Publication / RFP date
16.07.2026; RFP download starts 16.07.2026 at 1700 hrs IST.
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Airports Authority of India · Darbhanga, Bihar2026_AAI_284288_1
Written by TenderKart AI from the documents published when it was generated. Check the tender for later corrigenda before you bid.
16 Jul 2026
11 Aug 2026
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All important dates as they stand after corrigenda: publication, pre-bid/clarification deadline, bid submission deadline, bid opening, and bid validity period.
16.07.2026; RFP download starts 16.07.2026 at 1700 hrs IST.
Virtual pre-bid: 22.07.2026 at 1500 hrs; attendance willingness by 1200 hrs that day. Written CPP Portal queries close 23.07.2026 at 1700 hrs; AAI targets replies by 28.07.2026 at 1700 hrs.
06.08.2026 at 1700 hrs IST, online on CPP Portal.
Technical bids: 07.08.2026 at 1700 hrs IST (tentative). Financial bids: 28.08.2026 at 1700 hrs IST (tentative).
At least 180 days from Bid Due Date; AAI may seek a further 90-day extension.
Tender value or estimated cost, EMD/bid security (amount, acceptable forms, validity), tender document fees, performance security, and key payment terms.
No lump-sum estimated tender value is stated. The minimum bid is Rs. 13.26 per passenger (excluding Utility Charges and GST); award is on highest Quoted Guarantee per Passenger.
Rs. 4,63,000/- (Indian Rupees Four Lakhs Sixty-Three Thousand Only), interest-free, paid only through the CPP Portal gateway by Net Banking or NEFT/RTGS; no other mode. No separate instrument validity/claim period is specified. Unsuccessful EMD is returned without interest, in any case within 180 days of Bid Due Date; selected bidder’s EMD is returned after agreement signing and Security Deposit.
Rs. 25,000/- (Rupees Twenty-Five Thousand only), non-refundable; pay before submission through CPP Portal by Net Banking or NEFT/RTGS and upload self-attested transaction/UTR proof.
Interest-free refundable Security Deposit equal to 8 months’ QMG. Phase I uses first-year QMG, due by agreement execution and valid through year 4; Phase II uses fourth-year QMG and runs to 6 months after concession expiry, furnished at least 6 months before year 4 completion / existing BG expiry. Cash or one/two BGs are permitted under the Agreement; BG only from scheduled/nationalized banks. AAI reserves the right to enhance the security under future policy.
Monthly fee is the higher of QMG and 24% Base Revenue Share; annual fee is the higher of QAG and Progressive Revenue Share (22% / 24% / 26% according to traffic achievement). QG per passenger escalates 5% annually; international QG is twice domestic QG. GST and all taxes are extra to the concession fee.
AAI invoices by the 10th of the succeeding month. Monthly Concession Fee, Space Rent and CAM are due by the 25th; utilities are stated as 15 days from invoice in the delay clause. Late interest is 12% p.a. up to 90 days and 18% p.a. thereafter. QMG remains due even without an invoice. Service/seating areas attract FY 2026-27 space rent of Rs.1160/sqm/month AC or Rs.770/sqm/month non-AC, CAM at 10% of space rent, plus metered utilities; rates may be revised.
Every pass/fail eligibility and qualification requirement: experience and past performance, turnover/net worth, registrations and certifications, consortium/JV rules, and debarment or blacklisting conditions.
Single entity or consortium of up to 3 entities. A bidder/member may participate in only one bid. Any conflict of interest under Clause 2.1.1(c), including shared controlling interests, common representatives, cross-subsidy, common constituents or advisory involvement, is disqualifying.
No prior F&B experience is required. The successful bidder must obtain all statutory/regulatory permissions and certifications within 6 months of award or award/agreement is cancelled, Security Deposit forfeited and bidder debarred one year. Darbhanga is Category B-and-below on the stated traffic projection, so the undertaking must cover at least 2 branded outlets, followed by binding brand agreements within 30 days of LOIA.
Minimum annual turnover of Rs. 1 Crore in any 2 years of the last 7 years, evidenced by audited financial statements and statutory-auditor certificate in Technical Form-4. Turnover means consumer sales revenue less sales tax/GST/VAT. No minimum net worth criterion is stated.
Bidder and Affiliates must have no undisputed outstanding dues to AAI; for an August Bid Due Date the no-dues certificate covers bills raised up to preceding 30 June. No pending/active/previous legal action may prevent agreement execution or performance.
An entity under a subsisting Central/State Government or controlled-entity bar is ineligible. Bidder, Consortium Members and Affiliates must, in the last 3 years, have no judicial/arbitral penalty for contract failure, expulsion from a public project/contract, or public-entity termination for breach; self-declaration is mandatory.
Selected consortium must form an Indian Companies Act, 2013 SPV. Lead Member must hold more than 50% throughout the concession; all members collectively hold 100% until the third anniversary of Concession Fee Commencement Date. Joint Bidding Agreement, lead-member POA and joint/several liability are required; composition cannot change until the third anniversary.
Technical bid must include PAN, GST registration and applicable constitutional documents; signatory must be authorized by Technical Form-13 POA. Chartered-accountant certifications must contain UDIN.
What is being procured: the work, supplies or services, deliverables and quantities, locations, phases, completion or delivery timelines, applicable standards, and notable exclusions.
Design, fit-out, finance, develop, market, operate, maintain and manage non-exclusive F&B outlets at the New Terminal Building, Darbhanga Airport, including construction and ongoing O&M at the designated premises, at the Concessionaire’s own cost.
10 outlet locations totaling 267.55 sqm: first floor 243.15 sqm across 8 outlets (city side, pre-SHA and SHA) and ground floor 24.4 sqm across 2 outlets (SHA and arrival). Areas are approximate/provisional, though AAI says overall area will remain the same.
Seven-year concession. Locations are handed over on an ‘as is where is’ basis. Each location has a 60-day concession-fee holiday/gestation period, ending on the 61st day from Access Date or earlier business commencement; the concession commences when at least 50% of area reaches the trigger or on AAI’s deemed date.
Minimum capital expenditure: Rs.20,000 per sqm in Phase 1 and Rs.10,000 per sqm in Phase 2, separately applicable to outlet/kitchen/seating/counter areas. Develop at least 60% of premises within year 1, 75% within year 2 and 85% within year 3; concession fee still starts on the contractual trigger regardless of development.
Execution must match international standards and AAI’s Design Guidelines. Concessionaire must maintain all permits, follow health/hygiene, pricing and customer-service requirements, and integrate EPOS with AAI at its own recurring/non-recurring cost; billing must run through compliant EPOS.
Without AAI’s prior written approval, the concession excludes executive/business lounges, in-flight sales/catering/monetization, duty-free products, and any other activity AAI specifies. The concession is expressly non-exclusive.
The complete checklist of documents to submit — mandatory vs conditional, with any prescribed formats, proformas or annexures — plus how to submit: portal and mode, envelope/cover structure, digital signature requirements, signing and attestation rules, and physical originals with their deadline.
Submit Technical and Financial Bids together in the single-stage process, online only at https://etenders.gov.in. The financial offer must be confined to the CPP Portal financial bid/BOQ and must not appear in the Technical Bid; hand/post/fax/email bids are rejected.
Portal entry uses user ID/password followed by DSC login. Every Technical Bid page must be serially numbered, signed and stamped; authorized signatory initials each page in blue ink, and initials all alterations/additions.
No physical bid originals are required or accepted at bid stage. The only expressly required original identified is the selected bidder’s Security Deposit BG, due before agreement execution with SFMS confirmation; other bidding documents remain online.
Every corrigendum/addendum in order — what changed (original vs amended value), its impact, and the action for the bidder — ending with the values that finally apply.
The AI found nothing to report for this question.
Genuine conflicts within and across the documents (original vs corrigenda, clause vs annexure, tender document vs BOQ): both sides with citations, and which value prevails.
Clause 14.3.1 says utility invoices are payable within 14 days, while the immediately following delay-payment clause says 15 days. Clause 14.4.1 is the more specific provision governing due dates and interest, so 15 days is the defensible reading, but bidder should obtain written clarification.
Clause 2.13.6(k) asks for accounts for years of experience under Clause 2.1.4, while Checklist Form-18 instead cites Clause 2.2.3; neither is the turnover criterion, which is Clause 2.1.5. To avoid rejection, submit the preceding year plus audited accounts and Form-4 certificate for the two qualifying Rs.1 Crore turnover years under Clause 2.1.5.
The BOQ’s intended concession line is one item measured ‘Per Passenger’ with minimum 13.26, but the extracted template also contains unrelated rows for ‘Supplying...’ and ‘Construction of chamber...’. The RFP’s sole evaluation parameter is QG per passenger, so only the permitted bidder value for the concession line should control; seek portal clarification before editing because the BOQ warns that modification/replacement causes rejection.
Only critical, tender-specific pre-bid queries that could materially change bid/no-bid, pricing, eligibility or contractual risk. Skip generic or obvious questions the documents already answer clearly.
Please confirm the exact unlocked cell in which QG per passenger must be entered and issue a clean BOQ removing the unrelated construction rows. This is bid-critical because modifying/replacing the template is itself a rejection ground.
Please confirm whether utility invoices fall due 14 or 15 days from invoice and which date starts default interest/termination rights.
Please state the expected New Terminal Building handover/commissioning date, the date by which at least 50% of F&B area will be accessible, and whether concession-fee commencement will be deferred for construction delay. The disclosed project PDC is November 2026, after bidding, while fee commencement is tied to Access Date/deemed commencement.
Please fill the blank ‘Earliest date before which there shall be no relocation’ and identify any planned partial/total relocation, since areas are provisional and terminal modifications may affect business without compensation unless suspension exceeds 30 days.
Please identify which of the 267.55 sqm is treated as concessioned outlet area versus separately chargeable Service Area/Seating Area, whether AC/non-AC, and confirm no space rent/CAM applies to the listed outlet area unless extra service/seating space is allotted.
Commercial, legal and execution risks a bidder should weigh: liquidated damages and penalties, unusual or one-sided clauses, tight timelines, and payment or security risks.
The concession is non-exclusive; AAI can appoint competing F&B concessions. Traffic forecasts are indicative, no dispute in QG/QMG/QAG or revenue share is entertained for forecast variance, and market conditions/payment inability are not force majeure.
New Terminal Building PDC is November 2026 and the no-relocation date is blank. Areas are provisional; premises are ‘as is where is’. Bidder accepts inadequacy/errors in AAI information and cannot claim compensation/time/profit for them; modifications that affect business without relocation attract no relief.
QMG or revenue share is payable whichever is higher, QG escalates 5% annually, taxes/space rent/CAM/utilities are extra, and AAI can revise rents and enhance the Security Deposit under future policy. QMG is payable even if no invoice is received.
Late payment bears 12% p.a., rising to 18% after 90 days; persistent default can trigger termination after notice and a minimum two-year AAI debarment. Security appropriations must be replenished within 15 days or termination follows.
Bidder funds all fit-out and utilities, including extra electrical load. Minimum capex and 60%/75%/85% rollout milestones apply, but fee starts by the 61st-day/business trigger regardless of development. Failure to secure all permits within 6 months cancels the award, forfeits security and causes one-year debarment.
Award-stage delay costs Rs.5,000 per day per delayed obligation. Schedule-G imposes recurring percentages of Security Deposit per day/instance, including 5% per day for >48-hour suspension and twice the capital-expenditure deficit; these sit alongside termination and other remedies.
Minimum lock-in is 511 days. Early exit or notice shorter than 120 days permits Security Deposit forfeiture and one-year debarment. On termination, premises must be handed back within 30 days at bidder cost; AAI generally owes no compensation for early termination.
Concessionaire bears all asset/employee risk, must maintain prudent insurance throughout gestation and term with AAI as co-assured, provide notarized policies/receipts, waive subrogation, and indemnify AAI for policy non-compliance.
The inviting authority and relevant contacts: office, person, designation, address, phone and email — and which address receives physical submissions, if any.
Airports Authority of India, Darbhanga Airport. Bid Manager: Somnath Pal, JE-AOS-Commercial; mobile 8617753727; email [email protected]. The RFP does not print a complete postal address for physical bid submissions, and bids are online only.
Airport Director, Airports Authority of India, Darbhanga Airport, Darbhanga, Bihar. No named Airport Director, street address or PIN is provided in the tender.
NIC CPPP: 0120-4200462, 0120-4001002, 0120-4001005, 0120-6277787; [email protected]. AAI e-procurement helpdesk: 011-24632950 Ext. 3512; [email protected] (0800-2000, Mon-Sat, excluding gazetted holidays).