News: The Housing Authority invites tenders to add housing speed scores. Contractors who deliver buildings late may be fined daily

The Secretary of the Housing Bureau, Ho Wing-yin, revealed earlier that new conditions will be added when bidding for the construction of public housing, so that contractors can build houses "faster".

The Housing Authority Bidding Subcommittee met last Friday (26th) to discuss the 2023/24 procurement work plan. According to sources, there were discussions at the meeting on how to speed up the construction of public housing, including the proposed addition of a construction speed item in the technical scoring project, and Reduce the proportion of project cost accordingly.

It is understood that the Housing Authority will use the "suggested completion date" of the construction trademark as the contract period. If the contractor delays the delivery of the building, a daily fine will be imposed, and the performance of the contractor will be reviewed according to the current mechanism. If the project is delayed repeatedly There is a chance to be fined "suspension" for one season and cannot participate in the bidding.

However, the source admitted it would only save the contractor "a few months in building the house".

It is reported that the Housing Authority intends to add a construction speed score to the technical scoring category in future tenders for the construction of public housing.

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Bonus points for contractors who promise to build houses in a shorter period of time

The "Policy Address" mentioned that the speed of land construction and housing construction will be accelerated to shorten the waiting time for public housing. Housing Secretary Ho Wing-yin earlier stated that bidding conditions will be added to the construction of public housing to allow contractors to build housing "faster".

It is understood that the Housing Authority's tender subcommittee has discussed how to speed up the construction of public housing, including increasing the speed of construction in the scoring project.

According to a source, in the future, the contractor can "add points" to the tender through a shorter construction period: "In the past, a date was set, and everyone will deal with it according to that date, but in the future, if the contractor can shorten it by this Date, of course he will add points."

The time when the winning contractor submits the tender will become the "contract period". If the project is not completed within the time limit, a fine will be imposed, and the future may be "determined".

If the contractor repeatedly delays the delivery of the building, points will be deducted from the total score of each quarter according to the current mechanism, and it may be fined to be "suspended" in the next season, that is, prohibited from bidding.

It is reported that the rating of housing construction speed will not be extracted independently and become a rating category, but will be set under the technical rating. At present, the rating weight of most projects focuses on the construction cost, so I believe that the proportion of construction cost will be reduced accordingly in the future , while the technical score will be raised, but the details still need to be further studied by the official, so it is not known when the new bidding score will take effect the soonest.

only save a few months

The source admitted that the contractor "can't make magic", and it is expected that it will be difficult to win the bid much lower than the current 5-year construction period. table to convince HA to deliver on schedule.

It is reported that the Housing Authority intends to add a construction speed score to the technical scoring category in future tenders for the construction of public housing.

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In addition, the Housing Authority announced at the beginning of the year that it will introduce a "design and build" procurement model, in which the contractor will be responsible for the design and construction together, so as to shorten the entire housing construction process. The first two pilot projects are the 19th district of Kwu Tung North, which was tendered in June this year The second phase, as well as Site No. 4A (South) and Site No. 5 in Tuen Mun Area 54 to be tendered next month.

According to sources, the relevant tendering measures "will definitely (continue) to be done, the only question is whether the timetable can be accelerated."

It is understood that the HA already had a preliminary design of the site when it issued the tender. Therefore, the contractor can level the land according to the HA’s plans and carry out detailed design at the same time, thereby shortening the construction process. I believe it can save several months of time. The Modular Integrated Construction (MIC) will also become an important building requirement of the Housing Authority, adding prefabricated components to save an additional few months.

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