Tamil Nadu awards cake supply contracts to four firms for children’s day

The Tamil Nadu Government has awarded contracts to four companies to supply cakes to school students as part of the State-sponsored Children’s Day celebrations.
The tender process for procuring the cakes has been completed, and work orders have been issued by Shilpa Prabhakar Satish, Managing Director of the Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies
Corporation.
Britannia has been awarded an order to supply 10,03,996 cakes at a cost of Rs. 1.28 crore. The company will distribute the cakes in Chennai, Tiruvallur, Chengalpattu, Kancheepuram, Vellore and Ranipet districts.
Dream Bake has secured a contract to supply 33,87,459 cakes worth Rs. 3.84 crore.
The company will cover Ariyalur, Cuddalore, Dharmapuri, Kallakurichi, Krishnagiri, Mayiladuthurai, Nagapattinam, Perambalur, Pudukkottai, Salem, Thanjavur, Madurai, Thoothukudi, Theni, Tirupattur, Sivaganga, Tiruvannamalai, Tiruvarur, Tiruchirappalli and Villupuram
districts.
Elite Natural has been awarded a contract to supply 10,06,861 cakes valued at Rs. 1.14
crore. The supplies will be distributed across Ramanathapuram, Virudhunagar, Kanniyakumari, Tenkasi, Tirunelveli and Dindigul districts.
ITC has received an order to supply 8,48,096 cakes worth Rs. 1.07
crore.
The company will supply cakes to Coimbatore, Tiruppur, Nilgiris, Erode, Namakkal and Karur districts.
All cakes must weigh 45 grams and meet the prescribed quality standards.
Distribution is scheduled to begin on November 9 and must be completed by November 11.
The Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation has reserved the right to inspect product quality at the companies’ premises from October 26.
Any defects identified during the inspections must be reported immediately to the Corporation’s head office.