Translation of the Competition Announcement The Competition Announcement of International Design Competition for the Overall Planning of Guangzhou Nansha New Area’s Tourism I Project Name: International Design Competition for the Overall Planning of Guangzhou Nansha New Area’s Tourism II Project Overview In September 2012, The Approval on the Development Plan of Guangzhou Nansha New Area (Guohan [2012] No. 128) issued by the State Council of the PRC provided that Guangzhou Nansha New Area is approved as the national-level New Area and the development and construction of Nansha New Area has been recognized as part of the national strategy. Nansha New Area is located in the southeast of Guangzhou, west bank of Lingdingyang (Pearl River estuary) and with an area of 803 square kilometers. Its terrain looks like a flared banana leaf, which lies across the marine outfall of Pearl River. It lies in geographical geometric center of Pearl River Delta and in the center of a 100-kilometer radius covering all of the delta cities. It is 38 nautical miles away from Hong Kong and 41 nautical miles away from Macao. Within a range of 70 kilometers around it, there are five large international airports respectively in Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Hong Kong and Macao. The highway system is rather developed, and the central urban area of Nansha will be the metro hub for seven metro lines according to Guangzhou City’s New Planning. Nansha is well backed by the vast hinterland market in Pearl River Delta with a population of 40 million and connecting the national and international markets through the metropolises of Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hong Kong and Macao, etc. Nansha New Area has an important strategic location and a strong market potential and radiating power. The industrial bases of automobile, steel, shipbuilding, machinery and equipment, fine chemicals, high-tech, port logistics and modern service etc have been preliminarily formed, which will have far-reaching effect in terms of the further urbanization of the southern part of Guangzhou City and improving Guangzhou City’s status as one of the national central cities. According to the eco friendly strategy being implemented by Nansha New Area, the planning and construction of the new coastal city have been aiming for internationalization, low carbon emission and wisdom, which certainly includes high standard planning and construction, efficient administration, integrating the beautiful ecological environment and unique and abundant Lingnan culture, and referring to all available eco city designs and technologies elsewhere. The organizers of the Competition are Guangzhou Nansha District Tourism Bureau, Guangzhou Nansha Assets Management Co., Ltd., Guangzhou Nansha International Travel Agency (the “Competition Organizers”), who will be in charge of the organization and administration of the Competition. The Competition Organizers have entrusted Guangdong Cailian Procurement and Tendering Agency Co., Ltd. (the “Competition Administrative Agent”) to assist in the 1 Translation of the Competition Announcement administration of the Competition. III Competition Requirements (Subject to the International Project Competition Documents) Nansha New Area is located at a core position in Pearl River Delta and has an area of 803 square kilometers. It is close to Hong Kong and Macao and in the center of a 100-kilometer radius covering all of the delta cities with prosperous economy and dense population. The tourism segment in this area will be positioned and enhanced to the international level. The tourism industry will be improved by giving full play to the influence of economic centre and hub engine. The planning contents mainly include: the study of overall positioning and space structure of tourism development in Nansha New Area; the study on how to form the high-level tourism industry; the study of tourism theme; landmark planning, detailed planning for key projects. The combinations of Lingnan culture, marine culture in southern China and the elements of coastal tourism city are required. IV Source of Fund: Public funds. V Organization and Administration 1. The relevant information in respect of the Competition shall be published on the websites of China's Purchasing and Bidding (http://www.chinabidding.com.cn),Guangzhou Municipal Government Procurement (http://www.gzg2b.gov.cn), Government of Guangzhou Nansha Development Zone (http://www.gzns.gov.cn/), Architectural Forum (www.abbs.com.cn ), Guangzhou Nansha Assets Management Co., Ltd. (http://www.gnao.com.cn/) and the Competition Administrative Agent (www.chinapsp.cn), and registrations from both domestic and international design institutes shall be accepted. 2. After the completion of the registration, the Competition Organizers will organize an experts’ panel to review the qualifications of the registered design institutes. Five (5) design institutes with competent qualifications and relevant design experiences shall be selected as the official candidates. 3. The experts’ panel organized by the Competition Organizers shall review the design proposals submitted by all the official candidates and select one (1) winning proposal. VI Registration 1. Qualification requirements (1) The registered design institutes must possess the independent legal personality. Two or more corporate bodies, parent company, wholly owned subsidiary and its holding company with the same legal representative shall not participate in the Competition simultaneously. (2) The domestic design institute must hold the Grade A tourism planning and design certification; the foreign design institute shall possess the equivalent qualification and 2 Translation of the Competition Announcement shall form a joint candidate with the domestic design institute who holds the Grade A tourism planning and design certification. (3) The Project Manager to be sent by the registered design institute candidate must hold the Qualification of Certified Planners, the relevant planning experience of being successfully in charge of two or more provincial or national or international key large-scale tourism projects, the single area of which is more than 20 square kilometers or the investment of which is more than RMB 2 billion, and with profound study of Lingnan culture and marine culture. The Project Manager shall be involved in all the aspects of the work of the design proposal. (4) The registered design institutes have undertaken three (3) or more large-scale, significant provincial or national or international tourism projects’ planning and have obtained good review comments or feedbacks in recent three (3) years (i.e. since March 2010). Each tourism project has the area of more than 20 square kilometers or the investment of the project was more than RMB 2 billion. Additionally, such tourism project should have generated good environmental and social effects as well as the good economic benefits after the implementation of the planning. (5) The registered design institutes shall be armed by the necessary equipments, professional and technical capability and the professional and technical talents to perform the contract at high standards. The registered design institutes shall provide the personnel list, resumes of the planners and designers, and equipment lists. (6) The Project accepts the registration from a joint applicant. The joint applicant shall appoint an authorized representative to undertake the responsibilities and instructions, and be in charge of the relevant issues involved in the Competition. 2. Requirements of submitting registration information. (1) The list of submissions for registered design institutes, original with official seal; (See Exhibit 1) (2) Certificate of legal representative, the power of attorney issued by the legal representative, original with official seal; (3) The domestic design institutes shall provide the copy of Grade A tourism planning and design certificate with official seal and the overseas design institutes shall have the equivalent qualification and form a joint applicant with a domestic design institute possessing the Grade A tourism planning and design certification; (4) Corporate profile and credibility certificate, awards, certificates, etc., photocopies with the official seal on the same; (5) Photocopy of the Business License stamped by the corporate seal; (6) The Project Manager’s academic certificate, qualification certificate, resume, relevant 3 Translation of the Competition Announcement proofing documents of his previous case performance, such as the previous design and planning contract and relevant award certificates etc; photocopies with official seal stamped on the same; (7) Proofing documents of the case performance of the institute in the most recent three (3) years, such as the previous design and planning contract(s) and relevant award certificates etc; For the previous successful cases, the applicant shall provide its client’s reference letter (with client’s corporate stamp on it); photocopies with official seal stamped on the same; (8) The list of the professional and technical personnel and the equipments for this project, which includes the professional and technical personnel’s resumes and qualification certificates, the list of the equipments; photocopies with official seal stamped on the same; (9) The declaration of the registered design institutes, original (See Exhibit 2). (10)The Agreement between the design institutes who have formed a joint applicant, if any, original (See Exhibit 3). The above submissions shall be printed in both Chinese and English, made into a binder with seal, in quadruplicate, one original in Chinese, two copies in Chinese, one copy in English; the original shall prevail where there are any conflicts or differences between the original and the copy. All the relevant submissions and the originals shall be brought to the registration office and be verified on the site. The result of the verification shall be confirmed with signatures of both parties in The list of submissions for registered design institutes, which shall be sealed with the submissions together on the site. 3. The date, time, venue and contact details for the submissions: Registration Date: June 24, 2013 - June 25, 2013 (9:00-11:30 , 13:30-17:00) Registration Venue: Conference room of Guangdong Cailian Procurement and Tendering Agency Ltd., 18th floor, Yuehai Building, No.472 Huanshidong Road, Guangzhou City Contact: Miss He Tel: +86 20 – 8765 1688 ext 35 VII Competition Process 1. Announcement and Registration Competition Announcement of this project will be published on the above websites. Enquiries from domestic and foreign design institutes are welcome during the announcement period. 4 Translation of the Competition Announcement Registration Period:June 24, 2013 - June 25, 2013 (09:00-11:30, 13:30-17:00). The registration documents in writing shall be delivered to the Competition Administrative Agent on time, otherwise the registration may be rejected. 2. Screening for the Official Candidates The Competition Organizers will conduct the qualification review by the panel of the leading Chinese experts. Five (5) design institutes will be selected as official candidates to submit their proposals to compete for the project based on their qualifications, comprehensive strength, track records in similar projects and teamwork, etc. Official candidates, once selected, shall reply in writing (with official seal) within three (3) business days expressly confirming whether to participate in the competition. Should a selected candidate fails to reply in writing within three (3) business days, the Competition Organizers are entitled to cancel its registration and select from other registered design institutes. 3. Design Proposals The time period for the selected Official Candidates to prepare the design proposals is sixty (60) calendar days. 4. The Submission of the Final Design Proposals by the Official Candidates: Requirements for the final design proposals: Each official candidate shall submit twenty (20) sets of final design proposal documents (15 sets in Chinese and 5 sets in English), twenty (20) sets of the summary of the design proposal (15 sets in Chinese and 5 sets in English), a set of AO display (bilingually in Chinese and English), and two (2) sets of digitalized proposal documents (in Chinese and English, recorded in CD). VIII Fees and Payment: 1. Winning prize and competition compensation: The review committee will select one (1) winning proposal among the design proposals submitted by the official candidates with prize of RMB 1,500,000. Other candidates will be compensated with RMB 300,000 for participating the competition. The Competition Organizer is entitled to obtain the intellectual property rights of all the design proposals submitted by the official candidates who receive the prize or compensation. 2. The prize and compensation will be paid in RMB. Where foreign design institutes are not able to receive RMB by their own bank accounts, such foreign design institute can authorize their joint registration institute to receive such prize or compensation on its behalf. The relevant charges and taxes shall be paid by the receiving institutes themselves. 3. The winner shall further improve and optimize its design proposal according to the 5 Translation of the Competition Announcement Competition Organizer’s requirements based on its original design to make a final version which shall be displayed and the winner shall provide technical consulting services. The fees incurred thereby are included in the winning prize. IX Other Requirements: 1. The Competition Organizer is in possession of the copyrights of designs in this competition and is entitled to display, print, publish and use them. All submitted design proposal documents will not be returned. Official candidates shall not use materials and documents provided by the Competition Organizer other than for this competition. 2. Fees arising from transportation, accommodation, document compiling, and design making etc. during registration, collecting competition documents, on-site visit, Q&A and submission shall be borne by the official candidates themselves. 3. Time mentioned in the announcement for this competition is Beijing Time. 4. Normative documents promulgated by the People’s Republic of China shall be followed and complied in the design proposals. 5. The Competition Organizer is entitled to the final explanation and interpretation of the Competition Announcement. 6. The English version of the Competition Announcement is only for reference. The Chinese version shall prevail where there are any conflicts or differences between the two versions. Competition Organizer: Guangzhou Nansha International Travel Agency Competition Administrative Agent: Guangdong Cailian Procurement and Tendering Agency Ltd. June 8, 2013 6 Translation of the Competition Announcement Exhibit 1 The List of Submissions for Registered Design Institutes Project: International Design Competition for the Overall Planning of Guangzhou Nansha New Area’s Tourism Registered Design Institutes (seal) Confirmation: the staff of the Competition Organizer who receive the submissions and the representative of the registered institute have checked the following necessary materials together and confirm the authenticity. Signed by the representative of the registered institute Signed by the staff of the Competition Organizer: No. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Items Page The list of submissions for registered design institutes Certificate of legal representative, power of attorney issued by the legal representative (original) The domestic design institutes shall provide the copy of Grade A tourism planning and design certification with official seal and the overseas design institutes shall possess the equivalent qualification and form a joint applicant with a domestic design institute possessing the Grade A tourism planning and design certification Corporate Profile and credibility references, award certificates etc., copy with the official seal Requirem ents for the Submissi ons The project manager’s academic certificate, qualification certificate, resume, proofing documents of previous performance(copy) Proofing documents of previous case performance of the institute in the most recent three (3) years The lists of the professional and technical personnel and the equipments for this project (blank column for applicant) remark original A must of written form original A must of written form Original for reference A must of written form Original for reference Original for reference Original for reference Original for reference Original for reference Enterprise business license (copy) check result A must of written form A must of written form A must of written form A must of written form A must of written form 9. The declaration of the registered design institutes, original (See Exhibit 2) Original A must of written form 10. The Agreement between the design institutes who have formed a joint applicant, original (See Exhibit 3). Original A must of written form 7 Translation of the Competition Announcement Note: 1. The registered institute shall leave the columns of the check result and remark blank, which will be filled in by Competition Administrative Agent after reviewing. 2. Original for reference in the column of “Requirements for the Submissions” means the registered institute shall provide the originals for reviewing and make sure that it will provide the originals for reviewing within two (2) days after requested by the Competition Organizer. 3. This list is in duplicate with one attached to submissions as the contents thereof and the other one returned to the representative of the registered institute. The “confirmation” columns of each page of the two lists need to be signed by both parties. 4. If there is any modification to the list, the modified sections need to be cosigned by the staff from the Competition Administrative Agent who receives the materials and the registered design institutes. 5. The materials which the list doesn’t require to provide won’t be the basis of failure of the qualification review. 8 Translation of the Competition Announcement Exhibit 2 The Declaration of Registered Institute To the Competition Organizer: In terms of participating in International Design Competition for Guangzhou Nansha New Area Tourism Overall Planning, our company hereby declares that: 1. Our company confirms that all the submissions and the following materials are true and authentic. 2. Our company confirms that we will not involve together-conspired bid and contacting bid, not transfer or lend the competition qualification, not offer a bribe to the Competition Organizer or members of the bid evaluation committee. 3. Our company has not been ordered to suspend business; not in a punishment period of cancelling the bidding qualification by the construction administrative department; not in a state of property taken over, frozen or bankrupcy. There are no important project quality problems identified in writing by the relevant administrative departments within two (2) years before the deadline of the registration. There are no bribery crime records convicted by the People’s Court in the bribery crime files of The People’s Procuratorate within two (2) years before the deadline of the registration. 4. Our company and its affiliated institutions don’t take part in the preliminary work of the project and the compiling of the international project competition documents or other related work. Our Company has no affiliated or other stake relationships with the Competition Organizer. 5. Our Company confirms that the Project Manager himself or herself (with ID card) will be involved in all the collection and design work of the planning project. Our company is willing to be exposed and undertake the legal consequences thereafter where that our company violates the above–mentioned warranties or the statement is inconsistent with the facts verified. Hereby declare The company (company seal): Legal representative signing: [ ], 2013 9 Translation of the Competition Announcement Exhibit 3 Agreement for the Joint Application and Registration (for Joint Registration) (The name of Company A)/(the name of Company B) are willing to form a joint application and registration to participate in the International Design Competition for Guangzhou Nansha New Area Tourism Overall Planning, now therefore the parties agree as follows: 1. (The name of Company A) shall be the Sponsor and Leading Member of the Joint Registration and (the name of Company B) shall be the Member of the Joint Registration. 2. The internal affairs of the Joint Registration are provided as follows: (1) The Sponsor and Leading Member of the Joint Registration shall be in charge of the contact with the Competition Organizer; (2) The Sponsor and Leading Member of the Joint Registration shall be in charge of the competition, which shall be implemented by the competition group organized by the parties. (3) The Joint Registration shall submit the competition application documents and project result subject to the various requirements thereof, perform all the contracts, assume all the obligations and responsibilities provided in the contract and assume its own responsibilities and risks in accordance with the internal division of the responsibilities. (4) In the event of winning a bid, the parties among the Joint Registration will sign an internal agreement and the Parties will be in charge of their respective work accordingly. The Sponsor and Leading Member (The name of Company A) will undertake (work range/content), accounting for % of the total work and the Member (The name of Company B) will undertake (work range/content), accounting for % of the total work. This Agreement shall be the supplemental content to the contract signed with the Competition Organizer. (5) The relevant fees arising out of the Competition work and implementation of the Project after winning the bid shall be assumed in accordance with the respective work load. 3. This agreement shall come into effect since the signing date and shall be automatically invalidated since the Joint Registration Agreement provided in the above 2(4) is signed. 4. This Agreement is made in [ ] originals, and with each Member of the Joint Registration holding one original, one original for the Competition Organizer. The Name of Company A:____________(seal) The Name of Company B:____________(seal) Legal Representative:__________(Signature) Legal Representative:__________(Signature) Contact:_____________________ (Signature) Contact:_____________________ (Signature) Tel:_________________________________ Tel:_________________________________ Date:________________________________ Date:________________________________ 10 Translation of the Competition Announcement Exhibit 4 Qualification Review Check List Project: International Design Competition for Guangzhou Nansha New Area Tourism Overall Planning No. 1 2 3 4 Item Certificate of legal representative, the power of attorney issued by the legal representative ( original) The domestic design institutes shall provide the copy of Grade A tourism planning and design certification with official seal and the overseas design institutes shall possess the equivalent qualification and the documentary evidence for forming a Joint Registration with the domestic design institutes possessing the Grade A tourism planning and design certification Corporate Profile and credibility references, award certificates, etc., (copy) Business license (copy) Requirements Original, valid The copy of the domestic design institutes’ Grade A tourism planning and design certification and the overseas design institutes shall possess the relevant qualification and form a Joint Registration with the domestic design institutes possessing the Grade A tourism planning and design certification. The qualification certificate shall be valid. Corporate Profile and credibility references, valid. The registered design institutes must possess the independent legal personality. Two or more corporate bodies, parent company, wholly owned subsidiary and its holding company with the same legal representative shall not participate in the Competition simultaneously. 11 Registered institute 1 Registered institute 2 …… Translation of the Competition Announcement No. 5 6 7 8 Item The project manager’s academic certificate, qualification certificate, resume, proofing documents of previous performance (copy) Proofing documents of previous performance of the institute in the most recent three (3) years (since March 2010) (copy) The list of the professional and technical personnel and the equipments for this project (copy) The declaration of the registered design institutes, signed and sealed, original (See Exhibit 2). Requirements Possess the Qualification of Certified Planners, the planning experience of being successfully in charge of two or more provincial or national or international key large-scale tourism projects, the single area of which is more than 20 square kilometers or the investment of which is more than RMB 2 billion, and profound study of Lingnan culture and marine culture; academic certificate, qualification certificate, resume, proofing documents of previous performance The registered design institutes have undertaken three or more than three large-scale, important provincial or national or international travel planning projects and have got good review in recent three years, which is since March 2010, the single area of which was more than 20 square kilometers or the investment of which was more than RMB 2 billion and has involved in successful projects with good environmental, social and economic benefits after the design implemented by the users. With the panning contract and award certificate, etc; the user’s proof shall be provided for the successful case. the professional technical personnel’s resumes and qualification certificates, the list of the equipment Original and valid 12 Registered institute 1 Registered institute 2 …… Translation of the Competition Announcement No. 9 Item The Agreement between the design institutes who have formed a joint applicant (See Exhibit 3). Requirements Registered institute 1 Registered institute 2 …… Original and valid (original) Expert review result Note: 1. expert assessment views( “√” for the conformity ,“×” for the inconformity); specifying the reasons in the column of “expert review result”. 2. If all are “√” ,the assessment passes ; if there is any single “×” ,the assessment fails. 13 Translation of the Competition Announcement Exhibit 5: Qualification Review Mark Sheet Project: International Design Competition for Guangzhou Nansha New Area Tourism Overall Planning Expert marking No. 1 2 Factor Overall strength Track records Score Marking standards 10 An institute with mediocre strength and fame gets 3 points; An institute with considerable strength and fame and provincial awards(including municipal awards of provincial capital) gets 6 points; A leading institute with international fame and national or international awards gets 10 points. 40 3 3 Project manager’s track records and previous performance 12 The registered institute which has undertaken three or more than three large-scale, important provincial (or national) travel planning projects and gets good review in recent three years(since March 2010); has involved in successful projects with good environmental, social and economic benefits after the design implemented by the users gets a basic score of 20. Each increase of each large-scale, important provincial travel project (single investment above 1 billion) adds another 5 points; each large-scale, important national travel project (single investment above 1 billion) adds another 8 points. The maximum score is 40. A person in charge gets 1 point with more than 5-year planning experience and intermediate professional title; a person in charge gets 3 points with more than 8-year planning experience and senior professional title. A person in charge gets a basic score of 5 provided he/she has successful experiences in two or more than two large-scale, important provincial (or national)travel projects. Each increase of each large-scale, important provincial travel project (single investment above 1 billion) adds 3 points; each large-scale, important national travel project (single investment above 1 billion) gets 5 points. The maximum score is 12. 14 Registered institute 1 Registered institute 2 … … Translation of the Competition Announcement 4 5 Technical staff and equipments 15 Accomplishm ents and awards 20 Total score 100 Review Expert: Improper arrangements of technical staff and equipment get 3 points; Proper arrangements of technical staff and equipment get 8 points; excellent arrangements of technical staff and equipment get 15 points; The projects which the registered institute undertook in last 5 years (since March 2008) have been carried out and received good environmental, social and economic benefits after being implemented by the users with provincial award gets 3 points, national award 5 points and international award 8 points. The maximum score is 20. Date: Note: 1. Provided that institutes registered as a Joint Registration, their business performance and arrangements of technical staff and equipment shall be reviewed as a whole; other aspects will be reviewed based on the Sponsor. 2. Ranking principle: the institute which gets the highest overall score will rank first and so forth. Provided the same overall score, ranking will be based on arrangements of technical staff and equipment; provided the same arrangements of technical staff and equipment, ranking will be based on business performance. 3. Awards issued by state or district in foreign countries will be deemed as provincial level in China. 15 Translation of the Competition Announcement Exhibit 6: 16