The Government today (January 23) launched an open tender for the development of the Advanced Construction Industry Building (ACIB) in Tsing Yi (Contract No. WT/002/25) under a two-envelope approach. The tender invitation will close at noon on April 22.
      
     A spokesman for the Development Bureau (DEVB) said that the ACIB in Tsing Yi, covering an area of about three hectares, will be the first multi-storey advanced facility dedicated to the construction industry, aiming to drive the adoption of advanced construction technologies and enhance productivity and efficiency through synergy. It will facilitate the sustainable development of the construction industry and enable better land use. The land is being used by a low-density steel rebar prefabrication yard under a short-term tenancy. The Government will utilise the land to develop the multi-storey ACIB, providing more floor areas to set up advanced manufacturing facilities related to the construction industry. Construction is scheduled to commence in the second half of 2026, with commissioning targeted for 2028.
      
     The 2025 Policy Address announced that the DEVB would take forward the ACIB project to provide a dedicated facility for the construction industry, featuring a multi-storey design to house steel rebar prefabrication yards, processing sites for Multi-trade Integrated Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MiMEP), and other advanced manufacturing facilities, so as to promote wider adoption of high productivity construction methods in the industry and enhance new quality productive forces. In May 2025, the DEVB invited the market to submit expressions of interest for this project and offer innovative and practicable suggestions on the relevant advanced facilities in the building. The Bureau subsequently reviewed seven submissions received mainly from local and Mainland contractors and operators related to the construction industry. The views collected were used to formulate the details of the open tender.
      
     Under the 30-year contract adopting a Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) approach, the successful tenderer will be responsible for project financing, design, construction and operation. Upon expiry of the contract, the whole building including all manufacturing facilities and equipment shall be transferred to the Government. Advanced production facilities to be provided in the ACIB shall include:

(1) Not less than 15 000 square metres of floor area for steel rebar prefabrication yards;
(2) Not less than 5 000 sq m of floor area for MiMEP processing sites; and
(3) Not less than 5 000 sq m of floor area for lease to the industry for operating steel rebar prefabrication yards or MiMEP processing sites.

     The successful tenderer shall be responsible for operating the facilities (1) and (2) above, which must possess a minimum annual production capacity of 300 000 tonnes of prefabricated steel rebar and 6 000 MiMEP modules.
      
     Under the two-envelope tender arrangement, a weighting of 70 per cent will be allocated to the assessment of the non-price proposal and 30 per cent to the price proposal. The tender must comply with both the non-price and price requirements. The assessment criteria for the non-price proposal mainly include the tenderer's experience in managing and operating manufacturing facilities relevant to the construction industry, the overall planning and design of the building, innovative technologies for constructing and operating the advanced manufacturing building and facilities, the annual production capacity of the facilities, and other proposed advanced manufacturing facilities. The detailed assessment criteria are set out in the tender documents.
      
     The tender notice was gazetted today and uploaded to the DEVB's website (www.devb.gov.hk/en/tender_notices/index.html). Interested companies with the capability to deliver the project, including developers, contractors and operators, may download the tender documents from the e-Tender Box (ETB) under the Procurement and Contract Management System of the Government Logistics Department (pcms2.gld.gov.hk). Tenderers may submit their tenders via the ETB or deposit them in the tender box as specified in the tender notice before the tender closing time.
      
     For enquiries, please call 3509 8672 during office hours.

Ends/Friday, January 23, 2026
Issued at HKT 11:00

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