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Tenderers invited to apply for prequalification for "Design, Build and Operate Yuen Long South Effluent Polishing Plant"
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     The Drainage Services Department (DSD) today (April 17) gazetted a notice to invite interested tenderers for the contract "Design, Build and Operate Yuen Long South Effluent Polishing Plant" (Contract No. DC/2026/03) to apply for prequalification. The closing time for the prequalification application is noon on June 12, 2026.
      
     The scope of works under the contract comprises the design, construction, operation and maintenance of the proposed Yuen Long South Effluent Polishing Plant (YLSEPP) with a sewage treatment capacity of 65 000 cubic metres per day (in average dry weather flow). The contract is scheduled to commence in August 2027. In addition to the design and construction works, the contract includes the operation and maintenance of the YLSEPP for a period of 10 years (extendable by five years at most).
      
     The Government intends to prequalify no more than five applicants as prequalified tenderers. They would then be invited to join the tender exercise tentatively scheduled to be held in September 2026. Applications will be considered in accordance with the selection criteria and the marking scheme as set out in the prequalification documents.
      
     The DSD has commissioned Arup - Binnies Joint Venture as the project's engineering consultant. Interested contractors may obtain the prequalification documents from the office of the consultant at Level 5, Festival Walk, 80 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong.
      
     Details of the notice are available on the DSD website (www.dsd.gov.hk/EN/Tender_Notices/Current_Tenders/index.html). For enquiries, please contact the person-in-charge of the consultant, Dr Simon Tsang (tel: 2268 3595; fax: 2268 3953, email: arupylsepp@arup.com), during office hours.
 
Ends/Friday, April 17, 2026
Issued at HKT 11:02
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