Tender for Schematic Design and Foundation Pit Design of CGN New Research Center Pre-qualification Announcement

Tender for Schematic Design and Foundation Pit Design of CGN New Research Center Pre-qualification Announcement

Tender Condition

The Tender for Schematic Design and Foundation Pit Design of CGN New Research Center (Tender No.: CGN-202203170005) has been approved by the record-filing authority. The project funding is self-financed by the enterprise itself. The tenderee is China Nuclear Power Technology Research Institute Co., Ltd. This project has already met the tender conditions and is now open for bidding.

 

Project Overview and Tender Scope

A. Project Scale

The CGN New Research Center, which consists of 2 plots, covers a total site area of 71752.4㎡. The Plot I, land for scientific research, covers a site area of 33861.6㎡, and the Plot II, land for new industry, covers a site area of 37890.8㎡. The proposed total gross floor area of the project is 247185㎡ (in which the FAR-calculated area is 215455㎡). The functions include experimental factories and their supporting facilities, research offices and living facilities, etc

B. Tender Content and Scope

The tender project consists of 1 tender section. The tender content is the schematic design and the foundation pit design of CGN New Research Center covering a site area of 71752.4㎡, which includes:

  1. Based on the feasibility study report materials, complete the site planning, site analysis, schematic design of each building, curtain wall schematic design, parking and traffic schematic design, overall landscape planning and design, schematic interior design of main public space and investment estimation compilation, etc.
  2. Cooperate with the design development and the construction document design to realize the project effect. Provide design consultation to the owner and government authorities. Prepare and submit the evaluation materials required for the project approval and construction, etc.
  3. Foundation pit design (including foundation pit support, design and evaluation of earthwork and drainage), foundation pit engineering budget preparation, etc.

The foundation pit construction document design is allowed to be sub-contracted.

C. Planned Construction Schedule

  1. The winner shall submit the scheme design in accordance with the depth requirements of relevant regulations on the basis of the winning scheme before July 30, 2022.
  2. The winner shall submit the foundation pit construction documents that meet the requirements of the approval before July 30, 2022.
  3. The winner shall complete the evaluation of the foundation pit construction documents before August 30, 2022.

The design schedule shall meet the requirements of the project construction schedule and the construction needs, including the requirements of the tenderee to carry out the construction tender for foundation pit supporting and foundation treatment.

The final schedule is subject to the contract.

D. Design Fee and Honorarium

The bidding control price of this project is RMB 16 million (tax inclusive), the official tender documents shall prevail.

The total amount of honorarium is RMB 5.4 million (tax inclusive).

  1. The winner will be awarded a design contract;
  2. The 2 unsuccessful finalists will be paid RMB 1.2 million (tax inclusive) and RMB 1.0 million (tax inclusive) as honorarium, according to ranking;
  3. Each of the 4 shortlisted teams who did not make it to the final evaluation stage will be paid with RMB 0.8 million (tax inclusive) as honorarium.
  4. No honorarium will be paid to applicants who fail to pass the pre-qualification stage.

 

Qualification Requirement for the Applicant

  • Basic Qualification:The bidding applicant (hereinafter referred to as the applicant) must be domestic or overseas entities with legal business registration. Individual or team of individuals will not be accepted.
  • Qualification Requirement:The applicant must own a Class-A engineering design integrated qualification, or a Class-A architectural industry engineering design qualification, or a Class-A architectural industry (architectural engineering) qualification issued by the construction-administrative authorities of the People’s Republic of China, or the same corresponding qualification recognized by the registration places of overseas countries (regions). The foundation pit construction document design is allowed to be sub-contracted. The subcontracting entity must be a domestic design company and have the corresponding foundation pit engineering design qualification (Class-A engineering investigation integrated qualification or Class-A geotechnical engineering special qualification).
  • Financial Requirement: Refer to the pre-qualification documents.
  • Similar Project Experience Requirement:Refer to the pre-qualification documents.
  • Credit Requirement:Refer to the pre-qualification documents.
  • Design Team Requirement: Project Leader Qualification Requirement: The project leader should own a Grade-One registered architect qualification of the People’s Republic of China or the corresponding qualification recognized by the registration places of overseas countries (regions). For a consortium, the project leader must be the staff from the leading member. Provide the labor contract of the project leader and the social insurance payment certification materials from the last one year. For the major members of the design team, valid labor contracts must be provided.
  • Other Requirement:

A. A consortium applicant (hereinafter referred to as the consortium) is permitted. The leading member of the consortium shall meet the qualification requirement in article 2, and the consortium should meet the following requirements:

  • One consortium shall include no more than 2 members (including the leading member).
  • Each member of the consortium shall not apply for pre-qualification alone or participate in another consortium, otherwise all relevant pre-qualification applications will be invalid.
  • Each member of the consortium shall sign a consortium agreement according to the format provided in the pre-qualification documents, and clarify the division of workload and equity share of the leading member and the other. Registration Instruction for the consortium: Two common accounts may form a consortium. The leading member should sign in the ECP by the name of the consortium to submit an application for a consortium account. The consortium account will be valid once approved by the ECP-Supplier Service Hall.

B. Two or more entities whose legal representatives are the same person or have direct holdings in each other, may not apply for the tender at the same time.

 

Acquisition of the Pre-qualification Document

  1. Acquisition Time:Beginning: March 18, 2022, 14:00; Deadline: March 29, 2022, 17:00.
  2. Acquisition Method: The applicant should register on the CGN E-Commerce Platform (https://ecp.cgnpc.com.cn) within the acquisition time. Fill in the information of the authorized bidding contact person when registering. Overseas applicants need to contact the tender contact person for account registration. Provide relevant registration information according to the attachment of the tender announcement and send it to the e-mail of the contact person before 17:00 (UTC+8) on March 28, 2022.
  3. Applicant who has already signed up for membership of CGN E-Commerce Platform can apply for bidding directly. Otherwise, the applicant needs to sign up for membership of the platform before registration. Please refer to the CGN E-Commerce Platform for detailed instructions for signing up for membership. If the business license information of the applicant has changed compared with those when signing up, please log in to the CGN E-Commerce Platform to update the membership registration information in time.
  4. The applicant shall bear the responsibility if the applicant fails to update the registration information in time and affects the bidding of the applicant.
  5. After successful application online, applicants can download the electronic bidding documents online by themselves, and there is no need to upload the application documents for this project.
  6. Applicants should complete bidding application, download pre-qualification documents and relevant work within the pre-qualification document acquisition time, and the system will automatically shut down after the deadline. Applicants who fail to apply for bidding and download the pre-qualification documents according to the above requirements are not allowed to bid, and the tenderee has the right to reject their pre-qualification application documents, and those already received shall be treated as invalid documents.

 

Pre-qualification Application Document Submission

Submission Deadline: April 11, 2022, 9:00 am (UTC+8)

Submission Methods: This project adopts the method of offline bidding, and the pre-qualification application documents must be submitted to the submission site which is the Supplier Service Hall, 11F, North Building, CGN Tower, 2002 Shennan Boulevard, Shenzhen on-site or by EMS of China Post before the deadline. Refer to the pre-qualification documents for details of sealing methods and submission requirements of the bidding documents. The tenderee will not accept the bidding documents that are overdue or not delivered to the designated place.

Submission Address: Supplier Service Hall, 11F, North Building, CGN Tower, 2002 Shennan Boulevard, Shenzhen.

 

Opening of the Pre-qualification Document

Opening Time: The same as the submission deadline

Opening Method: Open on an on-site meeting

Evaluation Method: Limited shortlist (no more than 7)

 

Other Contents of the Announcement

A. Qualification Review Method:This project adopts the method of pre-qualification.

B. Media for Announcement Release: This tender announcement will be released on “CGN E-Commerce Platform” (https://ecp.cgnpc.com.cn) and “China Tendering and Bidding Public Service Platform” (http://www.cebpubservice.com) at the same time.

C. Other Important Note:

  • This project does not accept on-site purchase of pre-qualification documents.
  • For any questions, please contact the project leader of the agency.

 

Supervision Department

The supervision department of this project is CGN Bidding Center.

 

Contact

Tenderee: China Nuclear Power Technology Research Institute Co., Ltd.

Address: Shenzhen Sci&Tech Building, Shenzhen, Guangdong

Contact Person: ZUO Peng

Telephone: 0755-88617176

Email: zuopeng@cgnpc.com.cn

Agency: China Nuclear Power Engineering Co., Ltd.

Address: BM2220C, Daya Bay Nuclear Power Site, Dapeng, Shenzhen

Contact Person: LIU Jian

Telephone: 0755-84437374

Email: l_jian@cgnpc.com.cn

Co-Organizer: Shenzhen Position Spatial Culture Development Co., Ltd.

 

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International Open Solicitation for the Concept Design of Optical Valley Grand Theater and Optical Valley Concert Hall, Wuhan, China

Design Background

The East Lake Hi-tech Development Zone with a planned area of 518 square kilometers is also known as Optical Valley of China. After more than 30 years of development, its comprehensive strength and brand influence have been greatly improved, ranking the first among national hi-tech zones in knowledge creation and technological innovation ability. It becomes one of key construction programs of national “world-class hi-tech park”.

Optics Valley Central City, with a planned area of 36.15 square kilometers, is located in node of the “Golden Cross Axis” (in the intersection of Optics Valley Science and Technology Innovation Corridor in the east-west, and Central Ecological Corridor in the north-south). It is the core carrier of urban functions in the East Lake Hi-tech Development Zone, positioned as the main center of Wuhan Optics Valley Vice City, the demonstration area of innovation development services in the East Lake Science City, as well as the center of science technology and finance innovation in central China. It is committed to build an Optical Valley administrative exhibition center integrating administrative office, science and technology exhibition, conference and communication; a modern service industry gathering center integrating finance and commerce, headquarters economy and management consulting; and a livable and dynamic living center integrating leisure shopping, sports and entertainment, medical and health care. The planning characteristics of open “small block and dense road network” are distinctive. After 8 years of development, the functional goal of building Optics Valley Central City into “Optics Valley Administrative Exhibition Center” has been basically achieved, the northern core area has taken shape, where the style of the new town has initially appeared.

To build an open, diversified and vibrant public cultural service supply system, promote the integration of industry and city, as well as continuously enhance residents a sense of cultural acquisition and happiness, Wuhan East Lake Hi-tech Development Zone Administration plans to launch the construction of Optical Valley Grand Theater and Optical Valley Concert Hall.

 

Design Scope

Optics Valley Grand Theater and Optical Valley Concert Hall are located in the north core area of the Optics Valley Central City, reaching Optics Valley Fifth Road in the west, surrounded by Xinyuexi Park from the other three directions. Shendun Third Road cutting across divides the site into two plots. The site area is 2.13 hectares and the total floor area is no more than 69,200 square meters. This invest plan is 1.2 billion CNY.

Project location

Relationship between the project and Optical Valley Central City

Design scope and the land-use planning

The surrounding area of the project are mainly business and commercial districts, which is also the concentrated development area of high-rise buildings and underground space in Optical Valley Central City. Xinyuexi Park which connects to Optical Valley Central Ecological Corridor provides rich open space and great view of the landscape. Two main roads, Optics Valley Fifth Road and Gaoxin Second Road, are the main axis of public activities in Optics Valley Central City. Furthermore, superior transportation conditions contribute to the project by the Metro Line 19, Line 11, Line 13 and their two intersection stations in the north and south.

 

Design Requirements

  • Overall Positioning

Optical Valley Grand Theater and Optical Valley Concert Hall are important nodes of urban cultural space. Based on the design theme of “Going by the light – sharing science & technology”, regional characteristics, ecological notions, science and technology and innovation subject are needed to take into account. And the goal is to create a new platform with an international leading level, professional and multi-functional cultural exchanges, a new landmark of cultural industry, as well as a high quality culture and art city parlor. The design should follow the principles of specialization, integrality, openness, low-carbon, interconnection and cost-efficiency, keeping a good balance between the  innovation, implementation and operation.

  • Main Function

The project mainly contains a public theater (1,500 audience seats) and a concert hall (1,200 audience seats), as well as multi-functional theaters and subsidiary rooms. It will become a cultural building with diversified functions and rich sense of science and technology, which could meet the needs of various types of performance and reflect the cultural connotation and features of Optical Valley, as well as provide a leisure space for citizens. Other functions could be considered according to the relevant design scale and standards within the design.

  • Planning and Design Conditions
  1. The northern plot: planned recreational land with site area of 7,864.32 square meters, rated floor area ratio of 3.1, total floor area of no more than 24,500 square meters, building density of no more than 50%, building height of no more than 40 meters, green ratio of no less than 5%.
  2. The southern plot: planned recreational land with site area of 13,382.28 square meters, rated floor area ratio of 2.1, total floor area of no more than 28,100 square meters, building density of no more than 50%, building height of no more than 40 meters, green ratio of no less than 5%. A public toilet with floor area of 100 square meters need to be considered in this plot.
  3. The underground space of the site are mainly public service facilities (commercial) and auxiliary parking. The scale of underground public service facilities (commercial) is no more than 50,500 square meters on the northern plot and no more than 11,100 square meters on the southern plot respectively.
  4. A space around 3000 square meters for high-tech zone planning exhibition hall need to be reserved on the ground floor of the site.
  5. The planning and design should meet relevant regulations, considering an underground high-voltage corridor control line along Shendun Third Road.
  6. The planning and architecture design should meet the requirement of Construction Engineering Planning Management Regulation in Wuhan City (Decree No. 248 of the People’s Government of Wuhan City), Unified Standard for Design of Civil Buildings (GB50352-2019), Code for Design of Theater Buildings (JGJ57-2016), Code for Acoustic Design of Theaters, Cinemas and Multi-functional Hall Buildings (GB/T50356-2005), Code for Barrier-free Design (GB50763-2012), as well as other national and local codes.

 

Registration Requirements

  1. The competition registration is open to all design institutions at home and abroad with the following design experience: The institution has designed and completed at least three public building projects (already built or under construction) of over 30,000 square meters (not including underground); The lead architect has designed and completed at least one performing building project (either under construction or under construction).
  2. Design institutions must have legally registered and valid business licenses. Different design institutions and organizations with the same person in charge, or have an association of holding controlling interest or management, are not allowed to register simultaneously.
  3. Consortiums with no more than 3 members are allowed to register, a written consortium agreement to clarify the lead unit and the respective responsibilities is needed. All units in one consortium cannot join in other consortiums or as an Independent unit to register.
  4. Individuals and individual combinations are not accepted in registration.
  5. Optical Valley Grand Theater and Optical Valley Concert Hall are a project and cannot be split.
  6. Please fill, seal, scan the registration form (click “Read the original text” to downloadaccess code: bzzx) and send it to whcsyjwl@163.comto obtain the design assignment, in which you could also find the details of credit certificate document requirements.

Solicitation Process

The open solicitation is divided into two stages, “registration and pre-qualification” and “concept design review”.

  1. As soon as the registration form is submitted and verified, organizer will provide design assignment and basic material package. After the credit certificate and concept proposal document are submitted, a pre-qualification meeting will be hold, on which the expert group will vote to select 6 design institutions without ranking.
  2. The design institutions in the shortlist continue to finish their concept designs. A concept design review meeting will be hold, on which the expert group will vote to select 3 winning scheme designs. The sponsor will decide one design institution (consortium) to carry out the follow-up design after comprehensive evaluation and then an additional design contract will be signed.

 

Design Fees

The total design fee is 6 million CNY (about US$945,000).

Each of the 6 shortlisted design institutions will receive a design compensation of 500,000 CNY (about US$78,700). To the three winning design institutions, the first will receive 1.5 million CNY (about US$236,300), the second 1.0 million CNY (about US$157,500)and the third 500,000 CNY (about US$78,700) (Note: All the above fees include taxes).

 

Solicitation Schedule

The duration of the solicitation is from March to June 2022, and schedule is as follows:

Note: The above timetable adopts Beijing time and is subject to adjustment by the organizer.

 

Submission Requirements

A. Pre-qualification Stage

  1. Credit certificate document: including profile of the design institution, business license or effective business registration document of the design practice, consortium agreement, projects list of design institutions, schedule of design team, resumes of the chief architect.
  2. Concept proposal document:including two display boards in A0 size (portrait), one electronic achievement of the display board, one video of no more than 5 minutes, the contents of which should include but are not limited to the following:
  • Design ideas, concepts and related analysis graphics;
  • General layout plan and major economic and technical indicators;
  • Plans, elevations and sections;
  • Renderings;
  • Other necessary analysis diagrams and drawings that express the design intention and conception.

B. Concept Design Review Stage

Including ten atlas in A3 size, six display boards in A0 size (portrait), one electronic achievement of atlas and display board, one electronic presentation document, the contents of which should include but are not limited to the following:

  • Design description;
  • General layout plan;
  • Analysis graphics;
  • Renderings;
  • Single building designs;
  • Project construction investment estimation.

 

Solicitation State

  • The design fees of the solicitation will be paid in RMB within the borders of China. Domestic independent legal person could be authorized to receive the payment on their behalf if the design institutions or individuals from overseas cannot receive a payment of RMB.
  • The design institutions have the rights of authorship of concept design. With the permission of the sponsor, concept design will be evaluated and displayed through mass media, professional magazines, books and periodicals or other forms. The sponsor, organizer and the project construction company have the rights to use or adjust concept design wholly or partly in the consultation of the project, and the rights to print, publish and exhibit concept design through mass media, professional magazines, books and periodicals or other forms.
  • Concept design should be original and not have been published in any form. The design or any material used should not infringe any copyright, trademark right, patent right and other rights of the third party. If infringement occurs, all such disputes and legal liabilities will be borne by the design institution. If infringement causes losses, the compensation will be borne by the design institution too.
  • The design institutions should abide by the relevant provisions in China, properly keep the drawings and data provided by the sponsor, and protect their intellectual properties. Assignments and basic material packages should not be transferred to a third party or be used in other projects without the permission of the sponsor.
  • The design institutions participating in the solicitation are regarded as acknowledging all the provisions in this Announcement.
  • The laws and regulations applied to the solicitation activity and related documents are the laws and regulations of the People’s Republic of China.

 

Organization and Contact Information

Sponsor: The East Lake Hi-tech Development Zone Administration

Organizer: Natural Resources and Planning Bureau of East Lake Hi-tech Development ZoneWuhan Optical Valley Central City Construction Service CenterWuhan Planning & Research and Exhibition CenterZHONG GUI WUHAN Working Group

Co-organizer: Wuhan Optical Valley Central City Construction and Investment Co., Ltd.

Contact information

+86 027-82719137

+86 15927332351  Ms.Yang

+86 15623540639  Ms.Dong

Consultation time9:00-12:00,15:00-17:30( Monday to Friday)

AddressBlock A, Jianghua Complex Building, Jiang’an District, Wuhan City, Hubei Province

Contact mailboxwhcsyjwl@163.com

 

 

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Solicitation Announcement of Global Conceptual Design Scheme of Science and Innovation New City · Science and Technology Museum Project

Project Introduction

The World SF Convention is the world’s most eyed science fiction cultural themed event with the longest history, the biggest scale, and the strongest influence. The “Hugo Award” awarded by the Convention is a major world science fiction award, known as the “Nobel Prize of science fiction world”. At the 79th World SF Convention held in Washington, Chengdu officially obtained the qualification to host the 81st World SF Convention in 2023. This is the first time for World SF Convention to be held in China, and the second time for it to be staged in an Asian city after Yokohama, Japan in 2007. Chengdu—This “Sci-Fi Capital” once again captured the world’s attention!

At present, Chengdu is actively preparing for the 81st World SF Convention, unfolding the publicity and promotion of the Convention, promoting the industrialization of science fiction and popular science, and at the same time promoting the industrial interaction among cities. The Science and Technology Museum constructed in this project will also be the venue for the future Hugo Award ceremony.

 

Project Overview

  • Project name: Global Conceptual Design Scheme of Science and Innovation New City Science and Technology Museum Project
  • Project site: Deyuan Street of Pidu District, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
  • Project scale: The gross floor area will not exceed 50,000 square meters (including above and under the ground), and the construction content includes a theater-style Hugo Award venue, a Hugo Museum, a star-themed salon, and other exhibition and supporting functional space.
  • Design requirements and contents:

The venue design must comply with the relevant architectural design codes of the People’s Republic of China and meet the requirements of the solicitation documents.

Please see the Design Brief of Global Conceptual Design Scheme of Science and Technology Innovation New City· Science and Technology Museum Project (hereinafter referred to as the Design Brief) for details.

 

Host

Chengdu Shudu Urban Construction Co., Ltd.

 

Qualifications and Requirements of Applicants

A. Application requirements

This consultation adopts a global open application method. Design units/teams with relevant design experience in China and abroad may apply for participation. The following qualification requirements must be met upon application:

1. Applicants in China must meet the following qualification requirements:

  • The design unit/team in China must have certification documents of legitimacy within the valid period of operation, and must be an independent corporate legal person or other organization or a legally authorized branch unit;
  • The design qualification of Grade A and above for the construction industry (construction engineering) issued by the competent administrative department and the design qualification of Grade A and above for the special design of landscape architecture engineering;
  • The parent company, wholly owned subsidiary, and its holding company with two and more legal representatives as the same person must not apply at the same time.

2. Applicants outside China must meet the following qualification requirements:

The overseas design units must have legal business and design licenses in the locality.

3. If the applicant is an agency in Hong Kong, Macao or Taiwan, it must have a legal business and design license in the locality.

B. Participation method

The design unit/team is allowed to apply in the form of a consortium. When applying as a consortium, a Consortium Agreement must be provided. The number of consortium members should not exceed two, and all consortium parties must not participate in the event in their own names or form a consortium with other design units/teams.

C. Team requirements

According to the characteristics of this solicitation, team members to be involved should be the registered personnel of the design unit/team, including but not limited to planning, architecture, and landscape professionals:

  • If the design unit/team is an overseas unit/team, in order to ensure that the project designers have an accurate understanding of the Chinese background and related requirements, there should be at least one person who is proficient in Chinese among the project designers.
  • The chief designers participating this solicitation need to be experienced in presiding design of similar projects, and must participate in the whole design process directly (the chief designer must have at least participated in the work report and scheme review report of solicitations in person). During the event, if the chief designer does not match the team member profile submitted in the qualification review materials, the host has the right to cancel the participation qualification of the design agency.

D. Achievements

At least 1 similar achievement in design of large-scale construction project since January 1, 2017 (subject to the time of contract signing) must be provided, and the achievement must be the winning bid (selected) scheme that has been adopted and is being implemented or has been put into use, and contract or other proof materials.

 

Application Methods

A. Application time of this solicitation is 9:00-17:00, from March 15, 2022 to March 24, 2022 (Beijing time, similarly hereinafter).

B. Application materials may be submitted with the following two methods:

  • Method 1: In-person

Applicants should, before the deadline of application, send paper documents of application information such as the completed application forms and application materials to the following address: 27F, Building T1, Fu’nian Square, No. 666, Jitai Road, Wuhou District, Chengdu, Sichuan. Recipients: Ms. Luo, Ms. Qiang; tel: 028-86610077-5888 (the delivery time of materials is subject to the actual time when the materials are delivered to the host, and documents received after the deadline will be rejected). The application materials should be preferably printed on both sides and bound in a volume, and the size of the text should be A4. Submit 1 copy of paper materials and electronic documents consistent with the content of the paper materials (affixed with an official seal, if it is a consortium, all members of the consortium must affix their official seals or sign);

  • Method 2: Internet

Applicants shall, before the deadline of application, send application documents such as the completed application forms and application materials in PDF format of A4 size after signing and affixing their seals to the designated email: 2898623197@qq.com. At the same time, applicants should take the initiative to contact and confirm the delivery status of the application materials, and bear the risk that the application materials may not be delivered in time due to accidents in the e-mail sending process.

C. For details of application material contents and requirements, please see Appendix 1 Solicitation Document of Global Conceptual Design Scheme of Science and Innovation New City Science and Technology Museum Project, Appendix 2 Solicitation Application Form of Global Conceptual Design Scheme of Science and Innovation New City · Science and Technology Museum Project and Appendix 3 Consortium Agreement.

 

Consultation Description

A. This consultation is divided into two phases: Phase I – Open application and shortlisting; Phase II – Scheme preparation and review.

  • Phase I – Open application and shortlisting

Release global solicitation announcement for open application and shortlist five units/teams after the review of the jury (ranked in sequence).

  • Phase II – Scheme preparation and review.

The five shortlisted agencies that have passed the final review should submit the deliverables according to the Design Brief and present their schemes according to the draw sequence; the jury performs comprehensive comparison and evaluation in combination with the deliverables of shortlisted agencies and rank the schemes from No. 1 to No. 5; the host will submit the recommended results of the jury to relevant department. In principle, the design agency ranked (or sequenced) No. 1 will be the selected agency, and the design agencies ranked (or sequenced) No. 2~5 will be the shortlisted agencies. (If an agency is confirmed and selected by relevant departments after submission despite a different prior ranking or sequencing, the remaining four design agencies are shortlisted agencies.) And the selected agency will undertake the follow-up design work. The selected agency must optimize the selected scheme according to the opinions of the host, review experts and relevant departments.

B. In this solicitation, in addition to the selected agency, the other four shortlisted design agencies will receive a design compensation of 700,000 yuan (tax included) respectively; the selected agency will undertake the subsequent optimization (development) design work, and the subsequent design fee (i.e. consultation service contract fee) amounts to 6.5 million yuan (tax included).

 

Requirements of Submitted Deliverables

The contents of the design deliverables must comply with the provisions of the relevant chapters such as design principles, site planning requirements, architectural design requirements, and design deliverable requirements in the Design Brief.

 

Copyright Issues and Law

  • The right of authorship in all design deliverables of the solicitation belongs to the design units/teams, while all submitted design deliverables will not be returned to the design units/teams. The host is entitled to use of all design deliverables for free, including announcement of review results after the review, as well as introduction, display and evaluation of design deliverables via media, specialized journals, specialized books or other forms.
  • Design units/teams should ensure all contents in design deliverables are their original work without any materials infringing the intellectual property rights of third parties. In case of an infringement act, the infringing design units/teams must bear all legal consequences themselves, and will be disqualified from the solicitation.
  • All materials (text, drawings, electronic data, etc.) provided by the host are protected by copyright. Any unit or individual must not copy, adapt, distribute, publish, lend, or transfer these materials without authorization, otherwise corresponding legal liability will be ascertained according to law, and the unit or individual will be disqualified from the solicitation.
  • Rules of this solicitation are governed by the laws of the People’s Republic of China. The solicitation work and all documents are subject to the Chinese laws. Should negotiation fail in case of a dispute, both parties agree to submit to the Chengdu Arbitration Commission for arbitration.
  • Prior to the end of the solicitation, design units/teams or their designers must not disclose, make public or display design deliverables in any form unless the host permits, otherwise the corresponding legal liability will be ascertained according to law, and the units/teams or their designers will be disqualified from the solicitation.
  • Right of interpretation: The host reserves the right of the final interpretation of this consultation and relevant documents with the language of interpretation subject to Chinese.

 

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Architectural Concept Scheme for the Permanent Site of Greater-Bay Area Science Forum International Competition Announcement

Organizer: Management Committee of Guangzhou Nansha Development Zone

Undertaker: Mingzhu Bay Development and Construction Administration of Guangzhou Nansha New Area

Organizing Agent: GZPI

Zonleon Sungin Tendering Consulting Co,Ltd

 

Project Name

International Competition for Architectural Concept Scheme of Permanent Site of Greater-Bay Science Forum

 

Project Background

This project is located at the estuary of the Pearl River in China, at the tip of Lingshan Island, Mingzhu Bay, Nansha New Area, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, China. Nansha New Area, with a total area of 803 km2, is located in the Greater Bay Area, the geographical geometric center of Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Bay area, one of the four bay areas in the world. It has unique geographical advantages, within a radius of 100 kilometers, it gathers all the 11 cities and 5 international airports in Greater Bay Area, 38 and 41 nautical miles away from Hong Kong and Macao respectively. Nansha New Area carries a historical mission of comprehensively deepening reform, expanding opening-up and innovatively developing the “experimental field” of the country, and has the strategic advantages of the “three-zone and one-center” (National New Area, Pilot Free Trade Zone, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Comprehensive Cooperation Demonstration Zone and Guangzhou Sub-Center carrying the function of gateway hub). It is making every effort to build a “center of the bay area, the open door, and the city of the future”.

Figure 1: Schematic Diagram of the Location of the Project in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area

On May 7, 2021, Guangdong Province issued the construction plan of Guangzhou Innovation Cooperation Zone of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Dawan International Science and Technology Innovation Center, in which it clarified that Nansha Science City will be based on the construction of Centennial Science City, focus on the fields of marine, energy, aerospace, information, etc., lay out the construction of the major scientific and technological infrastructure clusters, cutting-edge cross research platforms and high-level scientific research institutions, gather the high-level scientific and technological talents, and build it into a “Silicon Valley” in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

Figure 2: Schematic Diagram of “One Core and Three Circles” Innovation Network of Nansha Science City

Figure 3: Schematic Diagram of Spatial Structure of “One Body, Two Wings and Three Fulcrums” of Nansha Science City

On September 22, 2021, Guangdong Province issued the 14th five-year plan for scientific and technological innovation in Guangdong Province, emphasizing the promotion of the construction of the pioneering zone of the Comprehensive National Science Center in the Greater Bay Area and the Pearl Science Park of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the creation of highly concentrated cluster of major scientific and technological infrastructure and a highland of advanced scientific research and technological innovation with global influence. supporting the Nansha Science City to focus on key frontier scientific fields such as information, life, ocean, etc., and creating an important carrier of the frontier basic research and high-tech innovation in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area; and accelerating the promotion of construction of the International Talent Special Zone in Guangzhou Nansha New Area; holding the Greater Bay Area Science Forum, continuously enhancing its influence, and attracting global high-end innovation resources to converge.

On December 3, 2021, the Information Office of Guangdong Provincial People’s Government held a press conference of the Greater Bay Area Science Forum in 2021 in Guangzhou, officially announcing that the permanent site of the Greater Bay Area Science Forum will be located in Nansha.

The Greater Bay Area Science Forum is committed to building a grand gathering of global scientists integrating scientific exchange and discussion, scientific achievement display, scientific consensus promotion and innovative mechanism, and a high-end platform for “discussing and sharing global scientific development and promoting exchanges and cooperation”. The convening of the forum will help bring together global top scientist resources and extensive contact with core scientific institutions, promote my country’s better integration into the international innovation network, and deeply participate in global innovation governance. Based on the Greater Bay Area, the forum will carry out related work in eight aspects of holding high-level scientific conferences, building high-level think tanks, promoting international exchanges and cooperative research, assisting in the introduction of international top high-tech talents and projects, providing scientific services, building the brand of the forum, establishing scientific research funds and establishing Greater Bay Area Science Awards.

From December 11 to 13, 2021, the Greater Bay Area Science Forum in 2021 was successfully held. At the opening ceremony of the forum, a launching ceremony of the “Greater Bay Area Science Forum Permanent Site Design Competition” was held, hoping to collect the most creative design scheme with world vision through international competitions and make the permanent site a landmark building in Greater Bay Area.

Figure 4: Launching Ceremony of the “Greater Bay Area Science Forum Permanent Site Design Competition”

The organizer of this competition is the Management Committee of Guangzhou Nansha Development Zone, and the organizer is the Mingzhu Bay Development and Construction Administration of Guangzhou Nansha New Area.

 

Contents of the Competition:

(The specifics are subject to the technical document for competition finally issued)

1. Location of the Project:

The permanent site of the Greater Bay Area Science Forum is located in the Mingzhu Bay District, the main functional area of Nansha Science City. The Mingzhu Bay District has geographical advantages and resource endowments of “five watersheds, three rivers and six banks, connected mountains and rivers and the gate of the South China Sea”, and will benchmark international and domestic advanced cities to create a “smart city in Lingnan and a window of charm in the South China Sea”.

This project is located at the top of Lingshan island in the Mingzhu Bay District, in the vision center of the Zhujiang River estuary into the central urban area, with an excellent geographical environment. This project faces the Huigu West Cultural Island across the river through Jiaomen Waterway, and echoes Hengli International Financial Island and P Mingzhu Science Park across the Upper Hengli Waterway in the south. Several outer river waterways converge here, and the water surface is wide and unobstructed. It will become the vane of the world’s cutting-edge technology and a demonstration site for Nansha’s international image.

Figure 5: Schematic Diagram of the Location of the Project in Mingzhu Bay District, Nansha New Area

2. Land Use Overview:

The land area within the design scope of this competition is 9.51 hectares, and the research area is 26.7 hectares. Therein, the length of the north side of the research area is about 859 meters, the length of the south side 832 meters, the length of the west side 499 meters, and the length of the east side 143 meters. The research scope includes one long-term reserved development land (with an area of 3.04 hectares), one original planned bus terminal, island embankment and other green spaces; therein, some of the roundabout embankments have been finished.

The land within the design scope of this competition extends to the planned property line in the west and is adjacent to the Yuexiu international financial center project, coincides with the flood control line in the East, the land extends to the flood control line in the east and coincides with it, and the north and south borders coincide with the property line of road, reference line for the outer river and management scope line. The scope includes the control scope of rail transit Line 31, the original planned 15 m urban road and the built 30 m urban road (including North Jiangling Road and South Jiangling Road).

Figure 6: Schematic Diagram of the Location of the Project in Lingshan Island, Mingzhu Bay District

Figure 7: Schematic Diagram of Design Scope

3. Project Function Positioning:

The first is to provide first-class conference venues and supporting facilities for the Greater Bay Area Science Forum and various scientific exchange activities, and to create a “cooperation hub” for world-oriented scientific and technological exchanges.

The second is to provide modern office space and a first-class innovation environment for scientific research, innovation and entrepreneurship, and create a world-class scientific organization “gathering space”.

The third is to create a space for popular science experience for the public and become an “interactive center” for popular science experience that serves the Bay Area.

The fourth is to build a space for the display and transformation of cutting-edge scientific and technological achievements, and create a “preferred platform” for innovation and entrepreneurship for integrated development.

4. Construction content and scale:

  • Construction Content :Mainly including the academic center, Nansha science and technology museum, science and innovation center, scientists’ apartment, high-end office,supporting service facilities, etc.
  • Construction scale: the total construction volume within the design scope of this competition (volume area of the building) is about 100,000-140,000 m2.

 

Competition Announcement

This competition is issued through the people’s government website of the Guangzhou Nansha Zone (, English web page: ), the official account of the Greater Bay Area Science Forum (GSF), architecture forum (), the website of the organizing agent()and official account of the Mingzhu Bay Development and Construction Administration of Guangzhou Nansha New Area, etc., and openly accepts the registration and participating documents for the domestic and overseas design organizations. In case of any difference in the text of this announcement issued in various media, the text issued on t the website of the Organizing Agent will prevail.

 

Competition Registration

  1. Registration Scope:

For this project, the competition development method shall be designed with reference to the architectural scheme design competition of similar public building projects in Guangzhou province, and the registration mode of global open solicitation shall be adopted. The competition announcement will be published in the above media, and the registrations from the domestic and foreign design organizations in China are acceptable.

  1. Registration Conditions:
This international competition adopts the registration mode of global open solicitation, and there are no qualification requirements. The domestic and foreign design organizations shall provide the following application materials to apply for the competition. Refer to Appendixes 1 and 2 for registration materials and format requirements.
1 In this project, the consortium is allowed to participate in the competition, the members of the consortium shall not exceed 2, and each party shall not participate in this competition in any form.
2 Credibility requirements of the participating organizations: the participating organization shall have a good reputation in the field of the industry and has not been subject to revocation of business license, revocation of qualifications, suspension of business for rectification, or being taken over or frozen of property being, entering bankruptcy proceedings, etc. by relevant departments (the declaration of the competition registration organization affixed with the official seal shall be provided);
3 The project principal or the creative team of the participating organization shall promise to directly participate in the whole process of this competition and architectural scheme design; (① The statement of the participating organization affixed with the official seal shall be provided ② The personnel list shall be provided)
4 For the registration of the domestic design organization, the independent legal personality and business license shall be provided.
For the registration of the overseas design organizations (including Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan), the registration certificate of company shall be provided (if the data is in English or other languages, they shall be translated into Chinese.)
(Remarks: for Item 4 of this form, any kind of data can be provided.)

 

  1. Registration Method
  • The design organizations interested in participating in the competition shall fill in the registration form as required and send the seal-stamped and scanned registration form to the competition email (e-mail: gjjingsai@163.com) before March 11, 2022.
  • The design organization interested in participating in the competition must submit the qualification selection registration documents (for the details of the contents, see Appendixes 1 and 2; for the format, refer to the “Format of the Qualification Selection Registration Document” in Appendix 1) in written form (bound into a volume with A4 paper in eight copies) to the specified receiving address, and submit the electronic documents to the specified mailbox in by mail (mailbox address: gjjingsai@163.com ), and the qualification selection registration documents received overdue will not be accepted. (The time when the competition organization agency receives the written documents shall prevail; if the written documents are inconsistent with the electronic documents, the written documents shall prevail)
  • Address for receipt of written documents: Floor 6, No. 234, Gaotang Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province

 

Qualification Selection

In this competition, the qualification selection and evaluation expert group will select the registered design organizations, and select the best 9 design organizations for formal competition. For the details of the specific qualification selection and evaluation rules, see Appendix 2. If there are no more than 9 participating organizations, all the participating organizations are allowed to participate officially. If there are more than 9 registration organizations, 9 formal participating organizations will be selected.

 

Submission of Competition Deposit

  1. The official participating organization must submit the competition deposit of 50,000 yuan within 5 working days after the announcement of the list of official participators. For details, see the notice of qualification selection results.
  2. The participation deposit of the original amount (RMB 50,000) (without interest) will be returned within 15 days after the evaluation of the original design scheme. For the formal participating organization which has paid the participation deposit but fails to submit the competition design results as required, the participation deposit will not be refunded.
  3. If the participating organization that fails to submit the participation deposit as required will be deemed to give up the competition qualification automatically.

 

Formal Competition

  1. During the evaluation of competition results, the expert review committee shall select 3 recommended schemes and 3 alternative schemes (no ranking) from 9 formal competition schemes.
  2. The formal design period is about 44 days. For the specific time, document preparation requirements and specific evaluation methods for the competition results, the requirements in the finally-issued technical documents shall prevail.
  3. Finally, the decision-making organization selects one optimum scheme from the recommended and alternative schemes, and the optimum scheme will give priority to the scheme design right of the project.
  4. The competition design results include the design text (including design description and drawings), display drawing board, three-dimensional electronic model, multimedia presentation document (including Chinese subtitles), and design solid model. The electronic document shall be provided except for the design solid model (for the requirements for preparation of outcome documents, the requirements in the finally-issued technical documents shall prevail.)

 

Relevant Fees and Payment Methods

In this competition, the top three scheme design organizations will be given design copyright and compensation of RMB 1.5 million yuan (tax included) (about US$237,400); the 4th~6th alternative design organizations will be given design copyright and compensation of RMB 700,000 yuan (tax included) (about US$100,780); the 7th~9th alternative design organizations will be given design copyright and compensation of RMB 300,000 yuan (tax included) (about US$47,478). If an overseas design organization is required to sign a contract due to the acquisition of scheme design right or design copyright and compensation fee, the overseas design organization shall entrust a domestic organization with a RMB account in China to collect. The participating organization shall fully consider the participation cost, and pay taxes in accordance with the relevant national tax laws. The organizer will not bear any expenses incurred in obtaining compensation.

 

Other Requirements and Instructions

  1. The time mentioned in the announcement of this scheme competition is Beijing time.
  2. The organizations participating in this competition are deemed to have accepted all the provisions in this document.
  3. All the materials provided by the participating organizations in accordance with the above provisions shall be in Chinese. The materials in foreign languages of the competition results must have a contrastive Chinese Translation. When there is a discrepancy between the Chinese and the foreign language of the same content, the Chinese version shall prevail.
  4. The authorship rights of the works participating in this design competition belong to the participating party, and the copyright belongs to the competition organizers. The competition organizer has the right to publicly display the results of the competition, and introduce, display, evaluate and use the results of the competition through the media or other forms.
  5. All the materials submitted by the participating organization will not be returned, including but not limited to registration information, achievements, works, models, etc.
  6. The competition scheme shall be created originally by the participating organization. If the results involve the intellectual property rights of a third party, the participating organization must bear all the responsibilities and consequences arising therefrom.
  7. If losses are caused to the competition organizer or third party due to the infringement of the participating organization to the intellectual property rights of others, the participating organization must bear the full legal liability (including compensation for losses, etc.).
  8. If losses are caused to the third party due to the use of the achievements submitted when the competition organizer does not know that the participating organization infringes the intellectual property rights of others, the participating organization shall bear the full legal liability (including compensation for losses, etc.).
  9. The documents and materials obtained by the participating organization from the competition organizer or the competition organization agency shall be kept properly, which shall not be disclosed or used for any purpose other than this solicitation activity. The participating organization must bear the legal liability arising from the leakage of documents and materials (including compensation for losses, etc.).
  10. The laws applicable to this competition and all the related activities are the laws of the People’s Republic of China.
  11. Plagiarism or plagiarism in any form is not allowed in this competition. All the responsibilities caused must be borne by the fault party, and the competition organizer shall not bear any legal liability.
  12. In case of any discrepancy between the announcement of this competition and the Technical Documents for Competition officially released, the Technical Documents for Competition shall prevail, and the competition organizer has the final interpretation right of this announcement.
  13. Before the formal competition, in case of policy change or other force majeure, the organizer has the right to terminate the competition, and the final interpretation right belongs to the organizer of the competition.
  14. Unless otherwise specified and explained, in this announcement and its annexes, the term “participating organization” also refers to all the parties of the consortium.
  15. In case of any discrepancy between the English edition and the Chinese edition of the registration announcement of this design competition, the registration announcement in Chinese shall prevail.
  16. The participating organization must ensure that it has the capability and conditions of scheme design.
  17. Source of funds: the competition organization expenses are financial funds of the government.

 

Appendix

  1. Format of the Qualification Selection Registration Documents (including Declaration Letter of Registration Organization, Consortium Agreement, Commitment Letter of the Design Team Participating in the Whole Process, etc.)
  2. Qualification Selection and Review

 

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International Competition for Campus Planning Design and Architectural Schematic Design of “A Modern Classic” Campus – Eastern Institute of Technology (Tentative)

Project Location

Ningbo City of Zhejiang Province

 

Request for Design Brief and Relevant Materials

The applicant must first send the registration form (see attachment: “Competition Rules-Part II: Format of Prequalification Application Documents, Section 2. Application Form”) to the designated email address: competition@eden-ad.com. After that, the organizer will send the Design Brief and other relevant materials to the applicant by email, and the applicant will have to prepare a concept design accordingly.

 

Deadline for Submitting Prequalification Application Documents

The applicants who confirm to join this competition shall prepare the prequalification application documents in accordance with the attachment “Competition Rules-Part I: Instructions to Participants, Section 3. Requirements for Prequalification Application Documents” and submit the required electronic documents and paper documents before 15:00 of February 28, 2022. Please log in to the website for registration before the deadline:

http://hi07552w.mikecrm.com/BieMJ9t

  • Submission of electronic documents: The electronic documents must include a scanned copy of the original application documents (stamped scanned copy in PDF), an editable WORD/PDF file, a concept design in PDF file and an editable Excel file for “Application Status List of the Applicant”. Please send them to the mailbox: competition@eden-ad.com.
  • Submission of paper documents and USB disks (2pcs) (by courier is allowed): Address: 9/F, No. 2 Building, Kaiyuan New Youth Square, 568 Tongxin Road, Zhenhai District, Ningbo City; contact person: Hu Yangyang; contact number: 0574-55336703,15757461745 (Both contact numbers are only used for receiving the delivery instead of project-inquiry. For any project inquiry, please contact Limmy +8613410924863).

☆ In case of any changes to the submission deadline, the latest announcement shall prevail. The prequalification application documents are subject to the final paper materials received, and any application materials received after the deadline will not be accepted.

 

Host

EIT Institute for Advanced Study

 

Consultant

Shenzhen Eden Advisory Co., Ltd.

Contact person:Limmy

Contact number:+8613410924863 (9:00-18:00 Beijing time Monday through Friday)

Email:competition@eden-ad.com

 

Project Overview

Currently, the world’s higher education has gradually evolved from a learning community and an academic community into an innovation community, and the establishment of a university with the abilities to lead the future is of the highest priority of all world-class universities. Accelerating the construction of a pioneering research-oriented university is of great significance for cultivating top-notch innovative talents, developing scientific and technological self-reliance, and leading higher education reforms and innovations. Eastern Institute of Technology (Tentative) is a private, nonprofit research-oriented university aimed at becoming a world-class institution of higher education and cutting-edge research with broad societal impacts.  It is funded by the Education Foundation established by Mr. Yu Renrong, a leading entrepreneur born in Ningbo, Zhejiang, and supported by the governments of Zhejiang Province and Ningbo City.

Ningbo Yongjiang Technical Innovation Corridor is one of the three major technical innovation corridors in the circular bay economic zone of Yangtze River Delta, and is positioned as a “leading source of technical innovation in the Yangtze River Delta region with global influence”. Qingshuipu Area of Zhenhai District, Ningbo City, where Eastern Institute of Technology (Tentative)  is located, is situated at the intersection of Yongjiang Technical Innovation Corridor, the strategic zone of the three rivers and six banks, and the ecological belt of Ningbo City. It has dense and efficient scientific research institutes, diverse innovation platform, and great strength as an important industrial town, being the area with most potential for the industrial development of technical innovation. The space has the dual value attributes of ecology and technical innovation, and it has always been regarded as the prerequisite for “ecology + innovation”.

Schooling Scale

It is planned that the number of students in the University within ten years will be 10,000, and the ratio of undergraduate, master and doctoral degrees will be 4:3:3.

There will be 600 core professors (PI), including 200 in the College of Science, 150 in the College of Engineering, 150 in the College of Information Science and Technology, 50 in the College of Business, and 50 in various interdisciplinary research centers.

Project Construction Scale and Investment Plan 

The planned Gross Floor Area of this plot is about 1.148 million square meters. The estimated total construction cost is RMB 11 billions.

Fig. 1 Satellite map of the project land

Fig. 2 Land use status of Qingshuipu area

 

Requirements for Open Application

  • There is no qualification limit for design agencies to join this competition. Both domestic and international design agencies with relevant design experience (independent legal entities or other organizations licensed to perform architecture planning and designs) can apply. Consortium with no more than 4 members is allowed. In addition, each consortium member is not allowed to make duplicated applications either by himself/herself or by joining a different consortium with other design agencies. Applications submitted by individuals or a group of individuals are not accepted.
  • Priority will be given to design agencies (including consortiums) with experience in campus planning and architectural design.
  • The design personnel joining the competition shall be registered with the participating design agency.
  • The open application design agency (consortium) should provide prequalification application documents as per Requirements for Prequalification Application Documents, which include application materials and a concept design. See attachment: “Competition Rules 3 -Part I: Instructions to Participants, Section 3. Requirements for Prequalification Application Documents” for details.

 

Competition Rules

This international competition will proceed at three stages: the 1st stage is “selection of “by invitation” design agencies + open application prequalification”; the 2nd stage is “design competition”; the 3rd stage is “determining the winner”.

  1. 1st stage – selection of “by invitation” design agencies + open application prequalification

The method of “invitation + open application” will be adopted to determine the shortlisted design agencies of this project. After the review of qualifications of candidates from both “by invitation” and “open application” groups, no more than 10 agencies will be shortlisted in the end to jointly participate in the second stage – design competition.

  1. 2nd stage – design competition

The Host will organize an on-site survey and a Q & A meeting for the shortlisted design agencies. After signing the Participation Confirmation Letter and Confidentiality Agreement, the Host will provide basic design materials in details, and the shortlisted agencies will submit deliverables that meet the requirements as per Design Brief. At least one interim presentation will be arranged during the design competition stage.

  1. 3rd stage – determining the winner

The Host reserves the right to request the top three agencies to optimize their deliverables based on the opinions of the scheme review committee before determining the top three rankings based on the opinions of the scheme review committee. If optimization is required, the optimization period shall not exceed 4 weeks.

  • The Host will rank the top three on the basis of respecting the opinions of the scheme review committee, and the first-place agency is the winner. The final result of the competition will be announced after the ranking is determined.
  • The Host independently decides that finally one (the first-place winner) or more agencies will undertake the architectural schematic design development according to the situation of the scheme review.
  • The first-place winner will undertake the campus master plan scheme development and design development of no less than 50% buildings in the campus; the scheme development will reach the extent of construction approval for scheme, in which the architectural discipline will reach the extent of design development.
  • If due to the reasons of the winner (such as the winner’s abandonment of the qualification, the failure to perform the contract due to non-force majeure, or the fact that there is an illegal act that affects the winning result), the winner no longer meets the winning conditions or cannot continue to participate in the subsequent work, the Host can communicate with other shortlisted agencies to separately determine other agency(ies) participating in the subsequent development work.

 

Competition Schedule

☆ All the time mentioned is Beijing time. The Host reserves the right to adjust the schedule. In case of schedule adjustment, the Host will notify the shortlisted agencies via email.

 

Design Development Fee, Design Compensation Fee and Relevant Expenses

  1. Design Development Fee

The design development fee covers three parts: fee for campus master plan development, fee for individual building scheme design and architectural design development, and fee for special design development (e.g. flood control, sponge city, green and low carbon emission, etc.).

The shortlisted agencies make their own quotations based on the design scheme, and the Host will negotiate the price with the first-place winner (or other agencies assigned with design development work) according to the architectural design development assignment, and sign the design development contract in accordance with the determined design development content.

  1. Design Compensation Fee
  • After scheme review, the shortlisted agencies conforming to the design requirements shall get the following design compensation based on the ranking (on the premise of no design development contract awarded):

  • Payment of design compensation fee:

The design compensation fees for this competition are all paid in RMB, and they are tax inclusive. The Host signs a design compensation payment agreement with each shortlisted agency. The Host will start the payment procedures after the agreement is signed. The design agency shall provide the application materials and the legal and effective special VAT invoice in China. The recipient must be a domestic company (excluding Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan). The overseas design agency can entrust the domestic company to collect payment and specify the collector’s information in the agreement.

The shortlisted agency shall bear all expenses (including travel and accommodation expenses, model making, printing expenses, etc.) for participating in this competition. If the review committee believes that the submissions from the design agency do not meet the design extent and requirements of this competition, the Host will not pay the design agency any design compensation fee.

3. Others

The shortlisted agency shall bear all expenses (including travel and accommodation expenses, model making, printing expenses, etc.) for participating in this competition. If the review committee believes that the submissions from the design agency do not meet the design extent and requirements of this competition, the Host will not pay the design agency any design compensation fee.

 

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