Coal India to appoint global sampling agency

Coal Insights Bureau

Coal India will now recruit global coal sample testing agency following continued complain on quality issues.

It has floated tender for empanelment of reputed global level agencies for collection, preparation and analysis of coal samples at loading points.

This is one of the first steps to become competitive with the coming of commercially available coal in coming days.

Criteria

The coal sample testing agency must have global exposure.

“The bidder shall be a reputed global level agency and have successfully executed work of similar nature for clients in minimum two countries apart from India.”

Also, bidder must have at least three coal testing labs in India in its own name with NABL accreditation preferably with lab information management system controls. However, LIMS shall be a prerequisite prior to signing of tripartite Agreement with subsidiaries of CIL and consumers.

In case the bidder is a partnership firm, NABL accredited testing laboratory must be in the name of any of the partner of partnership firm or partnership firm itself.

Bidder should be accredited for coal scope by National Accreditation Board of Certification Bodies (NABCB) for the third party sampling, testing and analysis of coal.

Bidder must have specialised modern equipment/technique/software, as per BIS or equivalent boasting transparency, speed having least human interference.

Responsibility of sample tester

The coal supplies by CIL to its various consumers through different modes are subjected to sampling and analysis as per the prevailing procedure/guidelines, at the Loading/Dispatch Points by Third Party Agencies (BIDDERs) which form the basis for raising the bills. Presently Third Party sampling is being carried out by CSIRCIMFR and QCI. CIL intends to expand its base of Third Party Agencies.

Third party agency or the successful bidder shall be responsible for collection, preparation and analysis of coal samples in context of coal supplies to all types of consumers, as per applicable procedure, legislation and guidelines in a transparent and ethical manner from the loading points of subsidiaries viz. CCL, BCCL, ECL, MCL, SECL, WCL, NCL including NEC with their coal producing units / dispatch points spread over in different states of India like West Bengal, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Orissa, Maharashtra etc.