O&M of Ahmdabad airport: Deadline for bidding extended for the sixth time, parameters tweaked

New Delhi: The AAI has for the sixth time extended the deadline for submitting the bids for Operation and Maintenance (O&M) of Ahmedabad and Jaipur airports, this time with reworked bidding parameters. The proposed contracts are for operating and maintaining passenger terminal building, airport operations control centre, fire control room, passenger boarding bridges, apron area (not including the apron areas of the cargo terminal) and surface car park, among others, at the two airports.

-The same private player(individually or as part of a consortium) will be able to carry out O&M of the two aerodromes in case that entity wins the bids.

-The tenure of the contract for O&M works has been increased to 15 years. This means that the winning bidder can carry out the work for 15 years as against the earlier limit of 10 years.

-Incremental per passenger revenue or increase in per passenger revenue for each year of the tenure) owed by it to the O&M provider is scrapped.

-There would be a fixed fee structured along with a variable amount rather than an annual incremental fee hike.

-The bidding process for the two airports’ O&M works would be conducted separately but simultaneously.

-The last date for submitting the bids has been extended by nearly three months to September 18. Earlier, the deadline was June 29.