Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) have invited bids for the supply of around 1050 crore litres of Denatured Anhydrous Ethanol for cycle 1 of Ethanol Supply Year 2025-26.
The tender document specifies that bidders shall quote ethanol quantities in KL to be supplied by them against the requirement of OMCs, feedstock wise – quarter wise for the period of 1st November 2025 to 31st October 2026 in this quantity bid. The validity of bids will be till 31-07-2026. Q1 quantity bid is being split into two parts i.e. Q1 (Nov.25) and Q1 (Dec.25 & Jan.26).
Quantity bids for the ESY 2025-26, period of 1st November 2025 – 31st October2026 are being opened for registered bidders as per long term ethanol procurement policy.
The allocated quantities under this quantity bid shall be procured as per the prevailing rates of Ethanol during ESY 25-26 (as declared by OMCs / Government of India), the tender document further states.
Ethanol produced from different feed stocks namely sugar cane juice, sugar, sugar syrup/B heavy molasses/ C heavy molasses /Damaged food grains/Surplus rice sourced from FCI / maize being procured by OMCs and same has been mentioned in quantity bid form. Bidders must offer their total quantity under the respective feedstock for the respective period.
The following States and Union Territories shall be mapped as Zones for the allocation methodology.
– All Northeastern States (8 States)
– Punjab / Chandigarh
– Tamil Nadu / Puducherry
– Gujarat / Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu
– Jammu and Kashmir / Ladakh
All other balance states / union territories shall be defined as standalone zones.
As per the tender, if the total quantity offered by all participating vendors for a quarter is less than total requirement of OMCs for the said quarter, entire quantity offered by the vendors for the quarter shall be considered for allocation. The cluster wise requirement shall be reduced proportionately to ensure that all locations PAN India get equitable allocation percentage.
Sugarcane based feedstocks
For ESY 2025-26 i.e. for the period 01.11.2025 to 31.10.2026, OMCs shall
procure ethanol sourced from Sugarcane Juice/Sugar/Sugar Syrup, B-Heavy
Molasses and C-Heavy Molasses at the prevailing rates for ESY 2024-25 till such
time these rates are revised by OMCs / Govt. of India. The applicable rates of
ethanol for ESY24-25 are as follows:
Grain based feedstocks
For ESY 2025-26 i.e. for the period 01.11.2025 to 31.10.2026, OMCs shall
procure ethanol sourced from Damaged Food Grains, Surplus Rice sourced from
FCI and Maize at the following rates:
While speaking to ChiniMandi, Arushi Jain, Jt. Secretary, Grain Ethanol Manufacturers Association (GEMA) said, “Mandatory 40% FCI of grain for Q1/Q2/Q3 supplies will keep rates of grain in control. Revision in FCI Ethanol price is to the extent of 3.11%, which is corresponding to increase in rate of surplus rice for ethanol from FCI.”
