EXPRESSION OF INTEREST - GLOBAL

FOR

LITHIUM ION BATTERY FACILITY ON TURNKEY

BASIS
(FOR EV AND ENERGY STORAGE)

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 EXPRESSION OF INTEREST - GLOBAL

CSIR- Central Electro-chemical Research Institute (CSR-CECRI), Karaikudi, India is one of

the premier laboratories under Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, an
autonomous body under Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (Government of
India), New Delhi.

Headquartered at Karaikudi, CSIR-CECRI has extension centres in Chennai and Mandapam.

Focusing on Fuel cells, Marine Corrosion and offshore corrosion testing and In living up to
its raison d'etre, the institute works on a gamut of problems covering all facets of
Electrochemical Science and Technology: Corrosion Science and Engineering,
Electrochemical Materials Science, Electrochemical Power Sources, Electrochemical
Pollution Control, Fundamental Electro Chemistry, Electro metallurgy, Industrial Metal
Finishing, and Nanoscale Electrochemistry. CSIR-CECRI's activities are directed towards the
development of new and improved products and processes as well as novel innovations in
electrochemical technology. Further we have pioneering facilities in Chennai unit for
Lithium ion battery prototyping and cell making. Our mandate is now to strengthen and
augment the facility with creation of new facility for Lithium Ion Battery making towards
electric vehicles and energy storage.

With this mandate, An Expression of Interest (EoI) is initiated at CSIR-CECRI with the
prospective manufacturers, their authorized channel partners or agents/suppliers and
system integrators to discuss with the Technical Committees on the aspects of utility,
technology, feature, literature, design, technical parameters, clientele and other related
issues of the equipment and material for the following items to be procured for CSIR-
CECRI.

Sl. File No. Item Description

No.
01. CECRI / S&P / 2019 / LITHIUM ION Lithium Ion Battery making
BATTERY FACILITY ON TURNKEY facility
BASIS.

1. The address for submission of document and for obtaining further information:
Stores & Purchase Officer
Purchase Section
CSIR- Central Electro-Chemical Research Institute,
Karaikudi – 630 003 Tamilnadu, India
Tel # : 04565-241226, 241217
Email : spo@cecri.res.in and purchase@cecri.res.in

2. The Bidding document can be downloaded free of cost directly from Central Public
Procurement Portal (CPPP) of Government of India website
http://eprocure.gov.in/epublish/app and CSIR-CECRI website www,cecri.res.in .

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3. Schedule for submission: The prospective bidders should adhere to due dates
specified in Tender Details corresponding to this Tender. The Schedule for Submission
of proposals and Opening of proposals is as follows: -

Date & Time of Submission of Date and Time of Opening of

proposals proposals

Date Time (IST) Date Time (IST)

12th 11:00 Hrs 12th 14.00 Hrs
September September-
2019 2019

4. Date and Time for receipt of hard copy of proposals: The proposals in hard copy
should reach the tender box in the Office of Stores and Purchase Officer, CSIR-
Central Electro-Chemical Research Institute, Karaikudi – 630 003 Tamilnadu, India Tel # :
04565-241226, 241217 Email : spo@cecri.res.in and purchase@cecri.res.in. on or before
the date and time mentioned in S. no.4 for submission of proposals. Email / fax responses
will not be entertained. Late / delayed proposals will not be considered. Postal / courier
delays will not be accepted as an excuse. In case the last date and time is declared a
holiday at a later date, then the due date and time for receipt and opening will be shifted to
the next working date and time automatically. No corrigendum will be issued in this regard.

5. Annexure I - A brief description of the procurement is appended herewith. The list

given in Annexure I is indicative only. The Participants are requested to submit
documentary evidence to prove technical capabilities, client list, experience and
credentials as per Annexure enclosed.

6. Pre indent conference: A pre indent conference with the bidders is arranged on
22.08.2019, from 9.30 a.m. onwards. Venue is CSIR-CECRI – Chennai unit
conference hall at Taramani, Chennai 600113. Interested bidders are requested
to email their willingness for making their presentation to spo@cecri.res.in on or
before 20.8.2019 4.00 p.m. IST. Bidders will be allotted time slots to make
presentations on their company profile, products profile, detailed specifications and
technical capabilities.

7. The bidders’ representatives who attend the pre indent conference should possess
all the technical details of the machinery, its capacity, complete information on the
company, previous experience, various technologies involved, service centres
available in India / abroad and financial capabilities to execute project. The
representatives should be capable enough to answer all queries of the Technical
Committee.

8. The technical committee shall finalize specifications after knowing/obtaining

details about relevant/available technology in the market suiting to the
requirement and R&D needs of our Laboratory.

9. The tender document and contract will be finalized on Turnkey basis only. The
contract will involve, Design, supply including third party items, install, integrate all
the machinery / sub assemblies etc., commissioning of all the machinery, testing of
all the machinery, trial production to prove the rated output, train the manpower in
operations and maintenance of the same and other allied technical services. The

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 Contract as whole consisting of the machinery / instruments / allied items shall be
awarded to the lowest evaluated bidder after a separate bidding process based on
two bid system. Splitting of contract is not envisaged and will be avoided. But
Director, CSIR-CECRI reserves the right to split the contract under exceptional
circumstances, This decision will be final and binding on all bidders.

10. For evaluating the responses, CSIR-CECRI may call for further presentations of their
case in person or Presentation can be considered via Skype/Video Conferencing
also.

11. The Director, CSIR- Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi, India
reserves the right to accept or reject any or all EOI Notification/tenders/offers or
withdraw the Notice at any stage of processing without assigning any reason
whatsoever, such an event would not cause obligation of any kind to CSIR-CECRI,

Stores & Purchase Officer

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 1. INTRODUCTION

CSIR CECRI is creating a new facility for Lithium Ion battery making at its Chennai
unit.

2. OBJECTIVE

The objective of this EOI is to receive complete technical proposals, detailed

specifications of various machinery / process involved, study drawings, study plant
lay outs, understand various technologies and processes involved, understand
bidder capabilities to execute turnkey contracts and then finalize specifications, list
of machinery / items etc and also set eligibility criteria for bidders etc.

3. SCOPE OF WORK

Lithium Ion Battery making facility that Is fully automated for cylindrical, prismatic cells has
been proposed to be created at Chennai unit. It consists of various types of machines that are
listed in the annexure. The names of the machines, description and capacity are tentative as
different manufacturers use different technologies for achieving the targeted battery capacity.

Target area is for Electric vehicles and energy storage.

Plant capacity: 100 MWh per year.

Chemistry: NMC, 111, 532 and may also use for 622 and 81 and similar chemistry.

Per day 2 shift production capacity 350 KWh.

Typically 100 KWh, around 1250 cells per day for prismatic cell of 20 Ah. Typical dimension of
20 Ah cell is 16 x 90 x 175 mm and 250 KWh for 26650 cells about 14,000 cells.

Note: Slurry mixer, coating, calendaring and slitting processes can be common for both
prismatic and cylindrical line. Then onwards assembly line equipment’s are separate for
prismatic and cylindrical line.

The rough machine assembly sketch is attached. This may vary from manufacturer to
manufacturer as each of them may have different technique for the processes and some may
combine more than one process in a single equipment.

The proposed dry room sizes may again differ from manufacturer to manufacturer.

The entire facility must be done on Turnkey basis.

It will involve Design, Manufacture various equipments / machineries, and procure the allied
machineries from other manufacturers, install the same, commission all the machinery, testing
of the same, trial production / demonstration of the capacity of the machines to match the per
day targets and also train the users in the operation and maintenance of the same.

Hence CECRI is looking for a Turnkey solutions provider who will act as system integrator and
give a complete solution.

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4. Eligibility Criteria

Technical

1. Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) / System Integrators who have proven

expertise in successful integration of the complete machinery / Authorized
Indian Agent / channel partner / distributor for foreign principal / Indian branch
office / Indian Subsidiary of OEM
Commercial
1. The bidder should not have been black listed / holiday listed by any other CSIR
laboratory, or by any other R&D organization or by Government of India. A self
declaratory letter in this regard must be enclosed.
2. Integrity pact duly signed by the authorized representative must be enclosed.

5. Proposals
1. Technical
a) Detailed specifications of various machinery / instruments involved supported by
technical brochures / data sheets in English. The Bidder shall provide the complete
technical information (without any IP related material) with specific OEM name,
Model Number etc.
b) Write up / detailed brochure / datasheets on the technologies / techniques involved.
c) Production capacity / rated output of each of the machines.
d) Net weight of each of the machinery.
e) Electrical requirements – voltage, frequency, single phase / three phases, total power
consumption in kwh.
f) Requirement of special foundation / flooring for each machine. If required, then clear
details.
g) Plant lay out drawing in English. Dimensions must be in Metric (mm / cm / Metres).
h) Other utilities drawing like piping for air / other gas, exhaust etc.
i) Air conditioning requirements.
j) Stabilized power supply requirements (like servo stabilizer etc.).
k) Backup power supply like diesel generator requirements
l) Total space for plant requirements
2. Bidder Information
a) Company information – Status of bidder, registration certificate, and detailed write up
about bidder history.
b) Details of Personnel – Details of all key technical, commercial and service personnel.
c) Details of Production capacity, location of factory involved in production of machinery
etc.
d) Details of financial information about company in the last 3 years, like turnover, copies
of audited balance sheet etc.
e) Copy of solvency certificate from banker.
f) Details of service setup in India.
g) Self certified letter about holiday listing / black listing in bidder letter head.
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 h) Integrity pact duly signed.
i) If dealer / authorized channel partner / distributor etc. Manufacturer authorization
letter.
j) Copies of Purchase orders / contracts of similar work done in the last 3 years and the
performance certificate from the respective clients.
k) The Bidder shall indicate the timelines necessary for supply / installation /
commissioning of the items under Scope of Work.

Similar Work Experience Details:

Sl. Name of the work with Date & Ref. Date of start Reference
No. location no of Cost of work document
completion (Work Order/
certificate Work
(If available) Completion
Certificate) to
be attached,
mention page
no

3. Commercial: The Bidder may submit a Budgetary Estimate for all the items under
the Scope of Work. The Budgetary Estimates shall be held confidential and will
not be disclosed to other Bidders after the EOI responses are opened.

6. Other Terms

Purchase of EOI Document

The Expression of Interest document shall be downloaded from Central Public
Procurement Portal (CPPP) of Government of India website
http://eprocure.gov.in/epublish/app and CSIR-CECRI Website www.cecri.res.in
free of cost.

Clarifications on the EOI Document

Any clarification in the EOI document may be sent in writing to the following
through email:

Stores & Purchase Officer

Email spo@cecri.res.in

However, no extension of the time or date of EOI submitted will be provided on

the ground that CSIR-CECRI has not responded to any query/clarification raised
by any Bidder.

Amendment of Terms and Conditions of EOI

CSIR-CECRI may at its discretion or as a result of a query, suggestion or comment of an
Bidder, may modify the EOI document by issuing an amendment or a
corrigendum at any time before opening the EOI. Any such Addendum or
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 Corrigendum will be uploaded on CPPP Portal
http://eprocure.gov.in/epublish/app and CSIR-CECRI’s website and the same will
be binding on all the Bidders, as the case may be.

CSIR-CECRI at its discretion may extend the due date of submission of EOI and the
decision of CSIR-CECRI in this respect would be final and binding on the
respondents. In the event of changes in the time schedule, CSIR-CECRI shall
notify the same only through its CSIR-CECRI website www.cecri.res.in. Interested
Bidders are advised to check the above website regularly for corrigendum /
addendum, if any, which will be published only in the web site.

No oral modification or interpretation of any provisions of this EOI shall be valid. Written
communication shall be issued by CSIR-CECRI when changes, clarifications or
amendments to the EOI document are deemed necessary by CSIR-CECRI at its
sole discretion.
EOI submission should be in English language. EOI response should be free from
correction, over writing, erasures etc. Duly authorized representative of the
Applicant shall sign on each page of the EOI documents. EOI documents should
be prepared in such a way so as to provide a straight forward, concise
description of Applicant and capabilities to satisfy the requirements of this EOI.

If at any time during the examination, evaluation and comparison of EOI, CSIR- CECRI at
its discretion can ask the Bidder for the clarification of its EOI. The request for
clarification and the response shall be in writing. However, no post submission of
EOI, clarification at the initiative of the Bidder shall be entertained.

Canvassing by respondents in any form, including unsolicited letters on EOI submitted or

post corrections shall render their EOI response liable for summarily rejection.

The cost or charges incurred in preparation and submission of EOI response shall not be
entitled by any respondent.

Conditional offers will be summarily rejected. EOI which is found to be incomplete in

content and / or attachments and / or authentication etc. is liable to be rejected.

No Agent/Agents or third party/parties are engaged by CSIR-CECRI in this process.

CSIR-CECRI is not responsible for any firm/agency expression or representing to express

himself/herself/themselves to be the agent or third party representing CSIR-
CECRI in this process.

It is advised to deal directly with CSIR-CECRI representative who is the signatory to this
document.

Disregard of any instruction may result in offer being ignored.

EOI that are incomplete in any respect or those that nor consistent with the
requirements as specified in this document may be considered non-responsive
and may be liable for rejection and no further correspondence will be
entertained with such Bidders.

All cost and expenses associated with submission of EOI shall be borne by the Bidder
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while submitting the EOI. CSIR-CECRI shall have no liability, in any manner in this
regard, or if it decides to terminate the process of short listing for any reason
whatsoever.

Stores & Purchase Officer

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 Annexure I – LITHIUM ION BATTERY MAKING MACHINERY / FACILITY LIST

Process Function Equipment Requirement Purpose Qty

Product 50L mixer Normal Binder make 1
build 200L mixer Normal Slurry make 1
Viscosimeter Rotary viscosimeter Viscosity inspection 1
Oven Normal oven(740X580X630mm) Slurry drying for solid 1
content test
Cathode Inspection Scale Accuracy class: 0.0001g Solid content test 1
mixing
Scale 150kg; Accuracy class: 0.01g Powder Weight test 1
Fineness gauge Normal Fineness inspeciton 1
Slurry Storage tank Small tank Slurry storage 4
transfer Storage tank With vacumm pumping for 200L Slurry storage 1
slurry storage
Product 50L mixer Normal Binder make 1
build 200L mixer Normal Slurry make 1
Viscosimeter Rotary viscosimeter Viscosity inspection 1
Oven Normal oven(740X580X630mm) Slurry drying for solid 1
content test
Anode Mixing Inspection Scale Accuracy class: 0.0001g Solid content test 1
Scale 150kg; Accuracy class: 0.01g Powder Weight test 1
Fineness gauge Normal Fineness inspeciton 1
Slurry Storage tank Normal Slurry storage 4
transfer Storage tank with vacumm pumping for 200L Slurry storage 1
slurry storage
Coater Slot die, oven length~15m; Coating 1
Product Coating speed
build 5m/min; Including slurry feeding
system
Cathode Scale Accuracy class: 0.0001g Loading test 1
coating Sample maker Normal Sample make for 1
Inspection loading test
Delamination Normal Adhesion test 1
force test
Roll Shelf Normal Roll storage 5
transfer Lift Normal Roll transfer 2
Coater Slot die, oven length~15m; Coating 1
Coating speed
5m/min; Including slurry feeding
system
Scale Accuracy class: 0.0001g Loading test 1
Sample maker Normal Sample make for 1
Inspection loading test
Delamination Normal Adhesion test 1
force test
Roll Shelf Normal Roll storage 5
transfer Lift Normal Roll transfer 2

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 Process Function Equipment Requirement Purpose Qty

Cathode Product Calendering Heating roll pressing; Speed: Calendering 1

Calendering build machine 25m/min; Roll
width: 800mm; Roll diameter:
800mm
Inspction Micrometer Accuracy class: 0.0001mm
Roll Lift Normal Roll transfer 1
transfer Shelf Normal Roll storage 5
Product Calendering Speed: 25m/min; Roll width: Calendering 1
build machine 800mm; Roll
Anode diameter: 800mm
Calendering Inspection Micrometer Accuracy class: 0.0001mm Thickness inspection 1
Roll Lift Normal Roll transfer 1
transfer Shelf Normal Roll storage 5
Product Slitter Speed: 40m/min; Slitting 1
Cathode build
slitting Roll Lift Normal Roll transfer 1
transfer Shelf Normal Roll storage 2
Product Slitter Speed: 40m/min; Slitting 1
build
Anode slitting Roll Lift Normal Roll transfer 1
transfer Shelf Normal Roll storage 2
Cathode/anode Product Cathode Mold notching; Speed: 120PPM Electrode notching 1
TAB forming build notching
and winding Anode notching Laser notching: Speed: 35m/min Electrode notching 1
AIO Inspection CCD Normal Dimension test 1
machine
Optical Distinguishability: 400x Section status 1
microscope inspection
Can insertion Cylindrical X-ray detector inspection 8
Cell
assembly
Bottom Cylindrical Hi-pot test 1
welding Cell fixture
assembly
Pouch pad Cylindrical Pouch pad 1
Cell machine
assembly
Roll Groove Cylindrical Roll Groove 1
Cell machine
assembly
Cell drying Inspection Vacuum oven 1
Electrolyte Cylindrical Semi-auot Speed: 1.2sec./pcs Lamination stacking 1
filling Cell elelctrolyte
assembly filler
Sealing cylindrical Sealing machine 1
Cell
assembly
Cleaning Function 1
Filming package filming machine 1
Barcode package barcode printing 1
Formation Product Formation Normal short circuit inspection 1
build cabinet

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 Process Function Equipment Requirement Purpose Qty
Grading Inspection Grading cabinet Tape laser printing Tape laser printing 1
OCV&Imp Normal OCV&Imp 3
DCR 200A DCR 1
Final Scale Accuracy class: 0.01g Cell weight check 1
Inspection
inspection LID Leakage inspection Leakage check 1
Thickness 4 points test device Thickness inspection 1
inspection

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