The Hong Kong Highways Department has issued a prequalification and tender notice for the Tuen Mun – Chek Lap Kok Link – Northern Connection Sub-sea Tunnel Section that includes a 5km long dual 2-lane sub-sea tunnel between Tuen Mun and the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities.
Also included in the contract is reclamation works to form land of approximately 16.5 hectares for the tunnel landfall at Tuen Mun, and associated civil, structural, building, geotechnical, marine, water supplies, drainage, sewerage, landscaping works and reprovisioning works of affected existing facilities, etc. The works are expected to commence in the second quarter of 2013 for completion in the fourth quarter of 2017. The deadline for submissions is 12:00 noon on Tuesday, 3 July 2012. Applicants meeting all of the following requirements are invited to apply for prequalification: –
- The applicant must be on the List of Approved Contractors for Public Works in confirmed status under the Category of Roads and Drainage – Group C and the Category of Port Works – Group C, or in the case of a joint venture applicant with participation of local and/or non-local contractors (hereinafter referred to as joint venture applicant) who collectively satisfy the above requirements, the lead participant or the major shareholder must be on the List of Approved Contractors for Public Works in confirmed status under the Category of Roads and Drainage – Group C and/or the Category of Port Works – Group C.
- The applicant, or any one of the participants/shareholders in a joint venture applicant, must have undertaken at least one completed or on-going design and build contract of civil engineering works in and/or outside Hong Kong within the past 20 years with an original contract sum (as defined in the prequalification document) not less than HK$500 million.
- The applicant, or any one of the participants/shareholders in a joint venture applicant, must have undertaken at least one completed or on-going construction contract involving soft/mixed ground tunnelling for tunnels of length over 1 km and of excavated diameter greater than 7 metres, excavated and constructed by tunnel boring machine (TBM), in and/or outside Hong Kong within the past 15 years with an original contract value (as defined in the prequalification document) of TBM tunnel works not less than HK$500M.
- The applicant, or any one of the participants/shareholders in a joint venture applicant, must have undertaken at least one completed or on-going construction contract involving reclamation works in and/or outside Hong Kong within the past 15 years with an original contract value (as defined in the prequalification document) of reclamation works not less than HK$100M.
AECOM Asia Company Limited, was awarded the consultancy contract last year amounting to an estimated contract value of US$148M which includes detailed design as well as supervision-in-chief and resident site staff responsibilities. AECOM will provide reference design/detailed design and contract administration during the construction of the link.
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