Five institutions have been selected to operate currency exchange counters at the departure terminal of the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake.
The government states bids were called from licensed commercial banks, licensed special banks, and foreign exchange businesses approved by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, to operate 05 currency counters at the departure terminal.
As per the bids called under the limited National Competitive Bidding Process, five institutions had submitted bids.
Accordingly, the Cabinet of Ministers has approved the recommendation presented by the Minister of Civil Aviation to entrust the implementation of currency exchange counters to the five institutions for three (3) years.
The following institutions have been selected based on the recommendation of the Technical Evaluation Committee and the Standing Procurement Committee appointed by the Cabinet of Ministers.
- Counter No 25 – to Bank of Ceylon for an amount of Rs. 798.028 million + taxes
- Counter No 02 – to Sampath Bank for an amount of Rs. 633.662 million + taxes
- Counter No 04 – to Commercial Bank for an amount of Rs. 381.364 million + taxes
- Counter No 10 – to Thomas Cook Lanka (Pvt) Ltd for an amount of Rs. 299.064 million + taxes
- Counter No 11 – to Hatton National Bank for an amount of Rs. 225.689 million + taxes. (Newswire)