Tender Notice for publication on the Internet

Description

The works include the financing, design, construction, testing and commissioning of the Smart and Green Mass Transit System in East Kowloon ("the System") as well as operation and maintenance of the System within a 20-year franchise period. Main scope of works includes:

1. design and construction of the civil and electrical and mechanical (E&M) works including:
1. viaduct sections of about 6 km long from Choi Hung East to Yau Tong East passing through the northern uphill areas of Kwun Tong;
2. a tunnel section of about 1 km long under Black Hill between Lam Tin Park and Pik Wan Road;
3. 9 stations including Choi Hung East (CHE), Choi Wan (CWA), Shun Lee (SLE), Shun On (SON), Sau Mau Ping (SMP), Po Tat (POT), Ma Yau Tong (MYT), Lam Tin North (LTN) and Yau Tong East (YTE) and associated pedestrian linkage facilities;
4. a depot in Ma Yau Tong;
5. ancillary buildings including ventilation building and Emergency Access Points (EAPs) for the tunnel section;
6. system-wide facilities, such as signalling system, operation control and monitoring facilities, charging facilities, passenger facilities and fare collection system, etc.; and
7. associated civil, geotechnical, landscape, road and drainage works, waterworks, electrical and mechanical installation, reprovisioning of facilities affected by the proposed infrastructural works and environmental mitigation measures.
2. supply of the System including rolling stock and associated equipment;
3. installation, testing and commissioning of the System; and
4. operation and maintenance of the System.

The works are scheduled to commence in 2027, with a target of completion and commissioning of the System on or before 2033. It is envisaged that a 20-year franchise will be granted to the successful tenderer (the franchisee) by the Government to design, construct, operate and maintain the System. The franchise will include the right to collect fare. The System will be transferred to the Government at no cost at the end of franchise period. The property development rights of Depot Site at Ma Yau Tong, Kai Tak Site which comprises Sites 3E1 and 3E2 in Kai Tak, and Cha Kwo Ling Road Site at Cha Kwo Ling Road and near Kwun Tong Road (hereinafter referred to as "the Sites") would be granted by way of private treaty grants at nominal premium to the franchisee to provide funding support for the delivery of the System. Tenderers will be required to propose a fixed sum payable to the Government for the grant of the franchise and property development rights of the Sites.

Submission of Tenders

Tenders must be clearly marked with the tender reference no. 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 located at the lobby of the Public Entrance on the Ground Floor, East Wing, Central Government Offices, 2 Tim Mei Avenue, Tamar, Hong Kong, before tender closing date. Tenders must be deposited in the tender box as specified in this tender notice ('Specified Tender Box') before the tender closing time. Late tenders and tenders not deposited in the Specified Tender Box will not be accepted.

The tender closing date may be extended under the following circumstances:-

1. If tropical cyclone signal No. 8 or above or a black rainstorm warning signal is hoisted, or if "extreme conditions" announced by the Government is in force at any time between 9 a.m. and 12 noon on the tender closing date, the tender closing time will be extended to 12 noon on the first working day after the tropical cyclone signal No. 8 is lowered, or the black rainstorm warning signal or the "extreme conditions" announced by the Government has/have ceased to be in force. Saturday is not counted as a working day. The announcements on "extreme conditions" will be made via press releases on the website of Information Services Department (https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/today.htm); or
2. If there is blockage of the public access to the location of the Specified Tender Box at any time between 9 a.m. and 12 noon on the tender closing date, the Government will announce extension of the tender closing date and time until further notice. Following removal of the blockage, the Government will announce the extended tender closing date and time as soon as practicable. The announcements will be made via press releases on the website of Information Services Department (https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/today.htm).