Coal Suppliers
For coal supplies, the Project has completed the first stage of the tender process, which involved distributing requests for Expressions of Interests (“EOI”) to potential suppliers, concluding on 15th June 2016. The Project has received interests from xxx potential suppliers, consisting of suppliers who own and operate own mines and traders who do not have own production facilities.
List of Interested Coal Suppliers
Name Country
The second stage of the tender process is expected to conclude within July 2016, which will involve screening the suppliers for suitability and negotiating with the potential suppliers regarding the terms of the contracts. It is expected that all coal suppliers that will be selected will be under identical conditions of contracts, with the exception of volume supplied (based on the individual supplier’s capacity), coal specification (based on the supplier’s coal origin), and length of contract.
The conditions of the contracts will be significantly influenced by the conditions of the PPA, and thus the second stage of the tender process will take place in parallel with the PPA negotiation.
Coal Transporters
For coal transporter, the Project may select a single contractor which covers all transportation or multiple contractors each with different scopes of work, depending on the potential contractors who express interests, which the Project will evaluate to decide on the most cost-effective structure.
The tender process for coal transporters is expected to be similar to the process for coal suppliers. The Project aims to complete the process for coal suppliers and finalise the supplier list, in order to draft the selection criteria for transporters, before starting the coal transporter tender process.