A small hospitality business at Mansar Lake is up for a five-year operating contract, and the extended online bid window closes at 6:00 PM on Monday, 24 August.
The Surinsar Mansar Development Authority is outsourcing Community Kitchen No. 01 at Mansar. The tender permits the facility to be run as a cafeteria or restaurant, a fun-games area, a souvenir shop or a snack bar. That combination makes it relevant to Jammu's young food, tourism and recreation operators, but it is important to be precise: no new outlet has opened and no operator has been selected yet.
What is actually on offer
The open tender is eNIT No. 02 of 2026-27, with Tender ID 2026_Tourm_318175_1. The contract period is listed as 1,825 days, or five years. The current portal entry carries an extension corrigendum, which is why the live deadline is later than the date shown in some tender aggregators.
Tender fee: ₹500
Earnest money deposit: ₹22,200
Tender value shown: ₹1,11,000
Bid submission closes: 24 August 2026 at 6:00 PM
Bid opening: 25 August 2026 at 12:00 PM
Bid-opening place: Directorate of Tourism, Jammu
The inviting authority is the Chief Executive Officer of the Surinsar Mansar Development Authority at Mansar. The tender was originally published on 28 July, but the live portal now shows the extended dates above.
Do not treat the headline numbers as the whole brief
The portal directs bidders to the pre-qualification terms and conditions for eligibility. Before paying a fee or deposit, download the full tender pack and extension corrigendum from the official J&K eProcurement page. Check the permitted uses, site condition, licence obligations, revenue terms, utilities, staffing requirements and any experience or turnover criteria in the documents themselves.
Use the Tender ID to confirm that every downloaded document belongs to this opportunity. A listing on an aggregator can help discovery, but the current government portal controls the dates and documents. If a figure or deadline differs, use the live official record.
Also verify that the payment and bid are acknowledged inside the portal before the cutoff. A saved form or bank debit is not the same as a successfully submitted tender. Keep the receipt, uploaded document list and final submission acknowledgement together.
Who should look closely
This is an operating tender, not a salaried vacancy. A café worker looking for a job would not apply in the same way as a business or eligible operator bidding for the site. Anyone considering it should first check the pre-qualification terms, estimate the full operating cost and visit or otherwise understand the facility before committing the fee and EMD.
The permitted mix also deserves attention. A cafeteria, games space, souvenir shop and snack bar have different equipment, staffing and compliance needs. The tender documents, not the broad description, determine what combination is actually allowed at the site.
What this could mean for weekend visitors
Mansar is already a close-to-Jammu lake destination. A completed award could add food, small activities or visitor retail at the community-kitchen site, but that is a future possibility rather than a service available today. Visitors should continue checking the Directorate of Tourism for current facilities.
Sources: J&K eProcurement tender listing and Directorate of Tourism Jammu's Mansar guide.
