As a 4E international airport, Wuhan Tianhe International Airport (“WTIA”), together with except for Beijing Capital International Airport, are the only airports in China that host the bases of three Chinese giant airlines, namely, Air China, China Southern Airlines and China Eastern Airlines. In 2013, the airport’s throughput approached 15.7 million persons. With outstanding passenger and cargo throughputs, the airport has become one of the busiest civil airports on the Chinese mainland.
By now, the airport has established abusiness complex consisting of a variety of functions, including shopping, catering, entertainment, leisure, culture, exhibition and Internet services and attracted a number of famous brands, including Salvatore Ferragamo, Longines, Swarovski and KFC.
I. Competitive negotiations:
Part of the retail project in the terminals of WTIA is open to the public.
The retail business promotion project is located in the public section, Gallery A, Gallery B of Terminal 2, covers an area of 726.86 square meters in total and consists of 12 tenders.
The merchandise categories include apparel & accessories, leather products, footwear, kids' apparel, toys, jewelry & accessories, handicrafts, healthcare foods & medicines, foods and specialty foods.
The ultimate operators of the project will be selected through competitive negotiations.
II. Threshold requirements:
1. An applicant shall be a corporate legal person registered on the mainland of the People's Republic of China according to the law. The registration time shown on its business license shall not be later than December 31, 2011. The applicant shall have the experience relating to the retail project and a good performance record, and have continuously operated business in the same category and duly paid taxes for at least two years.
2. The registered capital of the corporate legal person shall reach the following levels:
2.1 Domestic manufacturers: no less than RMB1 million;
2.2 Sino-foreign joint ventures or fully-foreign owned manufactures: no less than USD 1 million;
2.3 Agent of a domestic brand: no less than RMB 500,000; and
2.4 Agent of an international brand: no lessthan RMB 1 million.
3. For any applicant with any record showing that it had or has any contractual engagement with Wuhan Airport Commercial and Trading Co., Ltd. (“ACT Wuhan”), during the contract period, the applicant's operations shall meet the requirements set out in ACT Wuhan's performance assessment. Besides, the applicant shall not have any record of default in its payment to other parties, shall not be filed with any serious and valid complaint, and has not left any negative impact on WTIA's reputation because of the applicant's operations.
4. Compliance and integrity: Any applicant shall not have any record of having engaged in any unfair competition practices, such as business bribery, to acquire any right of operation in its pervious operations. In the past year, the applicant shall not have any law breaking record, shall not engage in any trademark infringement, and shall notmake any deceptive advertisement.
5. The applicant shall have a good tracking record of paying taxes and social security funds according to the law, and shall not have any record of breaking any state regulation or impairing any employee's benefits.
III. Arrangements of the business promotion:
1. Time of application: 16:00 on May 6 to 12, 2014
2. Materials to be submitted for the application: corporate business license, tax registration certificate, organization code certificate, corporate profile, basic information of the brand, merchandise categories covered by the brand or the brand's selling prices on the market, trademark registration certificate, merchandise quality inspection report, production permit, brand's power of attorney, and other related documents.
3. Offering of the business promotion document: From May 13 to 19, 2014; Venue: Room 203, Multi-function Building, WuhanTianhe International Airport; Cost: RMB 300/set.
Contact persons: Zhou Yongmi, Peng Jieting
Tel. no: 027-85818163
Fax no.: 027-85818692
E-mail address: sm376@163.com