Press briefing of Cabinet Decision taken on 2023-05-08

Awarding the Contract for Supplying of Aviation Fuel required for SriLankan Airlines at 16 Locations (Airports) worldwide

- Bids have been invited under the Limited International Bidding procedure to obtain aviation fuel for SriLankan Airlines at 17 Airports worldwide. For that, 52 bids have been received from 12 companies and 49 bids have met the basic qualifications. The bid of the only bidder that submitted bids to the Shanghai Pudong, China has been rejected. Accordingly, the proposal made by the Minister of Ports, Shipping and Aviation to award the relevant Contracts for the supply of Aviation Fuel at 16 Airports to the lowest evaluated substantially responsive bidders, as per the recommendation of the Standing Cabinet Appointed Procurement Committee, was approved by the Cabinet.