1. Salient terms of Eligibility Criteria (not the entire terms)

A. Basic Eligibility Criteria

• (i) The Bidder shall be a body corporate validly incorporated and existing under the Applicable Laws;
• (ii) The Bidder shall not be a consortium for the purpose of bidding for the said RFP;
• (iii) The Bidder shall not be an entity having any interest/control in any airline operator or is controlled by or under common control of any airline operator (whether domestic or international) (whether by way of equity or otherwise); and
• (iv) The Bidder or its Affiliate(s) or any of its directors or key personnel shall not be barred or blacklisted/debarred by DIAL or any of its group entity in India.

B. Specific Eligibility Criteria:

I. Technical

a) The Bidder, either itself or through one or more of its Affiliate(s) or sub-licensee(s), shall have developed and/or operated, managed, and maintained, either of the below:

• (i) at least 35 (thirty five) food & beverages outlets as on 31^st March 2024, including QSR, Fine Dine, Casual Dine, Bar & Coffee shop, at a single airport in India, with a minimum annual passenger throughput of 40 million in the Financial Year of 2023-2024

OR

• (ii) at least 5 (five) commercial passenger lounges with a minimum cumulative area of 2500 sqm. as on 31^st March 2024, at a single airport in India, with a minimum annual passenger throughput of 40 million in the Financial Year 2023-24.

II. Financial

a) The Bidder, either itself or through any of its Affiliate, shall have a minimum annual turnover of Rs. 100,00,00,000/- (Rupees One Hundred Crores only) in Financial Year 2023-24.

NOTE

• (i) In the event the Bidder is relying on the experience of its Affiliate, then requirement of having minimum annual turnover of INR 100,00,00,000 (Indian Rupees One Hundred Crore Only) in Financial Year 2023-24 shall be required to be met by one Affiliate only.
• (ii) The Bidder shall submit self-certified copy of the audited financial statement for the relevant Financial Year confirming the turnover as mentioned herein above;
• (iii) The Bidder shall submit Certificates / Undertakings / Documents, including supporting contracts, in order to establish the Bidder’s Technical Criteria;
• (iv) Bidder shall submit duly self- certified copy of the certificate of incorporation / certificate of commencement of business (wherever applicable) and confirmation of compliance with other requirements of Basic Eligibility Criteria as mentioned above.
• (v) The Bidder may submit the above details along with supporting documents, either for itself or for its Affiliate(s), as the case may be.
• (vi) “Affiliate” with respect to an entity shall mean any person which, (a) Controls such Entity, (b) is Controlled by such Entity, or (c) is Controlled by the same person who, Controls such Entity.
• (vii) “Control” shall mean: (i) the right to appoint majority of the directors or to control the management or policy decisions exercisable by a person acting individually, directly or indirectly, including by virtue of their shareholding or management rights or shareholders’ agreements or voting agreements or in any other manner; or (ii) to have the direct and / or indirect shareholding (cumulative) of more than 50% (Fifty percent) in the issued and paid-up share capital whether itself and/ or through one or more subsidiaries. The terms “Controls” and “Controlled by” shall be construed accordingly.

2. The Interested Parties shall submit the following documents to DIAL at the email id DIAL.RFP@GMRGROUP.IN;

• (i) Scanned copy of the duly signed Confidentiality Undertaking (as attached in the link provided below) by the authorized signatory of the Interested Party along with the Board Resolution in the favour of the person signing the Confidentiality Undertaking;
• (ii) Documents to establish the Basic Eligibility Criteria and Specific Eligibility Criteria, as mentioned above.

3. Upon receipt of the above said documents, DIAL either, through itself or through its representative will review the details and documents furnished by the Interested Party, and thereafter, share the RFP and the License Agreement to such Interested Party who are found eligible as per the Eligibility Criteria provided in this document.

4. DIAL reserves the right to: (i) not release or furnish the RFP and the License Agreement and / or any information contained therein to any interested party(ies) without assigning any reasoning whatsoever; or withdraw the RFP and the License Agreement.

5. The detailed Bid Schedule, other requirements of the License are provided in the RFP and the License Agreement.

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