📋 Tender Overview
The Development Bureau DEVB today May 15 invites the market to submit expressions of interest EOI within five weeks for the development of the Advanced Construction Industry Building ACIB at a site of about three hectares in Tsing Yi
As announced in the 202324 Budget the Government had earmarked 30 million for conducting a study on the construction of the first advanced construction industry building at a site of about three hectares in Tsing Yi carrying out planning and preliminary design work as well as advising on its mode of operation
A DEVB spokesperson said that the study for the development conducted by a consultant commissioned by the Government is substantially completed The ACIB will be the first dedicated facility for the construction industry in Hong Kong featuring a multistorey design to house steel rebar prefabrication yards processing sites for MiMEP and other advanced manufacturing facilities It aims to promote the adoption of advanced construction technologies and uplift productivity and efficiency of the construction industry It also enables better use of land and contributes to the sustainable development of the construction industry through productivity gains achieved from synergy This type of multistorey building is also adopted in other advanced cities
The spokesperson said that following the initial market sounding exercise conducted by the consultant the Government is of the view that the project can be developed using the BuildOperateTransfer BOT approach with a 30year contract period to leverage market financing Taking into account the required floor height floor loading capacity and mode of operation of the building and preliminary feedback from the industry the Government expects the project to provide a two to fourstorey building with a total floor area of around 30 000 to 60 000 square metres and around 5 000 to 10 000 sq m of open space for loadingunloading and storage The successful bidder will be responsible for constructing the building and operating the advanced manufacturing facilities related to the construction industry including not less than 20 000 sq m of the floor area for steel rebar prefabrication yards and not less than 5 000 sq m of the floor area for MiMEP processing sites Under the current plan the developer is required to lease not less than 5 000 sq m of the floor area for industry use
Baseline parameters and specific requirements for the development are set out in the brochure of the invitation for EOI The Government welcomes the market to submit EOIs and offer innovative and practicable suggestions for setting up additional advanced facilities related to the construction industry in the ACIB The views and suggestions collected will facilitate the Government in formulating the details of the open tender The tendering process using a twoenvelope approach that assesses both nonprice and price proposals is targeted to launch in the second half of 2025 allowing the successful bidder to commence the works by midnext year
The brochure of the invitation for EOI has been uploaded onto the website of the DEVB Interested parties must deposit their EOI in the designated dropin box of the DEVB situated at 2F Entrance East Wing Central Government Offices 2 Tim Mei Avenue Tamar Hong Kong by noon on June 19 Thursday
The DEVB will hold a briefing session on the EOI invitation on May 28 Wednesday For details of the briefing please refer to the brochure of the invitation for EOI
