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Consultants (eg engineers, quantity surveyor and Project Manager - OVEARUP, Windrells and Swire Properties respectively) are all British.

We are aware of considerable interest from major UK and

other construction companies in tendering for the main construction contract and we will pay particularly careful attention to drawing up tender lists. The British Export

Group for the Construction Industries has been alerted to the

project.

Will foreign firms be allowed to tender?

Since the budget for the building will exceed the EC

threshold of £3.4 million, the project will be published in

the supplement to the Official Journal of the EC ie foreign firms who are likely to meet our normal criteria (eg adequate ability and resources, competitive bid and best value for

money for FCO and taxpayer) will be considered for the tender

list.

So no contracts have yet been put out to tender?

So far only the relatively small demolition contract (around

£75,000) has been put out to tender. It will be awarded as

soon as Treasury approval has been given for the project as a

whole. We anticipate going out to tender for the foundation

works and main contract in August 93 and February 94

respectively.

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