Archive · 30 Aug 2026
Tasmac Extends Bar and Waste Contracts During Tender Process
Tasmac runs liquor shops and has bars attached to some of them.
These bars sell food and collect empty liquor bottles.
The contracts for those services were due to end on August 31.
Tasmac allowed the current contractors to continue until October 31.
This gives the corporation more time to choose new contractors through a tender process.
The contracts can end sooner if the new contractors start work earlier.
Waste collectors at Tasmac shops received a shorter extension until September 30.
The extensions are meant to prevent service and sanitation problems while the new contracts are completed.
Tasmac extended food-sale and empty-bottle collection contracts at attached bars from September 1 to October 31.
The extensions may end earlier if newly selected contractors begin operating before October 31.
The decision was made while fresh tender bids are being scrutinised and new agreements finalised.
Contracts for collecting empty cartons and other retail-outlet waste were extended from September 1 to September 30.
District managers across Tamil Nadu’s 38 districts were authorised to extend agreements and collect prescribed bar licence fees.
- Who
- The Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation, its district officials and existing contractors.
- What
- Existing contracts for food sales, empty-bottle collection and retail-outlet waste removal were temporarily extended.
- When
- Bar-related contracts run from September 1 to October 31; waste-collection contracts run from September 1 to September 30, unless new contractors begin earlier.
- Where
- Tasmac retail outlets and attached bars across Tamil Nadu’s 38 districts.
- Why
- To maintain uninterrupted services and regular waste removal while fresh tender bids are evaluated and contracts are finalised.
- Bar contract extension
- September 1 through October 31
- Waste contract extension
- September 1 through September 30
- Original expiry date
- The existing contracts were scheduled to expire on August 31.
- Early termination
- Extensions may end when newly selected contractors begin operations.
- Bar services
- Sale of food items and collection of empty liquor bottles.
- Waste services
- Collection of empty cartons and other waste from retail outlets.
- Administrative authority
- District managers in all 38 districts may extend agreements and collect prescribed bar licence fees.
