The Public Works Bureau (DSOP) said in a statement yesterday that it expects the construction of a high-rise sports complex in the Zone A land reclamation area to get off the ground in the first quarter of next year.
The government launched a public tender in late June for the project. Potential bidders were required to submit their quotations by Wednesday.
A total of 21 construction companies submitted their bids, which were unsealed by DSOP officials yesterday. All bids were accepted.
Yesterday’s DSOP statement announced that the quotations for the project proposed by the 21 bidders range from 241 million patacas to 270 million patacas.
The tender has set a maximum period of 975 working days for the winning bidder to complete the project.
According to the DSOP website, the construction periods proposed by the 21 bidders are 877, 878 or 879 working days.
The sports complex will be built on Plot A9, located on the northern part of Zone A.
The 1.38-square-kilometre Zone A is primarily being developed for public housing projects.
The DSOP website notes that the future sports complex on Plot A9 will be located near a future high-rise building to be used for senior care homes on Plot A8.
The bureau launched a public tender in May for the project on Plot A8, which drew also 21 bids, which were unsealed by DSOP officials in June. The A8 project is slated to get off the ground in the next quarter.
Yesterday’s DSOP statement said that the site where the future sports complex will be located covers about 1,930 square metres. The 44.5-metre-high building will have nine storeys plus a two-level underground carpark, with a gross floor area of about 12,500 square metres.
The statement said that the A9 sports complex will have four sports pavilions, including a 25-metre swimming pool, six badminton courts, two basketball courts, and an area for table tennis.
Construction of a nine-storey building earmarked for a wet market and other municipal facilities in Zone A was completed in October last year. The wet market municipal complex, located on Plot B6, was the first building completed in Zone A.
In addition to wet-market facilities, senior care homes, and sports facilities, various other community facilities will be built in Zone A such as cultural facilities, schools, and a health centre, according to the government’s Zone A urban development plan, which took effect in March this year.
This artist’s rendition downloaded from the Public Works Bureau’s (DSOP) website yesterday shows the future sports complex on Plot A9 in Zone A.
