Indonesian firm Bara Daya lowest bidder in Coal India's import tender

Bara Daya Energi is blacklisted by Gujarat and was rejected by CIL in first tender

Indonesian firm Bara Daya Energi has quoted the lowest for two coal import tenders of Coal India Limited (CIL) for supplying 3 million tonne each. The firm has outbid Adani Enterprises which was the only other bidder for these two contracts. Adani, however, has emerged as L1, or the lowest bidder, for the short term coal import tender of CIL for supplying 2.4 MT.

Bara Daya, however, is a controversial company which earlier faced termination of its contract from Gujarat State Electricity Corporation over "breach of contract and failure to supply coal", said sources. Even in the first import tender