Seven bid for GAIL pipeline project

GAIL (India) Ltd has received seven bids for the Rs 973-crore Dahej-Uran pipeline (DUPL) project. The deadline for submission of bids ended today.

Three foreign and four Indian manufacturers/vendors have applied for the bid. The Indian companies are Jindal Saw Ltd, Welspun Gujarat Stahl Rohren Ltd, Man Industries Ltd and PSL Ltd. The foreign companies are Leman Commodities S.A. of Switzerland, Sumitomo of Japan and Liaoyang Steel Company Ltd of China.

Steel plates or hot-rolled steel coils used for pipe manufacturing can be sourced either from Indian or overseas bidder, whoever meets the criteria stipulated in the tender.

The indicative list of steel suppliers include seven reputed international steel manufacturers""Thyssen Krupp, Mannesmann Salzgitter Roehrenwerke, and Dillinger Huette of Germany; Ilva (Riva Group) of Italy; Azovstahl of Ukraine; Posco of South Korea; and Voest Alpine of Austria.

Among the Indian steel companies, Essar Steel can also be a potential source for the supply of rolled coils for the project. Tractebel S.A. of Belgium is the project management consultant for the project.