The works include the construction of a 30-classroom primary school comprising a 5-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 11,145 square metres. The contract is scheduled to commence in August 2022 and for completion in July 2024.

Forms of tender and further particulars are obtainable from:

Quantity Surveying Branch,
Architectural Services Department,
33/F, Queensway Government Offices,
66 Queensway,
Hong Kong

For enquiry, please contact Ms. Catherine CHEUNG
Project manager
Tel. No: (852) 2154 3048
Fax. No: (852) 2154 1148
Email Address: cheuncmc@archsd.gov.hk

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 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, 22 April 2022, 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, 22 April 2022, 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).

Selective tendering is adopted. Confirmed contractors in Group B / contractors in Group C on the List of Approved Contractors for Public Works 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 confirmed Group B contractor or 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$200 million within the past 10 years counting from and including the original date set for the close of tender (i.e. between 26 March 2012 and 25 March 2022 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, 22 February 2022 to Chief Quantity Surveyor/1 of Architectural Services Department, at 33/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.

A charge will be levied for delivery of tender documents where the delivery of tender documents is requested by a tenderer. A written request must be made.

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