Plant Setup & Projects
Project reports that hold up to a lender and a regulator
Technical scope, capital cost, working capital, projections and sensitivity, grounded in what the plant will actually need to be licensed.
- Authority
- Prepared for banks, financial institutions, investors and subsidy authorities
- Governing rules
- Technical scope aligned to the FSS Regulations, Cosmetics Rules 2020 or Schedule M, as applicable
- Typical timeline
- 3 to 6 weeks
Detailed Project Report (DPR): what it involves
A detailed project report is used for two different audiences at once. A bank or investor reads it for the financials and the risk. A subsidy authority or licensing officer reads it for the technical scope. A report that satisfies one and not the other tends to come back.
We write both halves properly. The technical scope reflects the areas, utilities and equipment your products will actually require to be licensed, and the financials are built up from those numbers rather than from a template, so the capital cost in the report matches the plant that gets built.
Who needs this
- Promoters raising a term loan for a manufacturing project
- Applicants under food processing or MSME subsidy schemes
- Businesses presenting a project to investors or a board
- Existing units financing an expansion or a new line
- Anyone who needs a defensible capital cost before committing
Documentation
Documents required
Arrange these and the file moves. We tell you exactly which format each one has to be in, and we draft the technical annexures ourselves.
- Product list with proposed capacity and pack sizes
- Site details including land cost, area and location
- Promoter profile and existing business details
- Indicative equipment quotations, if already collected
- Target market, pricing and distribution plan
- Proposed funding structure and promoter contribution
How we work
The process, stage by stage
Indicative durations for a file where documents arrive on time. We tell you at the outset which stage is most likely to slip in your case.
- 1
Technical scope definition
1 to 2 weeksWe establish the areas, utilities, equipment and manpower the plant requires for its product mix, based on the same licensing requirements the plant will later be judged against.
- 2
Capital and operating cost build-up
1 weekLand and building, plant and machinery, utilities, preliminary and pre-operative expenses, contingency and margin money for working capital are each built up line by line.
- 3
Market and demand section
3 to 5 daysWe write the market and demand assessment for your category with the sourcing and distribution assumptions stated explicitly rather than buried.
- 4
Financial projections
1 weekProjected profitability, cash flow, balance sheet, break-even, debt service coverage and sensitivity analysis are prepared to the standard a credit team expects.
- 5
Compilation and review
3 to 5 daysThe report is compiled, reviewed with you and adjusted for the specific lender or scheme it is going to.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Will banks accept your DPR?
The report is prepared in the structure credit teams expect, with the assumptions stated openly so they can be tested. Sanction is a bank's commercial decision, but a report that hides its assumptions is the most common reason a file is sent back for rework.
Can the DPR be used for a subsidy application?
Yes, and we tailor the technical sections to the specific scheme where you tell us which one you are applying under, since schemes differ in the detail they require.
Do you include the layout in the DPR?
An indicative layout and equipment list are included. A full CAD drawing set is a separate engagement, though it is commonly taken together with the DPR because the two share the same underlying technical scope.
How accurate is the capital cost estimate?
It is as accurate as the quotations behind it. Where you have vendor quotations we use them; where you do not, we use current market rates and mark clearly which lines are estimates so nobody treats a placeholder as a commitment.
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