SPAIN. The consultancy group Alvarez & Marsal Spain has been appointed as the preferred bidder for the contract to provide consultancy services for the tax-free tender at Spanish airports.

As reported, airport company AENA plans to award duty-free contracts at 26 airports across its Spanish network in Q4 2022, with new concessions starting November 1, 2023.

As part of this process, he selects an advisor to develop the bidding strategy and plan the contractual relationship with potential partners.

The consultancy contract, which according to AENA is valued at 4.6 million euros, will last up to 36 months and will include the preparation, drafting and monitoring of tender documents and the process tender.

Alvarez & Marsal was one of two companies to meet AENA’s requirements for the consultancy contract and finished ahead of AT Kearney in technical scoring. Two other consulting groups, Arthur D. Little and ALG Global Infrastructure Advisors, also submitted bids. The choice of Alvarez & Marsal must be approved by AENA, which has not given a timetable for this stage of the process.

The consultancy contract will include an initial analysis of duty free business globally to establish the bidding and contractual relationship strategy; and subsequent drafting of tender documents, as well as consultancy services during the tender process.

Through Dufry, AENA currently has four duty free contracts in 26 airports, with 88 outlets occupying over 43,000 m².

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