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Organising Committee announces caterer for Commonwealth Games | The Organising Committee of the Commonwealth Games announced the names of the organizations that bagged the catering contracts for the Games. Sanjeev
Mittal, a member of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee, said that the
prices quoted earlier were too high, prompting the committee to go in for different
packages. "The request for a proposal was issued long ago, but the rates which
were achieved were too high, and the committee was not in a position to pay that
higher cost for the obligatory meals. So, that is how it was decided to go in
for different packages," said Mittal. He said the catering for the lounges has
been divided into eight clusters. "Out of these eight clusters, five have been
awarded to a Delhi firm called Seven Seas Private Limited. One cluster is being
awarded to a public sector under Ministry of Railways that is IRCTC, (Indian Railways
Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited), and two to a Mumbai-based firm that
is Graviss Hospitality Private Limited," Mittal added. While Mittal is in charge
of caterers for the venue, the Games Village's catering is handled by another
member of the Organizing Committee, G. G. Thompson. "About the (Games) Village
catering, we have the master caterer is already in place. It's a company called
Delaware North of Australia, and they are the master caterers," Thompson said.
He added that menu would be diverse in the village and estimated the total cost
to be Rs 939 million. "All the kitchen equipments were being airlifted from London
at a cost of Rs 85.9 million, and that installation would amount Rs 95 million,"
he added. The Commonwealth Games 2010 will be held from October 3 to 14 in New
Delhi. The 12-day sporting extravaganza will be India's biggest sporting event
since the 1982 Asian Games in New Delhi. |
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