AAI withdraws tender for 131 body scanners aimed at passenger safety
Post Date – 11:30 PM, Monday – July 10
New Delhi: A tender issued by Airports Authority of India (AAI) to procure 131 body scanners has been withdrawn due to “administrative reasons,” a senior Airports Authority of India (AAI) official told ANI in an interview. , the tender was withdrawn”.
“AAI has invited a global tender for 131 full-body scanners on July 6, 2023. But due to administrative reasons, the tender has been cancelled,” the official noted.
However, the official said AAI is confident in future tenders.
“There will be another tender soon,” the official added.
Similarly, AAI issued a tender in 2020 to procure 198 advanced full-body scanners for its airports, but it was later withdrawn for “administrative reasons”. According to a 2019 report by India’s security regulator, the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS), “About 84 ultra-sensitive and sensitive airports in our country require body scanners. Walk-up and hand-held metal detectors cannot Detect non-metallic weapons and explosives.” AAI has tendered for 600 X-ray Baggage Inspection Systems (XBIS), which are still open, and authorities have said they hope to procure such scanners in the coming days.
