The international consultation includes urban design scope and detailed design scope:

1.Urban Design Level:

（1）Urban Design Level

（2）Population subdivision and functional modality research

（3）Urban spatial form innovation

（4）Public spaces and public places

（5）Traffic organization and slow traffic connection

（6）Phase and implementation guidance

2.Detailed Design Level：

（1）Coordination and deepening of the space design

（2）Three-dimensional system integration and transportation design

（3）Public space and environment design

1.Invited units

      After the invited candidates submit the invitation application documents as required, the hosts shall set up a professional jury to conduct comprehensive reviews on the invited candidates in accordance with their industry reputation, achievements, awards, and team members to be involved. 3 invited units of the consultation will be selected according to the number of votes through the independent voting of the professional jury.

2.Open application

（1）There are no qualification restrictions for the application of the international consultation, and it is open to all the design institutions with relevant design experience at home and abroad. We encourage design institutions of different specialized fields (including but not limited to urban design, architectural design, transportation, etc.)to form joint groups。 All parties in the joint group may not participate in the international consultation in their own name or as members of other joint groups.

(2) Design institutions (joint groups) with following project experience will be prioritized:

•  ŸWith rich experience in the urban design of comprehensive transport hub areas;
•  ŸWith the research and design experience of key urban areas.
• ŸWith rich experience in traffic planning and design in hub areas;

(3) Application by any individual will not be accepted by the consultation. The project team shall consist of professional personnel from multiple specialties, including urban planning, urban design, architecture design, traffic planning, etc.

(4) All the designers participating in the international consultation shall be the registered personnel of the design institutions (joint groups). The project responsible person of the international consultation must have presided over several similar projects. The project responsible person must directly participate in the whole consultation and design process from the on-site survey to the deliverables report, and carry out consultation Q&A and report deliverables as the direct reporter.

(5) According to the requirements of the bidding documents, openly applied design institutions (joint groups) shall provide prequalification materials. Prequalification materials include application materials and concept proposals. For details of the preparation requirements, please refer to Section 5 of the Consultation Rules.

The international consultation work is divided into three phases: Phase I — “prequalification”, Phase II — “urban design plan consultation”, and Phase III — “development deliverables”.

Stage 1－Prequalification

Prequalification will adopt “invitation + open” approach. The hosts will send invitations to the invited units and select 3 shortlisted design institutions (joint groups) from those units; another 3 finalists will be selected among the openly applied design institutions (joint groups). The 6 shortlisted design institutions (joint groups) will participate in the urban design plan consultation of Phase II.

Stage 2 –Urban design plan consultation

The hosts will organize the 6 shortlisted design institutions (joint groups) to conduct on-site survey and Q&A. After signing the confidentiality agreement, the hosts will provide detailed basic design information.

After submitting the required deliverables, the 6 design institutions (joint groups) will receive the corresponding bonus. Among the 6 design plans, 3 winning plans will be selected by the review experts and recommended to the hosts. The hosts will study and determine the rankings of the 3 winners on the basis of fully respecting the experts' review opinions.

Stage 3 –Deliverable integration

As the technical consulting and advisory unit (first prize) of the “North Railway Station hub area Urban Design Project”, the selected design institution (joint group) shall develop the design deliverables together with the technical support and service units of the project. As the hosts will organize 3-4 workshops in succession (the specific number will be determined according to the reality of the project), the selected design institution (joint group) needs to dispatch project responsible persons and major designers to participate.

For further inquiries and information access , please refer to the document of "Working Rules of International Consultation on the Urban Design of Shenzhen North Railway Station Hub Area"

Consultation Schedule (Tentative):

☆ All times are subject to Beijing time. The hosts reserve the right to adjust the agenda. In case of an agenda adjustment, the hosts will notify design institutions (joint groups) by e-mail.

Note: The Tenderee will organize a project promotion conference on the afternoon of December 18, to introduce the project background and answer questions of interested agencies about the bidding application. The conference is of a voluntary nature. Interested agencies please send their name and name of participants to the e-mail address for applications before 17:00, December 16.

The bonus for this consultation all is paid in RMB, and any taxes and dues generated by the bonus shall be paid by design institutions themselves (joint groups).

The hosts shall determine the ranking of the top 3 winning design institutions (joint groups), design institutions (joint groups) that meet the design requirements will get the following awards based on their rankings:

（1）The first prize winner (1) will be given 5,300,000.00 yuan;

（2）The second prize winner (1) will be given 2,000,000.00 yuan respectively;

（3）The third prize winner (1) will be given 1,500,000.00 yuan respectively;

（4）The other 3 shortlisted design institutions (joint groups) will be rewarded with RMB 1,100,000.00.

If design institutions participate in the competition in the name of joint design groups, the hosts will only contact and settle with the leading party of the joint group. If foreign design institutions fail to use their accounts to collect RMB, they may authorize independent legal persons in China to receive the money.

If the jury considers that the deliverables submitted by design institutions (joint groups) do not meet the depth and requirements of this consultation on design, the hosts will not pay the design bonus.

Inquiry of Information:

Please visit the following website for more information on the consultation:

http://www.szpl.gov.cn/

http://www.szdesigncenter.org/

Others: Registration of application data

Please enter the enterprise information on website: http://106.52.245.156/ , or scan the following QR code to enter the enterprise information. The prequalification application documents shall be subject to the documents delivered on site or by post.