VARANASI: Varanasi Smart City Limited has invited proposals for public sculptures and decorative park elements on Friday, November 13, 2026, following a separate November 12 tender for Sankat Mochan Theme Park at Saket Nagar Park. The park package carries a listed value of Rs 50 lakh. Residents in Saket Nagar should treat this as a procurement announcement, with construction and public opening dates still to be established.
The sculpture invitation covers fabrication, supply, erection, park decoration and landscaping at designated sites and junctions in Varanasi. Its public summary does not identify individual streets or disclose a total tender value. Both notices identify the chief executive officer of Varanasi Smart City Limited as the inviting authority, with the office on the second floor of Trinetra Bhawan in Sigra.
For residents, the immediate step is to retain the relevant tender number when asking about a proposed site. For prospective contractors, the next deadlines differ: sculpture bids close on November 19, while submissions for the Saket Nagar park begin on November 18 and close on November 26. All dates and times below are IST.
Two packages with different schedules
The Sankat Mochan Theme Park notice was published at 4 pm on November 12. Its title places the work at Saket Nagar Park and describes development under EPC mode. The reference is 515B/T/VSCL/TENDER/2026-27 and the portal identifier is 2026_NNVAR_1207700_1. These distinguish this invitation from other park works in the city.
Park documents are available until 4 pm on November 26. The clarification period ends at 2 pm on November 18, followed by a pre-bid meeting at 3 pm that day at the VSCL office in Trinetra Bhawan, Sigra. Online bid submission starts at 4 pm on November 18. Opening is scheduled for 4 pm on November 27 at the VSCL office.
The park tender lists a work period of 183 days and bid validity of 180 days. They serve different purposes: the first is the listed period for the work and the second concerns the submitted offer. Neither establishes a park opening date calculated from publication of the notice. The summary does not announce that a contractor has been selected.
The sculpture and landscaping invitation was published at 6.45 pm on November 13. Its reference is 521/T/VSCL/TENDER/2026-27 and identifier 2026_NNVAR_1208494_1. Document downloads and bid submissions close at 6.45 pm on November 19, with opening scheduled ten minutes later, at 6.55 pm, at the VSCL office.
That second package lists 30 days as the work period and 180 days as bid validity. No pre-bid meeting date appears in its summary. Its financial and work schedules should therefore be read separately from the Saket Nagar park invitation. The two notices do not provide a combined project cost or a common completion date.
The portal classifies both invitations as open works tenders in the civil works category. The park summary labels its form of contract EOI, while the sculpture package is item rate. These labels appear alongside the individual work descriptions, so contractors should read the complete request for proposals rather than assume identical terms because the inviting authority is the same.
Fees and documents for bidders
The park invitation requires a tender fee of Rs 11,800 and earnest money of Rs 1 lakh. Both are listed as payable through RTGS, and the summary allows no exemption from either requirement. These amounts are bidding requirements, separate from the Rs 50 lakh tender value. Detailed qualification conditions are referred to the request for proposals document.
The sculpture invitation has a tender fee of Rs 1,180 and earnest money of Rs 23,000, also without exemptions in the summary. It lists offline payment instruments including demand draft, banker's cheque, bank guarantee, fixed deposit and RTGS. Bidders should consult the package documents for the applicable requirements rather than carry payment assumptions across from the park tender.
Both invitations use two covers. The first contains the fee, qualification and technical material; the second contains financial information. For the park, the portal lists a notice and RFP515B.pdf. For the sculptures package, it lists a notice, RFP5212627.pdf and a bill of quantities spreadsheet. Check the current documents against the tender identifier before preparing an offer.
What residents should do
The municipal website lists 1533 for civic complaints. A query about the park can identify Saket Nagar and the park tender number; a query about sculptures needs the proposed junction as well as the package reference. The summaries reviewed do not announce road closures or arrangements for public access during work.
Earlier reporting on three other park tenders, Ratnakar and other park bids and the municipal budget revision provides separate civic context. Those projects should not be treated as the scope or timetable of these two new invitations.
