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Bidding for Chandigarh’s liquor vends from March 6
The reserve price of the Dhanas liquor vend, which fetched the highest bid last year, has been fixed at ₹11.53 crore this time; last year, it had gone for ₹12.78 crore against the reserve price of ₹10.39 crore
UT excise and taxation department will start the e-tendering process for allotment of retail liquor vends in the city from March 6.
Chandigarh has 95 liquor vends in all. The reserve price of the Dhanas liquor vend, which fetched the highest bid last year, has been fixed at ₹11.53 crore this time. Last year, it had gone for ₹12.78 crore against the reserve price of ₹10.39 crore.
Interested vendors can submit online bids from March 6 to March 14. Technical bids will be opened on March 14, while financial bids will be opened on March 15 at Hotel Parkview in Sector 24.
Apart from Dhanas, the reserve of a liquor vend on the main road of Khuda Lahora and Khuda Jassu has been fixed at ₹7.56 crore. The reserve price of the liquor vend in Sector-61 has been fixed at ₹9.52 crore, Mauli Jagaran at ₹9.58 crore, Industrial Area Phase-II at ₹7.21 crore, Palsora village at ₹9.60 crore.
To participate in the bidding, vendors can register themselves at the department’s website. A help desk has also been set up at the excise and taxation office to assist bidders. For the benefit of bidders, the department is also organising a workshop on the tendering process.
