Iocl Tender Bio-Diesel

INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LIMITED
BHARAT PETROLEUM CORPORATION LIMITED

HINDUSTAN PETROLEUM CORPORATION LIMITED
Invite
Expression of Interest
(EOI)
From
ENTREPRENEURS / SOLE PROPRIETORSHIPS

/ PARTNERSHIPS / LIMITED LIABILITY
PARTNERSHIPS / COMPANIES/ COOPERATIVE
SOCIETIES / TECHNOLOGY PROVIDERS
For
Procurement of Biodiesel produced from Used

Cooking Oil (UCO)
Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. Bharat Petroleum Hindustan Petroleum
SCOPE Complex, Core-6, Corporation Ltd. Corporation Ltd.
5th Floor, Admin Building, Marathon Futurex
7- Institutional Area, Mumbai Refinery, Building
Lodhi Road, Mahul, Chembur, N M Joshi Marg,
New Delhi -110003 Mumbai- 400074 Lower Parel,
Mumbai - 400013
EOI No: UCO-10, dated 27.08.2020 System ID UCO-10

Business Development, Corporate Office
Alternate Energy and Sustainable Development Department
EOI FOR PROCUREMENT OF BIODIESEL PRODUCED FROM USED COOKING OIL, ACROSS INDIA
NOTICE INVITING EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI)
Ref.: UCO-10 Date: 27th August 2020
PROCUREMENT OF BIO-DIESEL PRODUCED FROM USED COOKING

OIL (UCO) ACROSS INDIA
1) INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LIMITED (Indian Oil), BHARAT PETROLEUM
CORPORATION LIMITED (BPCL), HINDUSTAN PETROLEUM CORPORATION LIMITED
(HPCL) (all Central Public Sector Enterprises), invite online offers through Expression of
Interest (EOI) from Entrepreneurs / Sole Proprietorships / Partnerships / Limited
Liability Partnerships / Companies/ Cooperative Societies / Technology Providers
(herein after called APPLICANT), for supply of Bio-diesel produced from Used Cooking Oil
(UCO), from Plants processing used cooking oil providing the produced Bio-diesel to various
Terminals locations / Retail Outlets/ of IndianOil / BPCL/ HPCL across the country.
IndianOil, BPCL & HPCL shall be referred as OMCs – PSU Oil Marketing Companies in this
EOI document.
2) The purpose of inviting this EOI is to encourage the APPLICANT to set up BIO- DIESEL
plants from Used Cooking Oil (UCO) processing plants and further utilising the existing
potential of UCO based Bio-diesel in India.
3) Finalization of APPLICANTS as mentioned in this EOI Document is an ongoing process.
4) Due to technical issues related to problem of keeping the e-tender open for longer period
and mid-term evaluation of applications submitted, eleven separate EOIs shall be uploaded,
starting from 10th August 2019 to 19th August 2020. The first EOI, which started from10th
August 2019 and closed on 9th October 2019 and all other subsequent EOIs shall have a time
period of approximately 1 (one) month. The 10th EOI starts from 27th August 2020 and close
on 28th September 2020.
5) The EOI document, name of the EOI and terms - conditions & further selection criteria shall
remain same for all the subsequent released EOIs.
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6) Schedule of the release of EOI is tabulated below
EOI No Start date End Date Status

EOI-1 10 August 2019 09 October 2019 Closed
EOI-2 10 October 2019 11 November 2019 Closed
EOI-3 11 November 2019 12 December 2019 Closed
EOI-4 23 December 2019 23January 2020 Closed
EOI-5 03 February 2020 03March 2020 Closed
EOI-6 13 March 2020 13 April 2020 Closed
EOI-7 23April 2020 25 May 2020 Closed
EOI-8 05 June 2020 6 July 2020 Closed
EOI-9 16 July 2020 17 August 2020 Closed
EOI-10 27 August 2020 28 September 2020 Released This EOI
EOI-11 08 October 2020 09 November 2020 To be released
However, these dates may be further extended/ revised as per the decision
of the OMCs.
Major Timelines & Other details for this EOI
EOI Download Schedule

(for individual e-tenders refer From 10.08.2019 12:00 hrs up to 09.11.2020 15:00 Hrs
to the table above)
Last date & time of

09 November 2020
submission of
EOI-11
As this is an ongoing process of empanelment, there is no

fixed date for opening of the EOI by OMCs.
EOI opening date The submitted EOI complete in all respect shall be opened
and evaluated by the OMCs periodically after every month
and the APPLICANT will be informed accordingly.
EOI Cost NIL
7) Queries: Applicants to note that any queries related with EOI submitted to coordinating
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OMC of particular GA (Please refer Annexure III GA / Additional Cities under EOI) and
are to be submitted online only at sites mentioned below against the coordinating OMCs.
Queries/clarifications received in any other form are liable to be unanswered. A written
reply from the concerned OMC will be given on the same site and that answer /
clarification shall be visible to all the Applicants except confidential information.
Name of OMC E-tendering portal

Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. https://iocletenders.nic.in
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. https://etender.hpcl.co.in
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. https://bpcleproc.in/
8) For details of complete EOI, interested parties may refer to Central Public Procurement
Portal of Government of India (https://eprocure.gov.in/cppp/); IndianOil website
(https://iocletenders.nic.in/nicgep/app); BPCL website (www.bharatpetroleum.com/) and
HPCL website (www.hindustanpetroleum.com) under Tenders and contracts.
9) All revisions, clarifications, corrigenda, addenda, time extensions etc., to the EOI will be
hosted on above websites. APPLICANTs should regularly visit this website to keep
themselves updated.
10) Submission of EOI
The EOI complete in all respect for Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., Bharat Petroleum
Corporation Ltd. and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. should be submitted
only through online portal of respective OMC, detailed as under. No physical EOI
shall be accepted.

https://iocletenders.nic.in
Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (to download EOI document, type UCO in
'tender search' bar of the e-tender portal)

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Due to updating technologies and plant configurations during the EOI period,
APPLICANT’s may submit revised EOI applications for any particular Plant. On
submission of revised application (physically during evaluation stage), the original
application for that particular Plant shall stand cancelled. The applicant shall have
to provide an undertaking on their letter-head to the effect. Once Letter of Intent
(LoI) is placed upon an applicant for a particular Plant, no further EOI applications
can be submitted for that particular Plant.
11) The selection/empanelment of the APPLICANT shall be made by the coordinating OMC,
based on merit system as detailed in the EOI document and APPLICANT shall be
informed accordingly.
12) INTRODUCTION:
a) Biodiesel has many environmentally beneficial properties. The main benefit of biodiesel is
that it can be described as ‘carbon neutral’. This means that the fuel produces no net
output of carbon in the form of carbon dioxide (CO2). This effect occurs because when
the oil crop grows it absorbs the same amount of CO2 as is released when the fuel is
combusted.
b) Biodiesel is rapidly biodegradable and completely non-toxic, meaning spillages represent

far less of a risk than fossil diesel spillages. Biodiesel has a higher flash point than fossil
diesel and so is safer in the event of a crash. Biodiesel can be produced from Palm
Stearin Oil, Used Cooking oil, Animal tallow oil etc. As per FSSAI notification used
cooking oil with TPC more than 25% is hazardous for human health. But in India currently
no established collection chain for UCO. So, opportunity in production of biodiesel from
UCO is huge and same is also in line with welfare of citizens of India.
c) The overall blending percentage of biodiesel in diesel has been less than 0.1 percent in
the country against demand of 4600 TKL, due to constraints pertaining to feedstock
availability. Moreover, whatever biodiesel is coming for the blending programme is
manufactured from imported sources.
d) Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas has announced National Biofuels Policy - 2018
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based upon which Government of India has set a target of 5% blending of biodiesel in
diesel by 2030
e) New Bio-fuel Policy-2018 GoI emphasized on indigenous feedstock for biodiesel

production and identified Used Cooking oil (UCO) as a potential source of biodiesel
production. However, the same is marred by diversion of UCO to edible stream through
various small eateries/vendors & traders. Focus will be laid upon laying down the
stringent norms for avoiding the entry of UCO in food stream and developing a suitable
collection mechanism to augment its supply for biodiesel production.
f) Used Cooking Oil (UCO) can be converted to Fatty Acid Methyl Esters (FAME), which
has fuel properties similar to crude based diesel and hence called Bio diesel. Thus UCO
is a major source for the production of biodiesel.
g) To create a robust sustainable supply chain for Bio-diesel from Used Cooking Oil (UCO)
and entrepreneurship opportunities, Bio-diesel from Used Cooking Oil (UCO) plants shall
mainly be set up by independent entrepreneurs. OMCs shall off-take BIO- DIESEL from
Used Cooking Oil (UCO) produced from such Plants.
13) The general terms for the APPLICANT shall be on the following lines:–
a) APPLICANT shall be responsible for UCO procurement, design & engineering and
execution of the project, including sourcing & storage of raw material, operation and
maintenance of the plant, maintaining final product output quantity and quality, managing
the by-products and wastes from the plant as per existing central / state norms and
providing performance guarantee for the project at their own cost.
b) Setting-up and commissioning of the Bio-diesel from Used Cooking Oil (UCO) Plant and
its continuous operation is the complete responsibility of the APPLICANT including
arranging the entire land and finance.
c) Bio-diesel from Used Cooking Oil (UCO) to be supplied shall meet IS 15607:2016 as
revised from time to time.
d) Prospective bidders need to quote the capacity of the plant they propose to be set up.
There will be no minimum designed capacity specified for being eligible to bid.
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e) Possible locations for setting up of Biodiesel plants from UCO and Coordinating OMC is
given in (Annexure-III GA / Additional Cities under EOI)
14) Qualification Criteria
a) The APPLICANT should be of minimum 21 years of age (in case of individual
APPLICANT).
b) The APPLICANT shall be of Indian nationality AND/OR a company registered in India
AND/OR partnership firms AND/OR Joint Ventures AND/OR Non-Resident
Indians/Persons of Indian Origin AND/OR a Multi-National Company having its registered
office in India / Overseas Corporate Bodies having its registered office in India.
c) The APPLICANT shall follow all the statutory norms as prescribed from time to time by
Government of India or local government/government bodies for setting-up and its
operation & maintenance of the Bio-diesel from Used Cooking Oil (UCO) Plants.
d) The APPLICANT should have a valid Digital Certificate for entering details in the e-
tendering portal.
e) Evaluation of the EOIs shall be carried out of a total of 100 marks allocated as per table
hereunder. The prospective APPLICANT has to score minimum of 35 marks to qualify.
f) Applicant/Bidder should clearly mention the sourcing City/districts of UCO and plant
location. Applicant/Bidder cannot source UCO from GA other than the selected GA.
UCO Sourcing UCO potential as per Plant location

Cities/dist. EOI
(as per EOI)
 Selection of bidders for a particular GA will be done in the sequence of EOI

published
g) If in a particular EOI multiple bids are received for same GA, bidders obtaining highest
marks (H1,H2…) shall be selected till the UCO potential of the GA matches with the
proposed capacity of UCO potential as per EOI.
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S. No. Qualification Criteria Marks Document

Number of Years’ Experience of the Firm in any sector as on date of Max 15 APPLICANT to
(i)
application marks submit relevant
a) More than or equal to 5 years 15 documents on
b) More than or equal to 2 years, but less than 5 years 10 registration of
Company
c) Less than 2 years 5
Past Experience in preceding 10 years (As on date of application) of
project execution including supply, installation, commissioning of APPLICANT to
Facilities to produce bio-diesel or past experience in any other Max 25 submit relevant
(ii) project work in energy/healthcare/social marks Work Orders/
welfare/infrastructure/power/biomass/transport. Completion
Certificate / any
Minimum 1 project with investment between INR 5 – INR10 Cr. each other document
a) 25
in support of
Minimum 1 project with investment between INR 2 – INR5 Cr. each execution of the
b) 15
Minimum 1 project with investment between INR 1 – INR2 Cr. each Plant
c) 10
d) Minimum 1 project with investment of up to INR 1 Cr. 5
Turnover (Average of last 3 Financial years as per Max 30
(iii)
audited balance sheet) marks Annual reports
a) More than or equal to INR 5 crore 30 containing
audited balance
More than or equal to INR 3 crore, but less than INR 5Cr.
b) 20 sheets and
More than or equal to INR 1 crore, but less than INR 3Cr. profit & loss
c) 10 accounts
d) Less than INR 1 Cr. 5 statement
Max 30 APPLICANT to
(iv) Technical competencies & tie-ups
marks submit relevant
Possessing in-house technical know-how / Tie up with technology technical
a) provider on pre-treatment. 10 documents
including
Possessing in-house technical know-how / Tie up with technology documents
b) 10
provider on transesterification proving in-
house
Possessing in-house technical know-how / Tie up with technology technology /
c) 10
provider on distillation technology tie-
ups
h) Evaluation of the EOI application documents
The scheme is to be implemented in a rapid manner in 200 cities targeted by as per the
EOI, a number of documents like registrations certificate; work experience proof, financial
statements, technology certification, UCO conforming letter from producer/ supplier etc.
are to be provided by the Applicant as proof documentary evidence on the above
parameters. All documents submitted by the Applicant shall be considered as authentic
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during the evaluation process and evaluation shall be conducted based on the
documents submitted in the e-tendering portal & no further investigation or physical
examination of the claims made through submitted documents by the applicant shall be
carried out
But in case at a later stage it is found that any of the information furnished in the
documents submitted are not authentic/genuine, the application shall be rejected. If LOI
has been issued, the same shall also stand cancelled. The party may be put on holiday
listing for 2 years.
i) Documentary Evidence
 Experience of the Firm: Date of incorporation of the firm as per certificate of

incorporation will be considered. In case of sole proprietorship or any other case
where certificate of incorporation is not available, VAT / GST registration or date of
issuance of any other Government licence will be considered. In case of absence of
any of the above documents, date of issuance of PAN card of the sole proprietor
along with declaration of establishment of the proprietorship will be considered. The
name of the Applicant should exactly match the name as per certificate of
incorporation and / or any other applicable documents.
 Past Experience: Copy of Work Order / Purchase Order / LOIs issued to the firm will
be considered. In case the Applicant has set up their own Plant, value of Fixed Assets
as per the Balance Sheet of the Firm duly certified will be considered. For verification,
the balance sheet of the year / subsequent year on which the Plant was set up shall
be undertaken. In certain cases, where it can be established that the work has been
done and / or the Applicant has set up their own Plant but the value could not be
ascertained, marks will be awarded as per the criteria 'Minimum 1 project with
investment of up to INR 1 Crore'.
 Turnover: The sale from core business of the firm will be considered for turnover.
Income from incentives, tax benefits, deductions, etc. shall not be considered in
turnover. The relevant profit & loss / income and expenditure statement duly certified
shall have to accompany EOI submissions.
 Technical competencies & tie-ups: In case of technical tie-ups, the following will be
considered during evaluation
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– MoU with technical partner / service provider

– MoU with consultant facilitating technology for the Plants.
– MoU stating that technology for the entire Plant / production of Bio-diesel from
Used Cooking Oil (UCO) shall be considered as technical tie-ups.
– For Applicant possessing in-house technical know-how, the following will be
considered during evaluation
i. Self-declaration and supporting documents stating possession of technical
know-how / mentioned in the EOI application. Details on technical know-how
shall also be reflected in "Details on Technology to be used" item of the EOI
application.
ii. If the Party has their own Plant producing Bio-diesel from Used Cooking Oil
(UCO) and declared in the application, the same shall be considered for the
clause Possessing in-house technical know- how.
– Patent letter, if any, shall also be considered.
– The technology proposed by the applicant will be evaluated by the technical

committee. Applicants will be further evaluated after qualification in the
technological tie-ups.
– Applicant should be of minimum 21 years of age: The same will be ascertained

in case of individual applicant on basis on any Government issued identification
with age / date of birth mentioned
15) Risks
a) The APPLICANT should be well aware of the various risks involved in the setting up the
Bio-diesel Plant and its marketing and should conduct independent due diligence before
committing to any investment decision. OMCs shall not be responsible for any of their
business decisions or any future losses arising due to any unforeseen circumstances.
b) The applicants shall specify from which city he is appling for EOI. The concerned OMC
for the particular city will be the coordinating company for all documentation, commercial
agreement etc.
c) However, the production of the plant should be distributed among IOC, BPC & HPC
based on the formula as decided by OMCs. Further LOI will be issued by respective
OMCs and agreement will be executed by the applicant with each OMCs for supply to
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Retail Outlet/ Terminal/ Depots.
16) Geographical Area
The prospective APPLICANTS shall clearly specify the name of the concerned OMC for
their respective City (Geographical Area). The details of City (GA) are given in
(Annexure-III GA /Additional Cities under EOI)
The APPLICANTS should clearly mention in the following table:
S. Name of the City Address of plant / UCO Biodiesel Name of coordinating

No. / District / GA proposed plant processing production OMC (As per GA List
Capacity capacity given in Annexure-III
(Tonnes per (Tonnes per GA /Additional Cities
Day) Day) under EOI)
17) Business Model for supply of Bio Diesel

Producer(s) / Seller(s) (Party/Entrepreneur) shall deliver Biodiesel, at Public Sector Oil
Marketing Companies’ existing or new Terminal /Retail Outlet / Standalone Selling Point,
through tank lorry. The transportation rates shall be additionally fixed by coordinating
OMC attached as Annexure X
Collection and aggregation can be 2 tasks and it can be carried out by a single operator
or an intermediate entrepreneur may be involved in physical collection of UCO from FBOs
and transport of the collected UCO to the aggregator for pre-treatment and after attaining
specific quality of UCO it can be transported to biodiesel production facilities. Based on
the various factors and suitability entrepreneur can opt any of model as illustrated below.
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Certification by FSSAI of
UCO based Bio diesel
Transportation by
UCO collection Bio Diesel Branding
tankers to OMC
from FBOs, Production /Retailing
installations/
hotels, etc plant Retail Outlets
Denaturant
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By OMCs
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Model –I: Collection, Aggregation and conversion of biodiesel by single entrepreneur.
Model –II: Collection/Aggregation and pre-treatment by an intermediate entrepreneur and

supply of a specific quality of UCO for conversion of biodiesel to biodiesel production plant
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18) Pricing Framework of Bio-diesel produced from Used Cooking Oil (UCO).
(To be supplied to OMCs Fixed for current EOI cycle upto September 2020. The price will
be reviewed at the end of 5 years.)
The ex-factory UCO based Biodiesel price will be fixed for five (5) years as per following
rates:
Period Basic Price Remarks
Fixed for one year from date of release of
1st Year(Aug’19-Sep’20) Rs. 51/ litre
first EOI in 2019
2nd Year (Oct’20-Sep’21) Rs. 52.7/ litre Based on 3.4% average CPI inflation for
2018-19
3rd Year (Oct’21 – Sep’22) Rs. 54.5/ litre
Based on resultant escalation factors of CPI index 2021-22
4th Year (Oct’22 – Sep’23)
which will be applied for 3rd year price.
Based on resultant escalation factors of CPI index 2022-23
5th Year (Oct’23 – Sep’24)
which will be applied for 4th year price
The price formula after 5 years may be revised by OMC before expiring of 5 years.
However, Transportation rate as per slab (Annexure X) & GST @ 12% as applicable
from time to time shall be payable additional to above price.
Finalization of APPLICANTS as mentioned in this EOI Document is an ongoing process as
mentioned in the Notice Inviting Tender, which may be further extended depending on the
decision of OMCs. OMCs reserve the right to discontinue the process at any point of time
without assigning any reasons. All applications received shall be evaluated periodically
against the qualification criteria mentioned in this EOI Document. On evaluation, if
applicant is found to have submitted incomplete or ambiguous documents in support of
any qualification criteria, a techno-commercial query may be sent to the applicant seeking
clarification / required documents in support of the qualification criteria.
The empaneled APPLICANT shall be informed by the coordinating OMC regarding their
empanelment based on the documents submitted against qualification criteria.
APPLICANT must submit application only after verifying their qualification against criteria
mentioned in this EOI Document
19) GENERAL
a) This document contains details including the cover page, Notice Inviting EOI document
and annexure.
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b) All revisions, clarifications, corrigenda, addenda, time extensions etc., to the EOI will be
hosted on Central Public Procurement Portal of Government of India
(https://eprocure.gov.in/cppp/); IndianOil e-tender website
(https://iocletenders.nic.in/nicgep/app); BPCL website (www.bharatpetroleum.com) and
HPCL website (www.hindustanpetroleum.com) under Tenders and contracts.
APPLICANTs should regularly visit these websites to keep themselves updated.
20) Submission of EOI
The EOI complete in all respect for Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., Bharat Petroleum
Corporation Ltd. and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. should be submitted only
through online portal of coordinating OMC of a GA, detailed as under
Name of coordinating OMC E-tendering portal
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. https://bpcleproc.in
a) The APPLICANT shall also furnish self-certification of being not under liquidation, court
receivership or similar proceeding in support of their fulfilling the eligibility criteria. The
same to be provided for all the partners, wherever applicable. A format for the same is
attached as Annexure II
b) OMCs will not be responsible for any cost or expenses incurred by the APPLICANT in
connection with preparation or delivery of EOI.
c) After the empanelment/selection of the APPLICANTS as per the evaluation criteria, the
following shall be the procedure
– Binding LOI document
– Signing of Commercial Agreement based on commencement of production of
Biodiesel.
d) After acceptance of LOI, APPLICANT to submit a bank guarantee in leu of security deport
amount of Rs. 5 lakh per plant, to safeguard investment of OMCs towards installing
blending capacity at terminal or creating retailing facility at RO of Bio-diesel from Used
Cooking Oil (UCO). The security deposit shall be valid for 18 months with additional 6
months claim period.
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e) The APPLICANT is required to furnish all information and documents as called for in this
EOI in English language. Any printed literature / documentary evidence submitted in
another language, along with the EOI documents needs to be accompanied by an
authentic English translation, in which case, for the purpose of interpretation of the
document, the English version will govern.
f) OMCs reserve the right to call the APPLICANT for presentation. OMCs will not be
responsible for any cost or expenses incurred by the APPLICANT, for the same. Also, the
representatives from OMCs may visit the plant site(s) of the APPLICANT for verification.
The APPLICANT shall have no objection whatsoever in this regard and shall facilitate
OMCs visit.
g) Reconstitution of Firm
The applicant may request for change of constitution of the firm due to various reasons
such as arranging the finance, arranging the land etc. Such request will be considered on
case to case basis as per the merit of each case
h) Relocation of Plant offered in EOI

The applicant may request change of the location of the plant before or after issuance of
LOI. Such request will be considered on case to case basis as per the merit of each case
without affecting the other applicant’s business prospects.
i) The word Tender mentioned in this document/ Annexures shall mean the same as EOI
document.
21) SPECIAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
The following are indicative but not exhaustive terms and conditions for supply of UCO
based Bio-diesel to OMCs
a) Business model
 Bio-diesel from Used Cooking Oil (UCO) to be sold under brand name of the
respective OMC.
 Coordinating OMC shall provide the location wise allocation to each OMC basis the
requirement provided by to them by each OMC.
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 Applicant shall enter into supply agreement with each OMC based on the advice from
the co-coordinating OMC i.e. IOC, BPC, HPC and Bank Guarantee of 5% of the LOI
amount shall be submitted as security deposit to each OMC.
b) Quality and Testing

 Supply of Biodiesel based on UCO shall meet all the specification as per (IS
15607:2016 as revised from time to time).
 Following 7 tests are recommended to conduct at the supplying location for each
batch of Biodiesel supplied. However, some more QC test may be added or deleted
on time to time based on revision suggested by BIS/OMC
– Density @ 15°C
– KV at 40°C
– Flash Point
– Water Content
– Cu strip corrosion
– Acid value
– Pour point/ CFPP (as applicable for the Period of supply)
– Preferably the manufacturer should have in- house laboratory capability to
conduct all tests on biodiesel, however where the manufacturer does not have
complete in- house testing facility, he may need to get his sample tested at an
accredited NABL lab.
– Supplier should submit full test report as mentioned in IS 15607:2016 (as revised
time to Time) at least once in a year.
– Test reports for above mentioned 7 parameters certified by applicant shall
accompany each truckload of supply
– OMC’s may be carrying out the full specification test of B-100 supplied as per
IQCM (Industry Quality Control Manual) and in case it is found that product is
not meeting specifications, contract with the supplier may be cancelled
and the supplier’s security deposit may be forfeited.
– Applicant may use additives to improve the stability of biodiesel for permitting
storage, however additive if any, should result in the biodiesel retaining and
meeting the specified characteristics.
– If OMCs plans to claim carbon credits in future due to use of biodiesel the same
would accrue to OMCs only.
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c) UCO Collection and Traceability

 Applicant shall develop a suitable traceability mechanism to ensure that collected
UCO should only to be used for production of Bio-diesel.
 OMCs shall have right of independent tracing, which shall be binding on applicant
&/or other stakeholders who are part of the system.
 A denaturant / odorant may be developed by OMCs in future which should be added
at the point of UCO collection to eliminate the risk of diversion of UCO in secondary
food chain.
 Applicant has to provide comfort letters from the UCO producer/ supplier confirming
availability and willing ness / commitment of UCO supply to the applicant up to
capacity of the Biodiesel plant.
d) Supply and Demand

 Applicant should approach the coordinating OMC at least 3 months before likely
commissioning of production at the Biodiesel plant.
 Location (Terminal/Retail Outlet) wise demand of Biodiesel on OMC basis shall be
available with coordinating OMC.
 Coordinating OMC shall allocate the Biodiesel quantity of the applicant basis above
OMC location wise. The transportation rates shall be derived as per the distance slab
through Google maps, for which applicant will provide the Lat-Long to the
coordinating OMC.
 In case of supply is greater than the OMC requirement, rank of the manufactures will
be decided by coordinating OMCs based on deliver price arrived as sum of Basic
Price + transportation + GST. Quantity offered by Manufacturer with rank 1 will be
uplifted first. If location/terminal requirement is not met quantity will be taken from
Rank 2. This process will go on till the requirement of location/terminal is met.
 If the available Biodiesel offer is higher than the requirement of the particular city
locations of OMCs, OMCs may allocate the balance offer to nearest OMC locations
outside the applicant’s offered city. The allocation shall be as per the above stated
procedure.
 Respective OMCs will issue LOI for each Terminal/OMC Retail outlets to
manufactures based on the allocation.
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 Manufacturers need to enter into contract with respective OMCs & submit a Bank
Guarantee after placement of LOI as per Biodiesel procurement policy of the OMCs at
that time.
 Manufacturing facility including testing facility may be inspected by field visit by a
multi-disciplinary team from OMCs for verification of all the claims made by
manufacturers.
 If it is found that manufacturer have made any false claim, commercial agreement
may be cancelled by OMCs and BG will be forfeited
 Biodiesel supplied from manufacturers will be sold either as B100 at retail outlets or
after blending with HSD under brand name of respective OMC.
 After successful supply of 1st TT load to any of the OMC locations, supplier shall be
eligible for refund of the security deposit submitted to the coordinating OMC at the
time of issuance of LOI. The applicant shall approach the coordinating OMC for the
same. Coordinating OMC shall refund the security deport after completing the laid
down procedure for the activity.
 In case, supplies are not maintained for a continuous period or are intermittent, OMCs
shall be free to either suspend supplies or terminate the commercial agreement, en-
cash the BG and obtain Biodiesel from other sources at producers’ risk & cost with
applicability of Price Reduction Clause/penalty as per Biodiesel supply agreement for
the OMCs.
e) Supply Conditions
 The production of Bio-diesel shall be synchronized to market demand/installed
blending facilities at terminal/dispensing facility of designated RO.
 Offer for installing UCO based biodiesel plants will be handled/coordinated by
respective OMC for the city (Please refer Annexure III) however, product from each
plant will be distributed among OMCs
 In case the applicant found to be producing Biodiesel other than UCO after
commissioning of the plant, the agreement with OMCs stands withdrawn & BG shall
be forfeited.
 In case applicant found to be supplying Biodiesel from UCO to other than OMCs
which applicant had enter into agreement the agreement with OMCs stands
withdrawn & BG shall be forfeited
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 In case applicant wishes to supply biodiesel from UCO to other than OMCs. It would
be mandatory to obtain NOC from all the OMCs to which he committed to supply.
 The term of commercial agreement shall be 10 years. The same shall be extended on
mutual consent.
 During the supply of Biodiesel to OMCs if it in any point of time is observed that the
product is not meeting the IS 15607:2016 (any further revision from time to time).
OMCs may terminate the contract & applicant may be put on holiday listing for 2
years.
f) Supply Disruption
 In the event supplies are not maintained for a continuous period or are intermittent,
OMCs shall be free to either suspend supplies or terminate the commercial
agreement and obtain bio-diesel from other sources at producers’ risk & cost.
g) Agreement
 A specimen copy of agreement to be signed by supplier with the each OMC is

attached as Annexure XI. This agreement may undergo be change/ modification
from time to time.
h) Bank Guarantee
 APPLICANT to submit a bank guarantee amount of Rs. 5 lakh per plant, to safeguard
investment of OMCs towards installing blending capacity at terminal or creating
retailing facility at RO of Bio-diesel from Used Cooking Oil (UCO).
i) Approvals
 Seller shall obtain all necessary statutory approvals for its Facility and Equipment.
j) Safety Procedures
 Both parties shall follow all the applicable safety procedures.
22) INTEGRITY PACT
APPLICANT shall also have to essentially sign an Integrity Pact (IP) document for
participating in this EOI (Placed at Annexure IV).
Pro forma of Integrity Pact (IP) of IndianOil, BPCL, HPCL has been uploaded as integrity
pact (IP) form. APPLICANT shall be required to download and print it such that it is
legible. All pages of the printed copy of IP should be duly signed by the authorized
signatory and stamped all the pages, with two witnesses name, address & signature and
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place & date. Thereafter, that copy should be scanned and uploaded by APPLICANT
along with other EOI documents. This document is essential and binding.
23) GRIEVANCE REDRESSAL MECHANISM
Any dispute arising out of this EOI shall be resolved amicably through discussions in
good faith with a view to expeditiously resolve such dispute. In the event the dispute
persists, the Parties agree to resolve the dispute by conciliation in accordance with
provisions of Indian Oil Conciliation Rules, if applicable. In the event of non-resolution of
dispute by Conciliation within a period of 60 days or non-applicability of IndianOil
Conciliation Rules, the Parties agree to settle the dispute by arbitration in accordance
with the Rules of SCOPE Forum of Conciliation and Arbitration (SFCA) The venue for
arbitration shall be New Delhi and the language of arbitration shall be English. The
arbitrator shall pass a reasoned award and the award of arbitrator shall be final and
binding on the Parties.
24) QUERIES AND CLARIFICATIONS
Applicants to note that any queries related with EOI of the concerned coordinating OMC
to the particular city or geographical area are to be submitted online only at sites
mentioned below against the respective coordinating OMCs. Queries/clarifications
received in any other form are liable to be unanswered. A written reply from the
concerned OMC will be given on the same site and that answer / clarification shall be
visible to all the Applicants except confidential information.

25) GOVERNING LAWS
The laws of Union of India shall govern all matters concerning the EOI. Any issue arising
related to the EOI or the selection process shall be adjudged by the courts in New Delhi,
India alone.
IndianOil/BPCL/HPCL reserves the right to accept or reject, any or all EOIs received at its
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absolute discretion without assigning any reason whatsoever.

26) SUBMISSION OF EOI
The APPLICANT must provide a Cover letter on his official stationery (letter head) along
with their EOI in the format provided as Annexure-I with the “FORMAT FOR
SUBMISSION OF EOI”. The same shall be submitted online on and no physical copy of
the EOI documents shall be accepted.
27) LAST DATE/TIME OF SUBMISSION OF EOI
a) The EOI should be uploaded in the portal of respective OMC only as per timelines in the
Notice Inviting Expression of Interest (NIEOI) document.
b) The EOI complete in all respect for Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., Bharat Petroleum
Corporation Ltd. and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. should be submitted only
through online portal of respective OMC only, detailed as under. No physical EOI shall be
accepted.
28) IMPORTANT NOTE
This advertisement does not constitute and will not be deemed to constitute any
commitment on part of OMCs to off-take BIO-DIESEL FROM USED COOKING OIL
(UCO).
OMCs have the sole discretion to qualify or accept the EOI and reject the proposal
without assigning any reason whatsoever.
Furthermore, this advertisement neither confirms the right nor an expectation on any
party to participate in the proposed EOI.
29) For any queries the following officers of OMC may be contacted
Name Designation E-mail Contact Number
Prakash Chand Gupta DGM(AE) pcgupta@indianoil.in 011-71726031
Signature Not Verified

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BHARAT PETROLEUM CORPORATION LIMITED

ENTREPRENEURS / SOLE PROPRIETORSHIPS

Procurement of Biodiesel produced from Used

INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LIMITED

NOTICE INVITING EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI)

Ref.: UCO-10 Date: 27th August 2020

PROCUREMENT OF BIO-DIESEL PRODUCED FROM USED COOKING

3) Finalization of APPLICANTS as mentioned in this EOI Document is an ongoing process.

INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LIMITED

6) Schedule of the release of EOI is tabulated below

EOI No Start date End Date Status

Major Timelines & Other details for this EOI

EOI Download Schedule

Last date & time of

As this is an ongoing process of empanelment, there is no

EOI Cost NIL

INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LIMITED

Name of OMC E-tendering portal

10) Submission of EOI

Name of OMC E-tendering portal

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. https://etender.hpcl.co.in

INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LIMITED

b) Biodiesel is rapidly biodegradable and completely non-toxic, meaning spillages represent

INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LIMITED

e) New Bio-fuel Policy-2018 GoI emphasized on indigenous feedstock for biodiesel

INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LIMITED

UCO Sourcing UCO potential as per Plant location

 Selection of bidders for a particular GA will be done in the sequence of EOI

INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LIMITED

S. No. Qualification Criteria Marks Document

h) Evaluation of the EOI application documents

INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LIMITED

 Experience of the Firm: Date of incorporation of the firm as per certificate of

INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LIMITED

– MoU with technical partner / service provider

– Patent letter, if any, shall also be considered.

– The technology proposed by the applicant will be evaluated by the technical

– Applicant should be of minimum 21 years of age: The same will be ascertained

INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LIMITED

Retail Outlet/ Terminal/ Depots.

16) Geographical Area

S. Name of the City Address of plant / UCO Biodiesel Name of coordinating

17) Business Model for supply of Bio Diesel

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Model –II: Collection/Aggregation and pre-treatment by an intermediate entrepreneur and

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INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LIMITED

20) Submission of EOI

INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LIMITED

h) Relocation of Plant offered in EOI

21) SPECIAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS

INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LIMITED

b) Quality and Testing

INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LIMITED

c) UCO Collection and Traceability

d) Supply and Demand

INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LIMITED

INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LIMITED

 A specimen copy of agreement to be signed by supplier with the each OMC is

22) INTEGRITY PACT

INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LIMITED