The Public Works Bureau (DSOP) said yesterday that it expects the construction of a flyover connecting the Zone A land reclamation area and Nape to get off the ground in the second quarter of next year.
The government launched a “limited tender” in late September for the project.
The limited tender refers to a process that started on September 27 when the bureau requested construction companies to submit their intentions to bid for the project by November 29. After an assessment, which is now still ongoing, the bureau will ask the five companies with the highest scores to submit their quotations.
According to a DSOP statement yesterday, six construction companies have submitted their intentions to bid for the project, which were unsealed by DSOP officials yesterday.
The six intentions to bid for the project will now be assessed based on four criteria, namely their respective general ability to carry out construction projects (accounting for 40 percent of the scores), construction techniques and experience (accounting for 30 percent), human resources (account for 20 percent), and interview results with officials (accounting for 10 percent).
Only after the bureau chooses the top five companies, will the deadline for submitting the final quotations be announced.
The winning bidder will be required to complete the project within 1,000 working days.
According to the DSOP website, the 1,550-metre-long vehicular overpass, known as AB Link, will run from near Kun Iam Statue on the Nape waterfront to the roundabout outside the Macau Science Centre (MSC), from where it will cross the sea running under the Macau-Taipa Friendship Bridge and finally land in Zone A.
In addition, the website says, the AB Link will also be connected with the fourth Macau-Taipa Bridge that will connect the Zone A and Zone E1 land reclamation areas.
The ongoing fourth Macau-Taipa Bridge project is now scheduled to be completed in March next year.
The AB Link between Zone A and Nape was previously planned to be an undersea tunnel, before the government finally decided to build a flyover instead.
Public Works Bureau (DSOP) officials, including DSOP Director Lam Wai Hou (second from left), pose during yesterday’s session where they unsealed intentions submitted by six construction companies to bid for the Zone A-Nape flyover project. – Photo: DSOP
