Chisinau International Airport extends tender deadline for 12 retail and F&B spaces

MOLDOVA. Chisinau International Airport has extended its deadline for a major tender covering 12 retail and food & beverage spaces. Applications can now be submitted up until 19 October.

The opportunities are divided into two lots – retail and F&B – with the contract duration set at five years.

The retail lot involves five units covering a total surface of 1,461.5sq m. The individual opportunities range in size from 18.7sq m to 925.16sq m. Rent covering all spaces has been set at €83,374.80 per month.

Hungarian low-cost carrier Wizz Air is among the key airlines operating from Chisinau International Airport {Image: Chisinau Airport website video}

Applicants must have generated a turnover of at least €30 million in travel retail commerce in at least one of the last three years.

They must also have at least seven years’ travel retail experience in at least ten European Union airports with minimum traffic of 2.5 million passengers during the last three years.

The food & beverage lot encompasses seven units across 4,781.3sq m combined. The individual opportunities range in size from 70.6sq m to 2,503.41sq m. Rent covering all spaces has been set at €74,590.40 per month.

Applicants must have generated a turnover of at least €5 million through airport food & beverage activities in at least one of the last three years.

They must also have at least seven years’ experience of operating restaurants, fast-food outlets or cafés in at least seven European Union airports with minimum traffic of 2.5 million passengers during the last three years.

The rents set for both lots are based on annual traffic of 2.8 million passengers.

With every 100,000 increase of passenger traffic, the rent will increase +2% annually. In the case of any passenger decrease the rent payment will remain unchanged.

The airport company said applications will be examined on 21 October. The bids will take place the following day at 09:00 (local time) for Lot 1 (retail) and at 11:00 for Lot 2 (F&B).

Access detailed information on the two lots via these links – retail here and food & beverage here.

Participants can also obtain more information and clarifications by writing to cancelar@airport.md. ✈

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