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Bid document dated/published 21-05-2026.
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Oil and Gas Drilling Service - Onshore; Directional Drilling and Ranging Services; No
Oil India Limited · Jaisalmer, Rajasthan9352931
Written by TenderKart AI from the documents published when it was generated. Check the tender for later corrigenda before you bid.
21 May 2026
23 Sept 2026
₹1.5 Cr
All important dates as they stand after corrigenda: publication, pre-bid/clarification deadline, bid submission deadline, bid opening, and bid validity period.
Bid document dated/published 21-05-2026.
Written queries and attendance intimation were due 01-06-2026 by 17:30 IST; the pre-bid conference was 03-06-2026 at 11:30 IST in Jodhpur.
After the date corrigenda, bid submission closes 12-08-2026 at 15:00 IST and opening is 12-08-2026 at 15:30 IST. This replaces the original 17-06-2026 closing/opening schedule.
120 days from the final Bid Closing Date; a shorter validity is non-responsive. On the final 12-08-2026 closing date, this runs through 10-12-2026.
Tender value or estimated cost, EMD/bid security (amount, acceptable forms, validity), tender document fees, performance security, and key payment terms.
No numeric tender value/estimated cost is disclosed in the downloaded documents. The price schedule is quantity-based and requires bidders to compute the three-year total.
INR 1,54,33,000.00. Stated validity is 30.11.2026. Acceptable forms are Insurance Surety Bond, DD/FDR, NEFT/RTGS/electronic transfer, prescribed BG, irrevocable LC, and e-BG; eligible Central Government/CPSU and qualifying MSE service-provider exemptions apply with proof.
Successful bidder must furnish 3% of Contract Value within 30 days of LOA. Main tender validity is 90 days beyond contract expiry; accepted forms include Insurance Surety Bond, bank draft/cashier's or banker's cheque, FDR, NEFT/RTGS/electronic transfer, prescribed BG/e-BG.
No tender or bid-participation fee is required or stated; GeM's disclaimer prohibits buyer-added tender/bid-participation fees.
Actual-use/actual-work payment only, after completion of the relevant service line and Engineer-in-Charge inspection; no part payment for a line item. GeM payment timeline is within 30 days of SDAC and online bill submission. Invoices with supporting vouchers must be uploaded to OIL's VIM portal and sent to DGM (Drilling), Jodhpur.
Rates are firm in INR. Mobilisation total may not exceed 1% of quoted contract value (excess deferred to contract end); demobilisation must be at least 1% (deficit withheld from first invoice). Quantities are tentative and payment is at actual use; all taxes other than GST are bidder's account.
Every pass/fail eligibility and qualification requirement: experience and past performance, turnover/net worth, registrations and certifications, consortium/JV rules, and debarment or blacklisting conditions.
Bidder must be incorporated/registered in India and maintain at least 20% local content. Bid must state the exact LC percentage and include Proforma-P undertaking, auditor/CA/cost-accountant certificate, and incorporation/registration certificate; omission is rejection-worthy.
At original BCD: minimum 7 years providing horizontal-well directional-drilling services with equipment and competent personnel to E&P companies; and successful design/drilling of at least one horizontal SAGD injector-producer well in the preceding 7 years, with magnetic/equivalent ranging, 90°±5° landing inclination and at least 150 m lateral.
Submit relevant contract/LOA/WO pages plus satisfactory completion/performance proof, performance-security release, final-payment proof, or equivalent evidence. OIL may verify with clients; no affirmative response can make the bid non-responsive. Specified BEC records must be TPI-certified, with inspection certificate and Proforma-Z (or completed within 7 days after opening under the stated provisional route).
Bidder must quote the entire Set-1, Set-2 and call-out scope without deviation. Directional Drilling must be in-house; Ranging may be in-house or through a pre-tender tie-up, but each provider must meet the relevant experience criteria.
Confirm deployment of Directional Drillers with minimum 5 years short-radius RSS/SDMM experience, MWD/LWD Engineers with minimum 3 years, and Ranging Specialists with minimum 5 years SAGD/ranging experience including approximately 5 m separation and Bed Boundary Tool proficiency. CVs and supporting credentials are due before deployment for OIL approval.
Turnover from operations in any one of the preceding three completed financial/accounting years must be at least INR 12.86 Crores; net worth must be positive for the year preceding original BCD. No MSE/startup relaxation applies to experience or turnover.
Incorporated JV must be Indian-registered, have no more than 3 members, and either qualify itself or rely on a member with at least 26% stake; that stake must remain for the contract. Parent/subsidiary support requires >50% paid-up equity; sister/co-subsidiary support requires both entities to be wholly owned under the same ultimate parent. Supporting-company arrangements require prescribed agreements/guarantees and additional performance security; technical support cannot be duplicated across bids.
A JV relying financially on a member requires that member to hold more than 50%, meet turnover/net-worth criteria, issue Proforma-JCCG, and maintain the stake. A bidder relying on parent financial strength must be wholly owned and provide Proforma-XXI plus recent statutory-auditor relationship/equity certification.
Bidder must not be in liquidation, receivership, bankruptcy or insolvency resolution. It and named allied concerns/partners/associates/directors/proprietors must not be on OIL's current Holiday/Banning list, and must disclose relevant transgressions in the previous 3 years. Signed Integrity Pact is mandatory.
Bidder from a country sharing a land border with India is eligible only if registered with the Competent Authority; prescribed Exhibits I-III are required, and false undertakings can lead to debarment/legal action.
What is being procured: the work, supplies or services, deliverables and quantities, locations, phases, completion or delivery timelines, applicable standards, and notable exclusions.
Three-year hiring of directional drilling, horizontal drilling and ranging services for five SAGD well pairs (10 horizontal wells) at Baghewala, with design, planning, monitoring and execution. Each pair comprises injector and producer wells.
Contractor designs and plans both wells, including trajectory, torque/drag, hydraulics, casing seats/wear and anti-collision. Tentative 3-stage plan: KOP near 100 m in 12¼-inch section, TVD about 495 m, and 8½-inch horizontal displacement 650-700 m including 250-300 m drain hole; plan may change with design inputs.
Provide SDMM/RSS, drilling jars, collar-based positive-mud-pulse MWD/LWD for 12¼-inch and 8½-inch sections; neutron/azimuthal density imaging/caliper and bed-boundary imaging as call-outs; 8-inch and 6½-inch multiple-activation bypass subs, centrifuge, surface systems, personnel, backups, spares and consumables.
Provide passive magnetic ranging (Aurora, Well Radar or equivalent), independent access/surface excitation where applicable, associated personnel, real-time monitoring and one working set plus backup. Call-out use remains OIL's prerogative.
OIL prepares the well, drills the top vertical section, runs surface casing, cleans cement and drills to KOP. Contractor then drills the curve to 90°-95°, drills the drain hole to target, and remains responsible for trajectory execution and placement. All offered services, including optional/call-out items, must be quoted.
Separate mobilisation notices apply: firm Set-1/Set-2 tools 90 days, call-out tools 45 days, manpower 10 days, and re-mobilisation 45 days. Surface excitation and operations must meet applicable DGMS, OISD, OMR and other regulatory safety requirements; tools must be compatible with specified WBM/LCM mud systems.
The complete checklist of documents to submit — mandatory vs conditional, with any prescribed formats, proformas or annexures — plus how to submit: portal and mode, envelope/cover structure, digital signature requirements, signing and attestation rules, and physical originals with their deadline.
Single-stage, two-packet submission on GeM: Technical Bid and Price Bid. Technical attachments must contain no price. Financial attachments contain priced Proforma-A and Proforma-B; the all-inclusive GST amount is also entered as GeM OFFER PRICE.
Online bid is digitally signed; manual signature is not relevant. Power of Attorney evidences authority. Integrity Pact must be digitally signed by the same authorized signatory; this is construed as signature on every page.
Main tender asks for two physical copies in one sealed envelope of POA, original bid security (where instrument has an original), called-for printed literature, and any other required original, plus scanned copies online, received by GM-C&P Jodhpur by final closing date/time. Electronic-transfer EMD instead uses uploaded transaction proof. GeM's corrigendum disclaimer says mandating physical documents as a pre-qualification is impermissible; obtain portal/buyer confirmation before relying on physical-only rejection.
Every corrigendum/addendum in order — what changed (original vs amended value), its impact, and the action for the bidder — ending with the values that finally apply.
The original 17-06-2026 15:00 closing / 15:30 opening was extended through the date corrigenda issued on 17-06-2026, 01-07-2026, 15-07-2026, 21-07-2026 and 29-07-2026. Final portal schedule: 12-08-2026 15:00 closing and 15:30 opening. Bidder action: use only the final portal deadline and maintain bid/security validity accordingly.
Corrigendum GEM/2026/B/7561254-C7 dated 21-07-2026 supersedes all earlier Buyer Added Bid Specific Terms. It requires financial-standing undertaking, signed Integrity Pact, all requested certificates/documents, and permits RTGS/internet-banking EMD with uploaded proof; it also directs bidders to the uploaded ATC document. Bidder action: re-check the final ATC set and upload each declaration/proof.
Closing 12-08-2026 15:00 IST; opening 12-08-2026 15:30 IST; validity 120 days from closing; EMD INR 1,54,33,000 (security date needs alignment with extended validity); performance security 3%; contract 3 years; full five-pair/10-well scope; C7 buyer-added ATCs apply.
Genuine conflicts within and across the documents (original vs corrigenda, clause vs annexure, tender document vs BOQ): both sides with citations, and which value prevails.
GeM's Pre-Bid Date and Time field shows 03-06-2026 11:00, while its own narrative and OIL forwarding letter state 11:30 IST. The detailed OIL clause/narrative is more specific, so 11:30 IST prevails.
GeM summary requires ePBG for 42 months, but OIL's Forwarding Letter states 90 days beyond the three-year contract (nominally 39 months), and ITB 27.2 expressly applies that Forwarding Letter requirement. The OIL-specific provision is higher in tender precedence and should govern, but bidders should obtain written portal confirmation because the ePBG field may enforce 42 months.
OIL states bid security valid to 30.11.2026, but the amended closing of 12.08.2026 plus 120-day bid validity runs through 10.12.2026. ITB 10.6 requires suitable extension when OIL advises. Bidder should secure written confirmation and extend the instrument so it is not rejected for insufficient validity.
OIL clauses make receipt of original bid security/POA and other originals by closing a qualification condition and say late/non-receipt causes rejection. Corrigendum disclaimer says mandating physical documents as a pre-requisite to qualify bidders makes the bid/resultant contract null and void. The GeM platform rule/disclaimer prevails over impermissible buyer-added conditions, but bidders should still send originals where feasible and seek buyer/GeM clarification.
Set-2 heading says 'Producer Wells Only', but the Set-2 line item and definition allow producer/injector wells as per the well plan, and the work schedule says either injector or producer. The specific operational wording prevails: ranging is on whichever second well OIL's approved plan designates; price and mobilise accordingly only after written confirmation.
The title calls the requirement 'five (05) nos of SAGD Wells' that include ten horizontal wells, while the work schedule unambiguously defines ten wells as five SAGD pairs. The detailed work schedule and price quantity prevail: five pairs / ten horizontal wells.
Clause 41.0 calls the ESG Questionnaire Appendix-VII, while the tender's form index calls it Appendix-VIII; the printed page 262 is labelled Appendix-VII. Use the printed Appendix-VII material but obtain the actual fillable questionnaire because page 262 itself is blank and pages 263-266 are explanatory notes.
Only critical, tender-specific pre-bid queries that could materially change bid/no-bid, pricing, eligibility or contractual risk. Skip generic or obvious questions the documents already answer clearly.
Will OIL formally revise the fixed 30.11.2026 EMD validity to at least cover the 120-day validity measured from 12.08.2026 (through 10.12.2026), and what exact claim/extension date must BG/LC/surety instruments state?
Should the ePBG be issued for GeM's 42 months or OIL's stated 90 days beyond the three-year contract, and what exact expiry/claim date will the portal accept?
Given GeM's prohibition on mandatory physical documents as a qualification pre-requisite, will OIL waive the rejection language for physical POA/original security, especially for e-BG/RTGS, and confirm the operative submission route for each EMD form?
Confirm whether ranging is always on producer wells, or on either injector/producer depending on drilling sequence, and define the exact trigger/duration for Set-2 operating and standby billing where surface excitation is not used.
Please identify and issue the actual fillable ESG Questionnaire: clause 41.0/printed page calls it Appendix-VII, the index calls it Appendix-VIII, and the downloaded printed appendix is blank followed only by explanatory notes.
Commercial, legal and execution risks a bidder should weigh: liquidated damages and penalties, unusual or one-sided clauses, tight timelines, and payment or security risks.
Delay in mobilisation/commencement attracts LD at 0.5% of the applicable Set/call-out contract value per week or part, capped at 7.5%, plus GST. Time is expressly material and LD is recoverable without proof of actual loss.
No operating/standby/personnel charges are payable for contractor-attributable tool failure, personnel/spares shortage or other attributable stoppage. Entire BHA can move to zero rate from pull-out until operations resume at identical depth; BHA making/testing beyond 4 hours can also be zero-rated.
Set-2 equipment failure or inability to induce required surface current triggers zero rate until restored. DBBI is paid per drain hole only; tool failure or unsatisfactory boundary-identification data means no payment for that drain hole, with quality judged by OIL.
Operating rate applies only for first 36 hours of stuck/fishing. If attributable to contractor, standby is limited to 3 days then zero rate until recovery/call-off; non-attributable wellbore conditions permit continuing standby.
No payment applies whenever operating crew is unavailable; base-manager absence costs INR 10,000 per day.
Quantities are tentative; no volume guarantee exists. Payment is only for actual use/completed line items after inspection, no part-wise line-item payment, and mobilisation/de-mobilisation pricing is constrained/partly deferrable or withholdable.
EMD can be forfeited for withdrawal/modification, order refusal, failure to furnish performance security, or fraud. Withdrawal during validity can bring two-year debarment; fraudulent documents can trigger three-year debarment (longer for major fraud), legal action and security forfeiture.
Prices remain firm; all duties/taxes except specified customs treatment and GST are embedded in rates. Contractor bears customs-compliance formalities and any fines/penalties caused by misdeclaration or misuse; re-export default amounts may be withheld from final bills/security.
The inviting authority and relevant contacts: office, person, designation, address, phone and email — and which address receives physical submissions, if any.
Krishna Mohan Kumar, Deputy General Manager (C&P), for GM (C&P), Oil India Limited, Contract & Purchase Department (Rajasthan Field), 2A District Shopping Centre, Saraswati Nagar, Basni, Jodhpur-342005, Rajasthan, India. Phone 0291-2729466; fax 0291-2727050; email [email protected].
GM-C&P, Oil India Ltd., Rajasthan Field, OIL House / 2A District Shopping Centre, Saraswati Nagar, Basni, Jodhpur-342005, Rajasthan, India receives any physical originals/sealed envelope.
Consignee/Reporting Officer: Amar Deep Singh, Baghewala Oil Fields, Oil India Limited, Village Tavriwala, District Jaisalmer, PIN 345028. No phone/email is printed for this officer.
DY. General Manager (Drilling), Oil India Limited, Jodhpur, 2A District Shopping Center, NH62, Saraswati Nagar, Jodhpur, Rajasthan 342005.