Date: 11^th Nov 2020, 2020

NOTICE OF PROCUREMENT PLAN

FOR PROCUREMENT OF 5^TH FILLING CATALYST FOR RESIDUE HYDRODESULFURIZATION UNIT (RHDS)

Subject: Notice of procurement plan for procurement of 5^th filling catalyst for Residue Hydrodesulfurization Unit (RHDS)

Ref. No. 102/2020/NSRP-PS

Nghi Son Refinery & Petrochemical Limited Liability Company (NSRP) is planning for procurement of 5th Filling Catalyst for Residue Hydrodesulfurization Unit (RHDS) in order to select suitable supplier for provision of products for NSRP. The tentative date of completing this procurement will be estimated in 2022.

If your company is interested in this procurement package, please fill in and complete questionnaire below in the protective scan file (The password will be requested to provide upon to NSRP’s request), addressed clearly RESPONSE FOR QUESTIONNAIRE “PROCUREMENT OF 5^th FILLING CATALYST FOR RESIDUE HYDRODESULFURIZATION UNIT (RHDS)” send back to us by following emails before 5:00 PM 24^th Nov, 2020.

Nghi Son Refinery and Petrochemical LLC

Attention:     Mr. Fares Adly Mohamed at fares.adly@nsrp.com.vn

Ms. Phan Thi Giang at giang.pt@nsrp.com.vn

Ms. Nguyen Thuy Dung at dung.nt7@nsrp.com.vn

Address:      Administration Building

Gate No. 1 (of the Refinery), Km5, Road 513, Nghi Son Economic Zone, Hai Yen Commune, Nghi Son District, Thanh Hoa Province, Vietnam

Should you have any question, please contact us at giang.pt@nsrp.com.vn for further information.

For the avoidance of doubt, this notice does not constitute any contractual offer, binding promise or guarantee of business by NSRP. Neither shall your satisfaction of all the minimum requirements mentioned above nor your response to this notice creates any promise or guarantee by NSRP that you will be invited to participate in the above mentioned procurement process.

1. Please provide the following information of your company.

Name:

Address:

Tax Code:

Contact person:

Contact details:

2. Brief description of your company’s qualifications and experience in providing products.
3. Questionnaire:

Please answer the questions below:

QUESTION 1: Does your company have the necessary business licenses and/or permits/ certificates to provide the catalyst for Residue Hydrodesulfurization unit (RHDS)?

1. Yes ☐
2. No  ☐

If Yes, please provide evidence.

QUESTION 2: Has your company provided RHDS catalyst in oil and gas industrial companies?

1. Yes ☐
2. No  ☐

If Yes, please provide list of references in the last five years includes clients, catalyst amount and length of service

QUESTION 3: As the objective of NSRP RHDS unit is to process 100% Kuwait atmospheric residue (AR) feed, does your company have at least 01 full cycle commercial experience with processing AR feed or heavier feed? (i.e. heavier than API (12.4)).

1. Yes ☐
2. No  ☐

If Yes, please provide evidence and or references of how many cycles of experience does your company have?

QUESTION 4: Could your company meet NSRP’s planed delivery schedule and quantity for 2021 and 2022:

–  Dec 2021 (1000 tons)

–  Mar 2022 (1000 tons)

1. Yes ☐
2. No  ☐

Please provide the lead-time includes the production schedule to meet NSRP’s above requirement

QUESTION 5: Could your company take back the leftover catalyst and adjust against the catalyst invoice?

1. Yes ☐
2. No  ☐

If Yes, please share your return policy

QUESTION 6: Please select the technical services item as list below that your company can offer along with the catalyst sale?

☐ Presence of witness during catalyst loading/unloading

☐ Presence of witness during start up (includes catalyst drying out and pre-sulfiding)

☐ Assignment of technical expert for process advice and troubleshooting during the run (email, phone call assistance and site visit to review/improvement).

☐ Regular catalyst performance report (at least every two months) includes the document method for normalization of data with recommendation based on operation strategy (change in properties of feed/product, etc) and optimization of unit operation (face to face performance review meeting if needed).

☐ Analytical services (includes feed/product/spent catalyst) and recommendation for optimization of catalyst loading in future.

☐ Sharing the pilot plant testing information using Kuwait AR feed.

☐ Training and/or technical session on hydro processing technology.

In case you offer other technical services for catalyst sale, please list down.