Six bidders selected to operate Tourist Service Counters at BIA

August 22, 2024 at 12:56 PM

The Cabinet has approved the bidders selected for the implementation of Tourist Service Counters in the vacant lobby area in front of the Entrance Terminal of the Bandaranaike International Airport.

The government said bidding was called by the Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) (Private) Ltd. to operate six (06) tourist service counters in the said vacant lobby area at the Katunayake Airport, adding that 12 bids were received for this purpose. 

Accordingly, the Cabinet of Ministers approved the proposal presented by the Minister of Ports, Shipping, and Aviation to award the following bidders who have substantially responded and submitted the highest bids to grant permission for utilization of respective areas for a period of 03 years.

The approval has been given under the recommendations of the Technical Appraisal Committee and the Standing Procurement Committee appointed by the Cabinet of Ministers after the appraisal of the said bids. 

The following are the selected bidders;

 No of the counter area            Name of the Bidder 

           01                                             Airport Tourist Drivers Association 

          02                                             Ayubowan Tours and Travels (Pvt) Ltd 

          03                                            Avawia Tours (Pvt) Ltd 

          04                                            Lanka Travel Agent Association

          05                                            Casons Travels (Pvt) Ltd 

          06                                            JNW Lanka Tours (Newswire)