Tenders

Tender For Operating Retail Shops In The Terminals Of Cochin International Airport Ltd

CIAL/COML/LIC 63/ 2026A

 

Commencement date of Tender	Last Date & Time For Receipt of Bid in CIAL Commercial Department	Date and Time of Opening the Bid
28.07.2026	All Spaces in T-1 & T3 on 19.08.2026,1430Hrs	All Spaces in T-1 & T3 on 19.08.2026, 1500 Hrs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Address for Communication at CIAL:

 

Mr. Manoj P Joseph, Dy. General Manager (Commercial), Cochin International Airport Limited, Kochi Airport PO, Ernakulam, Kerala – 683111., Phone: 0484 2610115 Ext: 3507/2619

E-mail: george@cial.aero , mpj@cial.aero

 

CIAL invites tenders from individual agencies for award of License to operate various retail outlets in the International (T3) and Domestic terminal (T1). The tenders are for each individual shop. This is not a master concession.

 

 

1.PURVIEW OF LICENSE

 

1.1    The Licensee shall use the Location for the sole purpose of setting up, operating, maintaining and managing the Retail Outlets and providing the Services in accordance with the provisions of the tender and Agreement to be executed, during the License Term. Licensee shall ensure that the Retail Outlets are designed, set up, developed, operated, maintained and managed as per standards in line with the image envisaged for the Airport by CIAL and in accordance with the Retail Concepts and the Retail Categories.

 

1.2    CIAL intends to tender the following number of spaces in different terminals for retail operations;

T1 SHA - 2 Stores

                                            T3 SHA - 1 Store

T3 Arrival-1 Store

                                            T1 Cityside -1 Store

2. PERIOD OF LICENSE

2.1   The period of License will be for a period of 4 years in Domestic terminal and 3 years in International terminal. The date of commencement of the License would be as mentioned by CIAL in its firm allotment letter.  

3. LOCATION & AREA

3.1     Spaces will be of different sizes depending on the category and is mentioned in clause 4.1. Space Number 35A  and 38 in T1 Departure SHA area will be full gondola space. The maximum height permitted in this space for the Gondola or standalone wall rack will be 5 feet including the branding /signage if any.

4      CATEGORIES

 

4.1   CIAL proposes the following Retail categories in its Domestic & International terminal areas. The bidders may bid for any one of the below mentioned categories subject to meet the eligibility criteria in clause 5.2.1

 

 

Sl. No	Space No:	Location	Categories proposed	Minimum monthly license fee	Minimum Revenue share percentage	Area
						Sqm
1	35A	T1 SHA	Fashion Jewellery	1.5 Lakhs	27.5%	10
2	38	T1 SHA	Indian Sweets	2.5 Lakhs	25%	15
3	12	T3 SHA	Innerwear & Essentials/Fashion Apparels/Kids Wear	1 Lakh	25%	20
4	14	T3 ARR	Toys	1.25 lakhs	25%	24
5	04	T1 Cityside	Imitation Jewellery / Packed Tea & coffee Boutique	Rs.50,000/-	25%	5

 

 

5. THE TNDERING PROCESS
   1. The tender document will be issued on payment of Rs 2360/-(nonrefundable) by Online transfer/Cash/ demand draft favoring Cochin International Airport Ltd, Payable at Ernakulam on any working day between 9.30 hours to 16.00 hours (IST) from 28^th July 2026 and up to 18^th August 2026 from the Commercial department of Cochin International Airport Ltd. The last date and time for submission of bids shall be 14.30 hours 19^th August 2026 for shops in Terminal -1 and Terminal -3. Tenders will be opened in the presence of available bidders on the same day at 1500 Hrs. If the bidder wishes to use the soft copy version of the tender document for printing the bid documents, they shall submit tender document fees of Rs.2360/- by bank transfer and obtain the PDF copy duly sealed by CIAL on all pages by e-mail. The bidder may print this PDF and submit the tender.

 

1. 2. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA :-

 

5.2.1 Agencies meeting the following eligibility criteria may participate in this tender .

 

Eligibility criteria for shops inside terminals

 

1. Agencies having bonafide Manufacturing/Retail business experience of not less than 3 years, in carrying on retail/ business activity and an Annual turnover of not less than INR 5 Crores in the specified categories in any one of the last Five financial years.

or

 

2. Any Concessionaire having an Annual Turnover of not less than 50 crores from Airport Retail Business in any one of the last 5 years may participate in any category of this tender provided they bring in any International brands or any recognized Indian brands. An Indian brand will be deemed to be recognized if it is present at any Airport, Metro Rail or major mall in India.

 

   Eligibility criteria for City side

 

3. Agencies having bonafide Manufacturing/Retail business experience of not less than 2 years, in carrying on retail/ business activity and an Annual turnover of not less than INR 50 Lakhs in the specified categories in any one of the last five financial years.

 

5. 1. 3. The tender shall be accompanied by an Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) of Rs.2,00,000/- (Rupees Two Lakhs only) , in the form of Demand Draft favouring “Cochin International Airport Limited” payable at Ernakulam/ Nedumbassery.  The tenders without Earnest Money Deposit shall be summarily rejected.
6. AWARD PROCESS

6.1  CIAL shall fix a minimum monthly guaranteed amount and a minimum revenue share percentage for each category. The bidders shall quote for each category for each area separately. The minimum monthly guaranteed amount and the revenue share percentage quoted should be equal to or above than specified in clause 4.1 above.

 

1. 2. The bidders are required to quote the Minimum monthly license fee for the 1^st year. The License will be allotted to the bidder who quotes highest monthly minimum guaranteed license fee for the 1st year to CIAL. There will be compounded annual escalation of 10 % on the quoted license fee every year.

 

6. INTEREST FREE SECURITY DEPOSIT

    7.1    In the event of making provisional allotment, the successful bidder shall deposit with CIAL, an Interest free security deposit (IFSD) equivalent to 10 (10) months minimum guaranteed monthly license fee quoted for the first year. Out of the total security deposit, Rs.10 lakhs has to be paid in the form of Demand draft and balance in the form of bank guarantee (in CIALs format).  The Interest free security deposit (as mentioned above), shall be remitted within 30 days from the date of provisional allotment.

 

For Further details and tender document, Contact: George Elanjickal, Manager (Commercial) @ 9961401104 / 0484 2610115 (Extn: 3507/2614)