11) CIVIL WORKS WILL DE SPLIT UP INTO APPROXIMATELY 25 CONTRACTS. SOME WILL BE OF SUCH COMPLEXITY THAT THEY MUST BE PLACED WITH INTERNATIONAL CONTRACTORS WITH SPECIAL EXPERTISE: OTHERS WILL BE LE COMPLEX AND TENDERS FOR THESE MAY BE INVITED FROM CONTRACTORS OR
JOINT VENTURES BASED IN HONG KONG.
(IV) THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL WORKS WILL BE DIVIDED INTO A SMALL NUMBER OF CONTRACTS WHICH MAY BE LET TO ONE OR SEVERAL CONTRACTORS. TENDERS WILL BE INVITED FROM SELECTED CONTRACTORS OF
INTERNATIONAL STANDING WITH APPROPRIATE EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE. (V) TENDERS FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING WORKS WILL BE INVITED PROGRESS- IVELY BETWEEN APRIL AND OCTOBER: AND FOR ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL PLANT AND EQUIPMENT IN JULY AND AUGUST.
(VI) BOTH FIXED PRICE TENDERS AND TENDERS WITH PROVISION FOR ESCALATIONS WILL BE CONSIDERED. THE AUTHORITIY WISHES TO MAKE THE MAXIMUM USE OF LOCAL RESOURCES AND WILL ENCOURAGE INTERNATIONAL
CONTRACTORS TO FORM JOINT VENTURES WITH LOCAL ORGANISATIONS. (VII) A BROCHURE ENTITLE **PRELIMINARY INFORMATION FOR PROSPECTIVE TENDERERS' WILL BE AVAILABLE ON PAYMENT OF US DOLLARS 10 ON APPLICATION TO THE HONG KONG MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY, 20TH FLOOR, NEW MERCURY HOUSE, WATERFRONT ROAD, WANCHAI, HONG KONG OR FREEMAN FOX AND PARTNERS, 25 VICTORIA STREET (SOUTH BLOCK) LONDON SW1. THIS BROCHURE GIVES FULL INSTRUCTIONS TO PROS- PECTIVE TENDERERS ON PRE-QUALIFICATION DETAILS TO BE SUBMITTED WITH THEIR APPLICATIONS FOR REGISTRATION ON THE LIST OF TENDERERS.
3. THOMPSON TOLD ME THAT IT IS THE INTENTION TO INVITE TENDERS IN APRIL FOR REPRESENTATIVE CIVIL WORKS, E.G. SECTIONS OF TUNNELLING AND BUILDINGS. BIDS WILL HAVE TO BE IN BY THE THIRD WEEK IN JULY AND THE PURPOSE OF THESE PILOT CONTRACTS IS TO ESTABLISH LIKELY LEVEL OF COSTS FOR THE CIVIL ENGINEERING WORKS. TENDER DOCUMENTS WILL BE ISSUED IN THE THIRD WEEK OF JULY FOR STATIONS IN NATHAN ROAD. BIDS WILL BE DUE IN NOVEMBER AND IT IS HOPED THAT CONTRACTS WILL BE LET IN JANUARY 1976. TENDERS FOR THE PROVISION OF ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL WORKS ARE TO BE INVITED IN EARLY AUGUST, WITH BIDS EXPECTED BY FEBRUARY 1976.
4. WHILE THERE WILL BE NO OBJECTION TO A CONSORTIUM BIDDING FOR THE WHOLE PROJECT, THOMPSON DOUBTS THAT THIS WILL BE A PRACTICAL PROPOSITION AS DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING WORKS AND THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ELEMENT WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE SIMULTANEOUSLY. IN VIEW OF THE TIME ALREADY LOST, THE PROJECT IS TO BE PROCEEEDED WITH AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
5. BOTH FIXED PRICE TENDER AND TENDERS WITH PROVISION FOR ESCALATION WILL BE CONSIDERED. THOMPSON HOPES TO GET FIXED PRICE TENDERS FOR
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