The Integrated Permanent Site Construction project of Shenzhen Medical Academy of Research and Translation & Shenzhen Bay Laboratory is located in the northeast area of the Integrated Science and Education Cluster within the Guangming Science City, Guangming District, Shenzhen, which carries the core mission of a comprehensive national science center in the Greater Bay Area, aiming to build strategic science and technology institutions that fullfill various functions including basic research of medicine and life sciences, clinical research, full-chain management of industrial transformation, and technological innovation, and to support Shenzhen in constructing a pioneering demonstration site for medicine and life sciences technology innovation.
Tenders for the Schematic and Preliminary Architectural Design for Integrated Permanent Site Construction of Shenzhen Medical Academy of Research and Translation & Shenzhen Bay Laboratory (Bid II) is about to be initiated, and the official tender announcements will be released soon. The tenderee is the Engineering Design Management Center of Bureau of Public Works of Shenzhen Municipality. Pre-registration is now open to architectural teams from around the globe.
Project name: Design for Integrated Permanent Site Construction of Shenzhen Medical Academy of Research and Translation & Shenzhen Bay Laboratory (Bid II)
Project location: At the northeast area of the Integrated Science and Education Cluster in Guangming Science City; at the northeast portal of Shenzhen; adjacent to Sun Yat-sen University (Shenzhen Campus) and Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology
Pre-registration deadline: 17:00, June 4, 2023
Project Background
The integrated permanent site construction project of the Shenzhen Medical Academy of Research and Translation & Shenzhen Bay Laboratory is the core engine of Guangming Science City to build a comprehensive national science emplacement. It is of great significance to accelerate the construction of the pioneer start-up area of the comprehensive national science center in the Greater Bay Area.
The project site belongs to the Cluster of Facilities and the Integrated Science and Education Cluster in Guangming Science City. It’s at a centralized start-up area of the Integrated Science and Education Cluster and the Large-Scale Science Facilities Cluster within Guangming Science City, an area characterized by the key deployment of large-scale scientific facilities. It will contribute to realizing the efficient sharing of resources, building a new model of open cooperation and co-construction in the Greater Bay Area, and comprehensively improving the development of regional clusters institutions of the life and health sciences industry.
Project Overview
The Integrated Permanent Site Construction Project of Shenzhen Medical Academy of Research and Translation & Shenzhen Bay Laboratory is located in Guangming Science City at the northeast area of Guangming District, Shenzhen. It is next to Sun Yat-sen University (Shenzhen Campus) and Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, and is next to Dongguan AI Town northwards.
The project site is composed of six plots, covering a total land area of 288,000 square meters (which is tentative and subject to the official tender announcement), with a total construction scale of 753,700 square meters and a total investment of 8.5 billion yuan. The construction mainly consists of R&D space and related support rooms, open floors and connecting corridors, facility rooms and underground garages, etc.

Site and Surroundings
The construction scale of the Tender is about 671,000 square meters, including the construction on plot 1 (GICO 02-01), plot 3 (GICO 02-18), plot 4 (GICO 02-22), plot 5 (GICO 02-23), and plot 6 (GICO 02-24).

Site and Surrounding Facilities
Bidding Content
Schematic design and preliminary architectural design
Bidding Rules
The project adopts an “invitation + open bidding” method, which is divided into invitation stage, open pre-qualification stage, design bidding stage, and final evaluation stage. Details are subject to the official tender document.
Qualification Requirements
1) The bidding applicant shall be legally registered enterprise or organization.
2) The bidding applicant shall possess at least class-A qualification/certificate in Chinese architecture construction industry (Construction Engineering).
3) The project leader shall possess the license of National Grade-1 Registered Architect.
4) Applications from joint groups are permitted. Each member of a joint group shall not submit another additional application neither alone nor with another joint group. Members of a joint group shall sign a legally binding Joint Group Agreement to clarify the leading member, division of work, and equity share.
5) The leading member of a joint group shall possess at least class-A qualification/certificate in Chinese architecture construction industry (Construction Engineering).
6) Application from individuals or individual groups will not be accepted.
Tender Fee
The tentative estimate of the bidding amount of the project is 39.7 million yuan (Honorarium is included). Details are subject to the official tender announcement.
The announcement is published on AIMIR’s website now. If you want to know more following details regarding to this competition, please feel free to contact AIMIR. What’s more, you’re more than welcome to touch base with us if you need architectural visualization.