The content of this tender is the architectural design of China Investment Securities Building Project. The design work service scope of the bid winner shall include the conceptual architectural design, architectural scheme design, architectural design development, architectural working drawing design cooperation, construction cooperation, provision of design technical disclosure, cooperation with the special designs of other disciplines (including but not limited to the followings: landscape design, lighting design, sign system design, curtain wall design, and interior re-decoration design, etc.), and other work contents stipulated in the Tender Document (including the Design Contract, same below). (See Part II Design Brief on the Architectural Design of China Investment Securities Building Project for the specific requirements for deliverables)

1.  The tender will be open to the public, and all independent registered design institutions with relevant design experience at home and abroad can apply. The bidder who have won prestigious architectural design awards have the priority to be shortlisted. The registration of consortium and team of individuals will not be accepted.

2.  Bidders with the following design experience will be preferred:

     1) Schematic design capacity and practical experience in similar super high-rise office buildings;

     2) Schematic design experience in similar commercial buildings;

     3) Schematic design experience in multi-business-format projects;

     4) The Company has won a number of prestigious architectural design awards, including Pritzker Architecture Prize, MIPIM, Mies van der Rohe Award, Stirling Prize, RIBA International Award, ARCASIA Award for Architecture, Luban Prize for Construction Project and Liang Sicheng Architecture Prize, etc.

3.  The designers participating in the tender shall be registered personnel of the design institute. Chief Designer shall be a person who has held several projects of the same type, shall be directly involved in the whole bidding process, and make scheme presentation as per review requirements. The designer team is required to have fixed personnel, and the need to replace any main designer must be consented to by the Tenderee in writing in advance. In order to ensure that the project designers have an accurate understanding of the regional background of China and the related requirements, there should be at least one project designers fluent in Chinese;

4.  Registered bidders shall submit the application information as required by the tender document.

1.  Application & Prequalification

     This stage shall adopt the method of elimination round by round and open ballot to select top 5 bidders to enter the second stage, i.e. stage of scheme review, and select 2 alternative bidders (with ranking). Where any shortlisted bidder quits bidding, the alternative bidders shall substitute in sequence.

2.  Scheme Review

     The Scheme Review Committee will adopt the open ballot method of elimination round by round. After full discussion, experts will vote to select the top 2 successful candidates without ranking to enter the stage of determination of bid winner.

3.  Determination of Bid Winner

     The Bid Winner Determination Committee shall review the deliverables of the top 2 successful candidates recommended by the Scheme Review Committee. On the basis of fully respecting the professional review results of the Review Committee, according to the bid opening results of the commercial bid and combined with factors such as cost, time limit and technology, the top 2 successful candidates shall be ranked. After the review of urban planning or urban design, the Tenderee shall finally determine the bid winner according to the review procedures.

Schedule (tentative)

Remark:

1. All the time mentioned is Beijing time. The Tenderee reserves the right to adjust the schedule according to Client operation or government arrangement. In case of any change, the notice will be informed three days in advance.

2. A video conference will be held separately with each design agency every two weeks in the design process, to communicate about and discuss the latest design progress; the design restrictions will be uniformly supplemented and entered during the interim presentation.

      Except the bid winner, other unsuccessful shortlisted bidders will be given a design compensation of RMB 1 million if their deliverables meet the deliverable requirements in the design brief.