Course 05 of 20 · Biofuels and SAF Desk Academy

Feedstock Sourcing & Contracts

Stage B, Supply, evidence and acceptance. Level 3 of 10.

Feedstock contract terms, specification clauses, pricing mechanisms and supplier obligations.

122 chapters · 11 modules · every chapter one 8 to 10 minute explainer · builds on: Course 02, Course 03, Course 04

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How a chapter is delivered

One chapter is one idea taken to the point of use

Each chapter covers one idea to the point where you can use it, and comes two ways: a narrated explainer, and a deep dive audio discussion of around thirty minutes that works the same material at depth.

Self-paced throughout, and the same chapters can be taught as a cohort. Chapters run in order: each one assumes only what the chapters before it taught, and capability belonging to a later course is named and deferred rather than half-covered.

Curriculum

11 modules · 122 chapters

Open any module for its full chapter list, in teaching order.

M0 What a Feedstock Purchase Has to Do Ch 1-10
  1. Why a Waste Oil Parcel Is Not a Vegetable Oil Parcel
  2. Which Seat a Feedstock Clause Is Read From
  3. The Four Promises Behind Any Feedstock Tonne
  4. The Counterparties a Renewable Fuels Buyer Sources From
  5. Buying From a Collector Against Buying From an Aggregator
  6. Spot Parcel, Collection Route and Annual Supply Agreement
  7. FOSFA and GAFTA Forms as the Inherited Starting Point
  8. The Confirmation Fields a Feedstock Trade Must Carry
  9. The Shape of a Feedstock Supply Agreement
  10. What Is Assumed Already and What Is Deferred Ahead
M1 Feedstock Identity and the Eligibility Clause Ch 11-21
  1. Describing the Material So Only One Thing Satisfies It
  2. Waste, Residue and By-Product as Contractual Words
  3. Naming the Annex IX Listing Behind an Eligibility Clause
  4. The Renewable Fuel Standard Pathway as a Contract Field
  5. Origin Country and Point of Origin as Drafted Fields
  6. The Virgin Material Exclusion Covenant
  7. The No-Blending Covenant on a Collected Feedstock
  8. Segregated Purchase and the Supplier's Keep-Apart Duty
  9. The Eligibility Warranty Against the Certificate Warranty
  10. When a Scheme Reclassifies the Material Mid-Term
  11. Category Drift Inside a Supplier's Own Collection Network
M2 The Specification Clause for Waste Lipid Feedstock Ch 22-33
  1. The Specification as a Promise on Every Tonne Tendered
  2. Building the Parameter Table: Limit, Unit, Method
  3. Free Fatty Acid as the Headline Parameter
  4. Moisture, Insolubles and Unsaponifiables Together
  5. Total Contamination and the Filterability Problem
  6. Phosphorus, Gums and the Degumming Burden
  7. Alkali and Alkaline Earth Metals in a Collected Oil
  8. Sulphur and Chlorides Written as Hydrotreater Limits
  9. Plastic and Polymer Fragments in Restaurant Collection
  10. Iodine Value, Unsaturation and Cold Flow
  11. Nitrogen and Protein Residue in Animal Fat
  12. What Tightening a Limit Costs in Available Supply
M3 Specification Beyond the Lipid Pool Ch 34-43
  1. The Starch Grain Purchase for an Ethanol Plant
  2. Molasses and Cane Juice on a Fermentable Sugar Basis
  3. Distillers Corn Oil Bought From an Ethanol Producer
  4. Tallow Grades and the Animal By-Product Categories
  5. Palm Oil Mill Effluent and Sludge Oil Description
  6. Agricultural Residue: Moisture, Density and the Dry Tonne
  7. Forestry Residue: Species Mix and Bark Fraction
  8. Municipal and Industrial Waste Streams as Feedstock
  9. One Material, Two Plant Gates, Two Specifications
  10. Writing a Specification for Hydroprocessing Against Esterification
M4 Quantity Obligations in Feedstock Supply Ch 44-54
  1. The Quantity Article in a Feedstock Agreement
  2. The Collection Route Contract and Whatever Arises
  3. Firm Tonnage Promised by an Aggregator
  4. Supply-or-Pay Viewed From the Supplier's Seat
  5. Take-or-Pay Viewed From the Buyer's Seat
  6. Monthly Minimum, Maximum and the Tolerance Allowance
  7. Seasonality in a Collected Volume Commitment
  8. Exclusivity Over a Collection Network: Granted and Held
  9. First Refusal and First Offer Rights Over Spare Tonnes
  10. Volume Ramp Against New Collection Infrastructure
  11. Shortfall and How a Supplier Allocates It Among Buyers
M5 Pricing Mechanisms Ch 55-67
  1. What a Feedstock Pricing Article Must Produce
  2. The Flat Price Per Tonne and Its Buried Assumptions
  3. Citing an Oils and Fats Assessment So the Clause Self-Executes
  4. The Differential to a Reference Oil Quotation
  5. The Free Fatty Acid Price Scale
  6. Deductions for Moisture and Impurity Content
  7. Pricing on a Clean Dry Weight Basis
  8. Pricing by Energy Content and Expected Yield
  9. Referencing an Entitlement Value Inside a Feedstock Price
  10. The Collection Fee and Cost-Plus Pricing of a Grease Route
  11. Floors, Caps and Collars as Drafted Price Limits
  12. When the Cited Assessment Stops Publishing
  13. Price Review on a Multi-Year Feedstock Agreement
M6 Weight, Sampling and Quality Rights as Drafted Ch 68-77
  1. Which Weighbridge Figure Governs the Invoice
  2. Transit Loss, Shrinkage and the Agreed Allowance
  3. Sampling Rights Written as Contract Entitlements
  4. The Referee Analysis Clause and Whose Result Binds
  5. Retention Samples and the Retention Period
  6. Refusing a Load, Taking It, or Taking It Cheaper
  7. The Off-Specification Deduction Formula
  8. Deemed Acceptance and the Notice Window
  9. Who Pays to Return or Dispose of a Refused Load
  10. The Quality Indemnity and the Liability Ceiling
M7 Delivery, Title and Risk Ch 78-87
  1. Delivery Terms Used in Feedstock Trade
  2. The Delivery Point When It Is a Shore Tank
  3. Where Title Passes and Where Risk Passes
  4. Nomination and Scheduling Duties as Drafted
  5. Waiting Time at the Plant Gate as a Drafted Charge
  6. Flexitanks, Containers and Drummed Parcels
  7. Commingling in the Supplier's Tank
  8. Third-Party Terminal Storage in the Purchase Agreement
  9. Documents a Feedstock Delivery Must Travel With
  10. Transport, Duty and Customs Responsibility
M8 Supplier Obligations Beyond Supply Ch 88-98
  1. The Evidence Obligation Written as a Supply Term
  2. Record Retention and the Buyer's Audit Access
  3. The Supplier's Upstream Diligence Covenant
  4. Self-Billing and Collection Paperwork for Grease Routes
  5. Notification Duties on Change of Source or Process
  6. The No-Double-Selling Covenant
  7. Sanctions, Anti-Bribery and Lawful Origin Undertakings
  8. Waste Handling, Permits and Site Safety Duties
  9. The Duty to Hold and Maintain a Scheme Certificate
  10. Subcontracted Collection and the Sub-Supplier Chain
  11. Assignment, Change of Control and the Acquired Collector
M9 Term, Remedies and Exit Ch 99-109
  1. Term, Rolling Renewal and the Notice Window
  2. Conditions Precedent Before the First Collection
  3. Failure to Supply and the Cover Damages Measure
  4. Proving Cover Cost With No Screen Quotation
  5. Liquidated Damages on an Undelivered Feedstock Tonne
  6. Failure to Take, From the Supplier's Seat
  7. Consequential Loss and the Lost Entitlement Argument
  8. Force Majeure in a Waste Collection Supply Chain
  9. Eligibility Withdrawal as a Change in Law Event
  10. Suspension, Cure and Termination for Cause
  11. Governing Law, FOSFA Arbitration and the Forum Choice
M10 Negotiating and Working the Agreement Ch 110-122
  1. Sequencing a Feedstock Supply Negotiation
  2. Where Negotiating Hours Should Actually Go
  3. Assembling the Buyer's Negotiating Position
  4. Assembling the Supplier's Negotiating Position
  5. Selling Three Years of Fuel on a One-Year Feedstock Contract
  6. The Obligation Diary a Signed Supply Agreement Creates
  7. Reading an Unfamiliar Supplier's Standard Conditions
  8. A Worked Used Cooking Oil Agreement, Part One: The Terms
  9. A Worked Used Cooking Oil Agreement, Part Two: The Year It Ran
  10. A Worked Tallow Supply Agreement Across One Season
  11. The Simplifications This Treatment Rests On
  12. What Feedstock Contracting Cannot Do
  13. Where Each Remaining Thread Is Picked Up

The brochure gives each of these 122 chapters a paragraph on what it covers and what you can do once you have worked through it.

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