Tender Reference
Contract No. SS N515
Procuring Bureau/Department
Architectural Services Department
Subject
Construction of a 30-classroom Primary School at Area 17, Fanling North New Development Area
Description
The works include the construction of a 30-classroom primary school comprising a 6-storey classroom block with an assembly hall and associated facilities, together with piled foundation, building services installation, drainage and external works. The construction floor area is about 11,000 square metres. The contract is scheduled to commence in January 2025 and for completion in March 2027.
Estimated Quantity
Not applicable
Contact
Forms of tenders and further particulars can be downloaded from the e-Tendering System which can be accessed via the link: https://www.gov.hk/en/theme/etendering/ets/. For enquiry, please contact Mr. Sammy LIU Project quantity surveyor Tel. No: (852) 2867 4111 Fax. No: (852) 2596 0356 Email Address: liucy@archsd.gov.hk
Closing Date/Time
12:00 Noon on Friday, 16 August 2024 (Hong Kong Time)
Submission of Tenders
Tenderers must submit completed tenders in both soft AND hard copies.
Tender
Submission made in Soft Copy
The soft copy of the completed tenders must be submitted via the e-Tendering
System and tenderers should ensure that data transmission must be completed
before the tender closing time. Tenderers are required to use the
Organisational e-Cert to sign the tender before submission via the e-Tendering
System. Attention is drawn to the time required for the certification authority
to issue the Organisational e-Cert. Tenderers are advised to apply for
Organisational e-Cert well in advance of the tender closing date.
Tenderers
should ensure that the accounts of the e-Tendering System are valid well in
advance of the tender closing date. Tenderers with invalid accounts or accounts
without valid passwords will not be able to access the e-Tendering System to
download the tender documents, submit tender queries and tenders. Details of
the procedures for application of an e-Tendering System account, terms and
conditions, frequently asked questions and user manual of the e-Tendering
System are available at:
https://www.gov.hk/en/theme/etendering/ets/
Tender
Submission made in Hard Copy
The hard copy of sealed tenders in duplicate must be clearly marked with the
tender reference and the subject of the tender on the outside of the envelope
(but should not bear any indication which may relate the tender to the
tenderer), addressed to the Chairman, Central Tender Board and placed in the
Government Secretariat Tender Box situated in the lobby of the Public Entrance
on the Ground Floor, East Wing, Central Government Offices, 2 Tim Mei Avenue,
Tamar, Hong Kong. Tenders must be deposited in the tender box as specified in
this tender notice (“Specified Tender Box”) before the tender closing
time.
Late tenders or soft copy of tenders not submitted via the e-Tendering System or hard copy of tenders not deposited in the Specified Tender Box will not be accepted.
If tropical cyclone warning signal No. 8 or above is hoisted, or a black rainstorm warning signal or “extreme conditions after super typhoons” announced by the Government is/are in force at any time between 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon on Friday, 16 August 2024, the tender closing time will be postponed to 12:00 noon on the first working day after the tropical cyclone warning signal No. 8 is lowered, or the black rainstorm warning signal or the “extreme conditions after super typhoons” announced by the Government has/have ceased to be in force. In case of blockage of the public access to the location of the Specified Tender Box at any time between 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon on Friday, 16 August 2024, the Government will announce extension of the tender closing time until further notice. Following removal of the blockage, the Government will announce the extended tender closing time as soon as practicable. The above announcements will be made via press releases on the website of Information Services Department (http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/today.htm).
Remarks
Selective tendering is adopted. Contractors on the List of Approved Contractors for Public Works in Group C for Buildings Category or joint ventures with participation of local and/or overseas contractors with the lead participant or the major shareholder being on the above-mentioned approved list/category/group who also meet the following qualifications and other conditions for participation stipulated in the tender documents are invited to tender:
(1) The tenderer or in case of a joint venture tenderer, the lead participant / major shareholder in the joint venture tenderer must be a probationary or confirmed Group C contractor on the List of Approved Contractors for Public Works for Buildings category as at the original date set for the close of tender or, if this has been extended, the extended date; and
(2) The tenderer must have completed at least one building contract in or outside Hong Kong with an adjusted original contract sum not less than HK$220 million within the past 10 years counting from and including the original date set for the close of tender (i.e. between 17 August 2014 and 16 August 2024 inclusive). Only such contracts with substantial completion date falling within the above stated period will be considered.
The detailed requirements on the tenderer's qualifications and those for joint ventures with participation of local and/or overseas contractors, if applicable, are stipulated in the tender documents.
Contractors
not yet on the above-mentioned approved list/category/group may also submit a
tender if they submit a request for participation together with a duly
completed application for inclusion in the above-mentioned approved
list/category/group by Tuesday, 16 July 2024 to Chief Quantity Surveyor/4 of
Quantity Surveying Branch, Architectural Services Department, at 34/F,
Queensway Government Offices, 66 Queensway, Hong Kong, meet the qualifications
and conditions for participation, and the application for inclusion is duly
approved on or before the tender closing date. Details for making the
application are available at:
http://www.devb.gov.hk/en/construction_sector_matters/contractors/index.html
Contractors will be liable to have their names removed from the approved list(s) if they fail or refuse to implement an accepted tender.
This tender is covered by the Agreement on Government Procurement of the World Trade Organization and will not involve electronic auction. This notice also serves as a summary notice required under the Agreement on Government Procurement of the World Trade Organization.
The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region does not bind itself to accept any tender irrespective of whether the tender is the lowest bid or, where the assessment of the tenders is based on a marking scheme or formula approach, the tender with the highest overall score.
The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region reserves the right to negotiate with any tenderer about the terms of the offer.
Details of the award of this contract will be published on the Internet at https://pcms2.gld.gov.hk/iprod/#/scn00101