Tenders invited for Kai Tak cruise terminal

Tenders invited for Kai Tak cruise terminal
November 8, 2007

The Government will invite tenders for the development of a new cruise terminal at Kai Tak starting tomorrow. The successful bidder is expected to design, build, operate, manage and maintain the new cruise terminal for 50 years and begin operating the first berth in February 2012.

The Tourism Commission today said the Government plans to close the tender on March 7, after the completion of relevant statutory processes under the Environmental Impact Assessment Ordinance and Foreshore & Sea-bed (Reclamations) Ordinance, and to award the tender in the second quarter of 2008.

Tenderers are expected to fulfil a minimum requirement of three years' immediate experience in operating a cruise terminal with a minimum annual throughput of 200,000 embarking and disembarking homeport passengers.

Service agreement
The successful tenderer will be required to enter into a service agreement with the Government. The service agreement incorporates the successful tenderer's proposals and service pledges for the operation and management of the new cruise terminal. It will be co-terminous with the land lease.

The Government will adopt a two-envelope tender approach, with 70% weighting to be given to the quality aspects and 30% to the premium aspects in assessing the bids.

The tender assessment panel, chaired by the Commissioner for Tourism and comprising representatives of the relevant Government bureaus and departments, will assess the bids' technical aspects as well as the operation and management aspects.

International experts appointed by the Tourism Commission and Civil Engineering & Development Department wil advise the panel on the bids. The experts will act as consultants and provide input on cruise terminal operation and engineering aspects.

Expert advice available
The Legislative Council's Economic Development Panel Chairman Jeffrey Lam and Tourism Board Executive Director Anthony Lau will serve as advisers to the panel on tourism and marketing aspects.

The Institute of Architects and Institution of Engineers are invited to each nominate a member to advise the panel on architectural and engineering aspects.

香港啟德郵輪碼頭五十年營運權招標
2007/11/09, 週五

香港9日起公開招標舊機場的空置用地，部分將闢作為郵輪碼頭發展用途，以提升香港豪華郵輪旅遊市場的地位。

港府規定競投啟德郵輪碼頭(Kai Tak Cruise Terminal)的入標者，須符合最低要求：在過去三年擁有營運母港，並有上落乘客量每年廿萬人次的經驗等，截至日期為2008年3月7日，同年第二季批出標書。中標者負責設計、興建、營運、管理及維修郵輪碼頭，經營權為半個世紀。工程估計2009年動工，2012年2月營運首個泊位。

港府計劃分階段發展，位於九龍區啟德機場跑道南端一塊7.6公頃土地，興建郵輪碼頭及旅遊配套設施，包括酒店、商場、會議場館等。當局預期到2020年，光是郵輪業每年帶來經濟效益，達到14至22億港元(1.8至2.83億美元)，並提供七千至一萬個就業職位。