Import Substitution and Business requirement from startups for BPCL
About Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited is an Indian government controlled oil and gas company headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra.The Corporation operates two large refineries of the country located in Kochi and Mumbai.
Problem Statement
What is Import Substitution?
Import substitution is a trade policy or strategy of the Government aimed to promote economic growth by restricting /avoiding imports that competed with domestic products or services thereby encourage the development of the domestic industry.This approach replace externally produced goods or services with locally manufactured goods or offered services.
By substituting demand for externally manufactured goods or services with locally produced goods or services, economy can retain capital within the economy which will trigger investment in manufacturing or service sectors.
Benefits of import substitution
- Promoting local industrialization
- Employment generation
- Import reduction
- Savings in foreign exchange
- Reduced pressure on foreign exchange reserves
Major items being imported by BPCL
- Crude oil/Products
- Catalysts and chemicals
- Plant and Machinery
- Instruments
- Safety related items etc
Products required by BPCL from local startups/vendors for import substitution
- Pump spares
- Compressor spares
- Valve spares
- Heater spares
- Burner spares
- Gas Turbine spares
- Boiler spares
- O rings
- Rubber based items
- Quality Control Laboratory items
- Safety items
- Gas Monitors
- Pelletizer spares
- Refractory
- Single Point Mooring items (Mooring Hawser, Chafe Chain, Shackles, Hoses)
Other products required by BPCL from local startups/vendors
- Columns and Internals
- Pressure vessels
- Heat Exchangers
- Pumps, motors, mechanical seals, pump spares
- Mechanical items
- Turbines
- Boilers
- Equipment like crane, forklifts
- Electrical systems and equipment
- Instrumentation systems, control equipment,
- Control valves
- Natural Rubber
- Pipes, pipe fittings, Valves, tubes, hardware items
- Refractory and insulation materials
protective equipment items
- Gaskets, packing materials
- Gloves & Hand gloves of all types
- Steel plates, coils, structural items
- Chemicals, catalysts, additives
- Stationery, office equipment, IT related items
- Fasteners
- Power cables, Instrumentation Cables, Wiring cables
- Laboratory chemicals
- Laboratory Utensils
- Kitchen equipment
Rubber items required
- Natural Rubber
- Rubber bellow in water services
- Neoprene gasket sheets
- Rubber gaskets
- Rubber mats used in substations
- Rubber Bushes
- Air hoses
- Water hoses
- Foam seals used tanks
- Viton “O” rings
- Nitrile/Buna N O rings
- Rubber Rollers /conveyors for use in SRU Plant
- Rubber diaphragms
- Rubber gloves
- Chute rubber silo
Major Service requirements by BPCL from local startups/vendors
- Civil Jobs,
- Electrical & Instrumentation Jobs,
- Mechanical Jobs – Piping & Equipment
- Tank Construction
- Painting
- Horticulture,
- Consultancy,
- Annual Maintenance Contracts
- General – House Keeping, Grass Cuttings, Taxi/Bus Operation
- Shutdown Contract Jobs
- Operation & Maintenance Contracts,
- Services connected with Single Point Mooring/Shore Tank Farm/Stand Alone Water Supply
- IT related services
Business requirement (Products/Services) with local startups/vendors
- Products & Services from MSME vendors
- Work Gloves – leather, cotton
- O Rings
- Samples Bottles
- Packing
- Printing & stationery items
- Laboratory equipments
- House keeping items
- Uniform stitching
- Cotton waste
- Product drums
- Field rubber latex
- Drum fabrications
- Lime powder
- House wiring cables
- Non Ferric alum
- Steel drums
- Liquid ammonia in small carboys
- Control cables
- Gaskets
- Power cables
- Fabrication items
- Instrumentation cables
- Travel & Transportation contracts
- Switch boards
- House keeping contracts, etc.
Eligibility
- Any startup registered in Kerala
- Startup should have unique id(KSUM) and DPIIT number(startup India) at the time of awarding the PoC/business
