Tender Details

IMPLEMENTATION OF ADVANCED PROCESS CONTROL (APC) ON UNIFINER AND PLATFORMER UNITS

Tender Number: 282/2025/BTB (T80713)

PA Ref Number: T80713

Tender Description

THE UNIFINER AND PLATFORMER UNITS PROCESS DIFFERENT NAPHTHA STREAMS TO PRODUCE HIGH OCTANE BLEND COMPONENT FOR GASOLINE POOL WITH 93 OR 96 RESEARCH OCTANE NUMBER RON CURRENTLY UNIFINER AND PLATFORMER UNITS ARE OPERATED FROM CONVENTIONAL DISTRIBUTED CONTROL SYSTEMS DCS THIS PROJECT AIMS AT IMPLEMENTING ADVANCED PROCESS CONTROL APC ON THESE PROCESS UNITS THIS IMPLEMENTATION WILL TARGET ENHANCEMENTS IN ENHANCING YIELD OF HIGH VALUE PRODUCTS REDUCING ENERGY CONSUMPTION REDUCING PROCESS VARIABILITY IMPROVING OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY MAXIMIZING THE FEED ENHANCING PRODUCT QUALITY AND OVERALL PROFITABILITY OF THE UNITS THE WORK COMPRISES THE SUPPLYING SERVICES FOR DESIGN IMPLEMENTATION COMMISSIONING AND TRAINING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF APC ON UNIFINER AND PLATFORMER UNITS USING EXISTING APC PLATFORMS PROVIDED BY BAPCO REFINING NAMELY ASPENTECH OR HONEYWELL APC PLATFORMS

Issued by
Bapco Refining
Category/Sector
General
Internal/External
External
Invitation Method
Public (INTERNATIONAL)
Initial Bond
BD 1000
Bid Validity / Initial Bond Validity Period (Days)
180 days
Tender Fees
BD 50
Contract Duration
1 Year
Is Alternate Bid Allowed
No
Publish Date
Thursday, 08 May 2025
Purchase Before
Tuesday, 20 May 2025
Closing Date
Wednesday, 28 May 2025
Opening Date
Thursday, 29 May 2025

Additional Notes

Tender title:

IMPLEMENTATION OF ADVANCED PROCESS CONTROL (APC) ON UNIFINER AND PLATFORMER UNITS

تطبيق نظام التحكم المتقدم في العمليات APC على وحدتي اليونيفاينر والبلاتفورمر

 

Tender Description

The Unifiner and Platformer units process different naphtha streams to produce high octane blend component for gasoline pool with 93 or 96 Research Octane Number RON Currently Unifiner and Platformer units are operated from conventional Distributed Control Systems DCS This project aims at implementing Advanced Process Control APC on these process units This implementation will target enhancements in enhancing yield of high value products reducing energy consumption reducing process variability improving operational efficiency maximizing the feed enhancing product quality and overall profitability of the units The work comprises the supplying services for design implementation commissioning and training requirements for the full implementation of APC on Unifiner and Platformer units using existing APC platforms provided by Bapco Refining namely AspenTech or Honeywell APC platforms

 

 

عالج وحدتا اليونيفاينر الوحدة الهيدروجينية  والبلاتفورمروحدة الإصلاح التحفيزيأنواعًا مختلفة من النفثا لإنتاج مكونات مزج عالية الأوكتان ضمن مجموعة البنزين برقم أوكتان بحثي  قدره 93 أو 96 RON تُشغّل الوحدتان حاليًا باستخدام أنظمة التحكم الموزعة التقليدية DCS ويهدف هذا المشروع إلى تطبيق نظام التحكم المتقدم في العمليات Advanced Process Control APC على هاتين الوحدتين
يستهدف هذا التطبيق تحسين إنتاجية المنتجات عالية القيمة وتقليل استهلاك الطاقة وتقليل التذبذب في العمليات وتحسين الكفاءة التشغيلية ورفع  كمية المادة الخام  الداخلة وتعزيز جودة المنتجات النهائية وزيادة الربحية العامة للوحدات يشمل نطاق العمل توفير خدمات التصميم والتنفيذ والتشغيل والتدريب الكامل لتطبيق نظام الAPC  على وحدتي اليونيفاينر والبلاتفورمر باستخدام منصات الحالية المتوفرة لدى بابكو للتكرير وهي منصات Honeywell  أو Aspentech

,MANDATORY PASS/FAIL CRITERIA The Bidder or Bidder's agent must provide the following details with documentary evidence. Only bidsmeeting all Mandatory Criteria will proceed to technical and commercial evaluation.
1.1 Compatibility:The Bidder must provide a proposal for the development of APC applications based onAPC platforms provided by Bapco Refining namely AspenTech or Honeywell APCplatforms. These are the only APC platforms deployed and currently operating at BapcoRefining. As such, the Bidders must develop the APC applications on these existingplatforms
1.2 References: The Bidder must provide a minimum of 3 references on development of successful APCapplications on Unifiner-and-Platformer process units in the past 15 years, using the sameplatforms provided by Bapco Refining for this implementation namely AspenTech orHoneywell APC platforms. The Bidder must provide evidence including the client details,location, and year of implementation in the form provided in the enclosed Appendix B.
1.3 Cybersecurity Compliance: The Bidder must comply with all Bapco Refining cybersecurity policies and requirementsin accordance with section 5 in the attached Tender Specification Document
1.4 Guaranteed Benefits: The Bidder must include guarantees for benefits and operational performance in the offerin accordance with section 6.13 and 9.3.4 in the attached Tender Specification Document.
Non-submission of any of the relevant information supporting bidder’s compliance to any mandatory criteriawill result in the disqualification of the bid.


How to Participate?

  • Those who are capable and wish to participate in the above tender have to purchase the Tender Documents online through the Bahrain Tender Board’s portal https://etendering.tenderboard.gov.bh starting from Thursday, 08 May 2025
  • Bidders are requested to enclose with their bids the Initial Bond for the amount specified above or at the rate of 1% of the tender value whichever amount is lesser, provided that no initial bonds value shall be less than BD 100/-. (Except for the Two-envelope tenders).
  • For Two-envelope tenders, bidders, are requested to enclose with their bids the Initial Bond for the amount specified above.
  • The initial bond should be in the form of a Certified Cheque, Bank Guarantee, Insurance Policy or Cash (or as specified in the Tender Documents) valid for the duration specified above.
  • The bids deposit place: (As Mentioned in the Tender Documents)
  • This tender is subject to the provisions of the Tender Law issued by the Legislative Decree No. 36 of 2002, its amendments, and its Implementing Regulations issued by the Decree No. 37 of 2002.
  • In addition, these conditions have to be considered:
    • Enclose copy of a valid Commercial Registration Certificate (CR) in line with the tender's subject.
    • Enclose copy of a valid certificate of compliance with the employment percentages for Bahraini manpower (Bahranization Certificate) issued by the Ministry of Labour.
  • This advertisement is considered supplementary to the tender documents. In case of any discrepancy between the Advertisement and the Tender Document, the Tender Document prevails.
  • Micro, small and medium enterprises are eligible to obtain 10% preference in the financial evaluation stage, when submitting the "SMEs Classification Certificate" during bidding for this tender. The certificate is awarded by Ministry of Industry Commerce and Tourism to the SMEs and can be obtained when applying on the SMEs Registration System which can be reached via the following link: https://www.moic.gov.bh/en/eServices/sme
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Inquiries

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