agri-residue

Feedstock

Quantity ( in Tonnes) Avg.

Moisture

(%)

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Total

Rice Straw

Cotton Stalk

Wheat Straw

Sugarcane

Baggasse

Corn Cob

Corn Stover

Baggasse Pith

Any other

(please specify

name)

8 General Terms & Conditions

The BIDDER shall also furnish complete audited annual financial statements for last three financial years

including balance sheets, profit & loss account statement and all other schedules, self-certification of

being not under liquidation, court receivership or similar proceeding in support of their fulfilling the

eligibility criteria. The same is to be provided for all the partners, wherever applicable.

Exchange rate for foreign currency conversion to Indian rupees shall be considered as per the TT selling

rate published by The State Bank of India on the previous working day of opening of the EOI offers for

evaluation.

Bidder shall not be on the Holiday List of BPCL/ EIL/ Any Other PSU or government Organization in India.

Bidder shall provide declaration of holiday listing as per Annexure – II.

EOI shall be submitted in hard copy at the address given below. EOI received through Fax / E-mail shall

not be accepted.

The EOI must be complete in all respects leaving no scope for ambiguity. It is in the interest of the

BIDDER to submit complete and comprehensive proposal leaving no scope for BPCL to raise any further

questionnaire. BPCL may evaluate the BIDDER on the basis of documents submitted in the first instance

in order to adhere with project schedule requirement.



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BPCL will not be responsible for any cost or expenses incurred by the BIDDER in connection with

preparation or delivery of EOI.

The BIDDER is required to furnish all information and documents as called for in this EOI in English

language. Any printed literature furnished regarding this EOI may be in another language, provided that

the literature is accompanied by an authentic English translation, in which case, for the purpose of

interpretation of the document, the English version will govern.

BPCL reserves the right to call the BIDDER for presentation and may visit the sites of the BIDDER. The

BIDDER shall have no objection whatsoever in this regards and shall facilitate BPCL to obtain the same.

BPCL will not be responsible for any cost or expenses incurred by the BIDDER for visiting its office for

presentation.

9 SUBMISSION OF EOI

The BIDDER must provide a Cover letter on his official stationery (letter head) along with his proposal

containing all the information asked for in the EOI along with all relevant documents in support of the

same. The BIDDER is required to drop the sealed envelope super-scribing:

EOI Ref : Biorefinery / Biomass Supply - “SUPPLY OF BIOMASS TO THE PROPOSED

LIGNOCELLULOSIC ETHANOL BIOREFINERY”.

The proposal must contain complete EOI along with all the supporting documents duly signed &

stamped on each page and shall be submitted at the following address on or before the due date and

time.

Address: BPCL Corporate Research & Development Center,

Plot No. 2A, Udyog Kendra,

P.O. Surajpur,

Greater Noida,

Uttar Pradesh - 201036

The applicant shall mention Company’s/Institution’s name, phone number & name of contact person on

the cover of the envelope.



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IMPORTANT NOTE

In case of any clarification regarding the EOI, following are the contact persons:-

Dr Sudha Tyagi, Sr Manager (R&D), R &D Corporate Centre, Greater Noida, Tel No. 0120-2354130.

E mail: [email protected]

Mr. Apoorve Khandelwal, Dy Manager (R&D), R &D Corporate Centre, Greater Noida,

Tel No. 0120-2354167, E mail: [email protected]

For commercial queries, Mr. P P Bhate, Manager (CPO), Mumbai Refinery, Tel – 022 25533010.

Email : [email protected]

This EOI does not constitute and will not be deemed to constitute any commitment on part of BPCL to

enter into any contract.

BPCL has the sole discretion to accept or reject the proposal without assigning any reason whatsoever.

This EOI is non-binding and the purpose of this document is to ascertain interest of prospective biomass

suppliers.

Response from any applicant parties to this advertisement doesn’t entitle them for receipt of tender

enquiry for procurement at a later date.

BPCL may not take any further action after the invitation of this EOI at its own discretion without

assigning any reason thereof.

SUPPLY OF BIOMASS TO

The biorefinery concept is analogous to today's petroleum refinery, which produces multiple fuels and

products from petroleum. In a Biorefinery

biofuels, value-added chemicals or heat/power in order to offset

competitive with conventional fuels.

applicable for any cellulosic ethanol technology

biomass feedstock to ethanol would consist of either all or some of the following processes.



Annexure-I

Proposed Project


Biorefinery, each Individual component of biomass is converted to

emicals or heat/power in order to offset biofuel price to make them

competitive with conventional fuels. The following diagram represents a process structure that is

applicable for any cellulosic ethanol technology and the proposed plant for conversion of


PROPOSED LIGNOCELLULOSIC ETHANOL BIOREFINERY

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each Individual component of biomass is converted to

biofuel price to make them

The following diagram represents a process structure that is

and the proposed plant for conversion of lignocellulosic




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Annexure-II

PROFORMA OF DECLARATION OF HOLIDAY LISTING

In the case of a Proprietary Concern:

I hereby declare that neither I in the name of my Proprietary concern M/s. _____________ which is

submitting the accompanying Proposal / Tender nor any other concern in which I am a proprietor nor in

any partnership firm in which I am involved as a Managing Partner have been placed on holiday list

declared by Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited or its Administrative Ministry or any other Indian

Government Public Sector Undertaking, except as indicated below:

(Here given particulars of holiday listing and in absence thereof state “NIL”).

In the case of a Partnership Firm

We hereby declare that neither we, M/s. __________________ submitting the accompanying Proposal /

Tender nor any partner involved in the management of the said firm either in his individual capacity or

as proprietor of any firm or concern have or has been placed on holiday list declared by Bharat

Petroleum Corporation Limited or its Administrative Ministry or any other Indian Government Public

Sector Undertaking, except as indicated below:


In the case of Company

We hereby declared that we have not been placed on any holiday list declared by Bharat Petroleum

Corporation Limited or its Administrative Ministry or any other Indian Government Public Sector

Undertaking, except as indicated below:


It is understood that if this declaration is found to be false in any particular, Bharat Petroleum

Corporation Limited or its Administrative Ministry, shall have the right to reject my / our proposal, and,

if the proposal has resulted in a contract, the contract is liable to be terminated.

Place: ____________ Signature of the Bidder______________

Date: ____________ Name of the Signatory_______________

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