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MY TELNOS 702 AND 703: CONTRACT FOR DESIGN OF AIRPORT TERMINAL BUILDING: COMMENTS BY LU PING
1. A MORE DETAILED LINE WHICH GIS HAVE USED ON LU PING'S COMMENTS ON THE CHOICE OF A BRITISH GROUP TO DESIGN THE NEW AIRPORT TERMINAL BUILDING WHICH YOU MAY FIND HELPFUL AS BACKGROUND, IS AS FOLLOWS:
BEGINS
MOTT CONNELL CONSORTIUM, WHICH HAS BEEN AWARDED THE AIRPORT TERMINAL DESIGN CONTRACT ON A HKD536M FIXED PRICES BASIS WAS NOT
THE HIGHEST TENDER SUBMITTED FOR THE WORK. OF EIGHT SHORT-LISTED CONSORTIA (WHICH WERE SELECTED FROM 30 GROUPS EXPRESSING INTEREST), FOUR WERE HIGHER AND THREE WERE LOWER. THE HIGHEST PRICE WAS MORE THAN TWICE THAT OF THE MOTT CONSORTIUM.
2. THE DECISION TO APPOINT MOTT HAS BEEN WIDELY EXPLAINED TO HONG
KONG PEOPLE THROUGH THE MEDIA, WHICH HAS GIVEN THE DECISION WIDE COVERAGE THIS WEEK. THE DECISION WAS ALSO ANNOUNCED AT A MEETING OF THE AIRPORT CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE LAST MONDAY.
3. THESE EXPLANATIONS WERE WIDELY DISSEMINATED. THEY INCLUDED REASONS FOR AWARDING THE CONTRACT ON GROUNDS OF TECHNICAL AND DESIGN CAPABILITY, COST, ARCHITECTURAL VISION, AND PROVEN TRACK RECORD.
4. NO FORMAL NOTIFICATION TO THE CHINESE SIDE WAS NECESSARY UNDER THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BECAUSE THE CONTRACT RUNS FOR
ONLY TWO YEARS AND DOES NOT THEREFORE STRADDLE 1997.
5. THE AIRPORT CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE WAS GIVEN THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE MASTER PLAN, BUT WAS NOT GIVEN THE FULL THREE-PART VOLUMINOUS DOCUMENTS BECAUSE OF THEIR SIZE. HOWEVER THESE FULL
VOLUMES ARE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION AT THE NAPCO LIBRARY
IN THE FRENCH MISSION BUILDING.
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