This tender will determine the architectural design scheme of this project, and the bid winner will be responsible for the architectural schematic design within the project land boundary to reach the extent that the scheme can be used to apply for construction (wherein, the content of architectural design shall reach the extent of design development) as well as construction drawing design cooperation, review and control of scheme effects involved in each consultant’s work, construction cooperation, review and control of the site effects, landscape conceptual scheme design, and interior public part conceptual design.

(1)  Independently registered design agencies from home and abroad with relevant design experience can apply. No qualification restriction is imposed at the application stage. No application of an individual or combination of individuals is accepted.

(2)  Design consortium participation is allowed with no more than two members. And the members of a consortium shall not further apply alone or join another consortium to apply or participate as a consultant;

(3)  The designers participating in the bidding shall be registered personnel of the design agencies. Chief designers shall be persons who have led several projects of the same type and must participate in the whole bidding and make scheme presentations as per review requirements. To ensure that the project designers have an accurate understanding of the regional background of China and the related requirements, the project designers shall have at least one person fluent in Chinese;

(4)   Design agencies that apply shall submit the application documents and draft concepts as required in the Tender Document (see 6.1 Requirements for Application Documents for detailed requirements).

(5)   Please log on to the website: http://hi07552w.mikecrm.com/OIwRLYp to register the application information before the application deadline.

This tender will proceed at three stages: the 1st stage is the application and prequalification stage; the 2nd stage is the design competition stage; the 3rd stage is the bid award stage.

1st Stage - Application and Prequalification Stage

Open application is adopted for this tender. Six bidders will be shortlisted to enter the second stage, the design competition stage, after the prequalification of the applying bidders.

2nd Stage - Design Competition Stage

Shortlisted bidders shall submit the deliverables meeting the requirements of the Design Brief. The scheme review committee will adopt an open ballot to select the top three winning candidates without ranking to enter the third stage, the bid award stage.

3rd Stage - Bid Award Stage

After the planning review of the top three schemes, the Tenderee will establish a bid award committee according to law to decide the bid winner from the top three winning candidates by voting. The bid winner will be awarded the Architectural Scheme Design Contract of this project, while the other two winning candidates will receive the corresponding bonus.

Tender Schedule (Tentative)

*All the time mentioned is Beijing time. The Tenderee reserves the right to adjust the schedule. Any change will be notified three days in advance.

The top three winning candidates will be selected in this tender, and except for the bid winner, the other two winning candidates will receive a bonus of RMB 1 million. The payment of the bonus will start after the final bid award results are announced.

If the deliverables submitted by other shortlisted bidders meet the requirements of the Tender Document, they will separately receive design compensation of RMB 600,000, the payment of which will start after the scheme review results are announced.

Inquiry of Information

Website for tender information inquiry: www.szdesigncenter.org