Singapore, 25 January 2007 –The three consortiums short-listed for the Singapore Sports Hub Project have beefed up their consortium teams in an effort to strengthen their proposals leading up to the bid submission deadline on 28 February 2007.
2 The consortiums have added new partners who will provide expertise in the areas of event programming and management, retail management, design, construction, legal and finance, and facilities management.
3 Oon Jin Teik, CEO of the Singapore Sports Council said, “As we approach the final stretch of the Invitation To Tender (ITT) for the Singapore Sports Hub, I am pleased to see the consortiums bringing on new partners and expert advice. Over the last few months, the consortiums have taken the project brief, digested it and understood very clearly our project objectives. This addition of new consortium partners signals their recognition of the areas of importance to focus and to put up the best proposals that will meet our vision for the Sports Hub.”
New Partners
4 The consortiums have added the following new partners:
Alpine Consortium (led by Alpine Mayreder Bau GmbH/ Alpine Bau
Deutscheland AG/ AFP)
· Tim Hupe Architects Germany – Lead architect/ master planner
· Squire Mech Pte Ltd – M&E engineer
· Dalkia – Facility management
· Alpine, Babcock & Brown and Great Eastern – Funding partner
· Ashurst International Lawyers – Legal advisor
The Singapore Gold consortium (led by Macquire Group)
· John Laing Infrastructure Ltd – Funding partner
· Freehills – Legal advisor
· Marsh – Insurance advisor
The Singapore Sports Hub Consortium (led by Dragages Singapore Pte Ltd)
· CICADA – Landscape architect
· DHI Water and Environment – Environmental consultant
· Duffill Watts – Traffic consultant
· Faithful & Gould – Technical advisor
· Global Spectrum – Comcast Spectator – PICO – Venue management, Event programming and marketing
· World Sport Group – Event promoter
· ARM – Sport consultant
· Knight Frank – Retail/ Commercial advisor
· Ernst & Young – Taxes advisor
· Rajah & Tann – Legal advisor
· Norton Rose – PPP legal advisor
· AON – Insurance advisor
5 Bids will be evaluated on four criteria:
1. Appeal of sports, leisure and entertainment programming (40%)
2. Functionality and quality design (25%)
3. Financial and legal appeal (25%)
4. Facilities management (10%)
6 Added Oon: “Forty percent of the evaluation will focus on the strength of the consortiums’ proposals to bring in sports, entertainment and leisure programmes to the Sports Hub that will fill up the calendar on event and non-event days alike. Functionality and design will cover 25 percent, as will financial and legal appeal. The aim is to find long term funding plans and financial models, which deliver value for money solutions. Ten percent of the evaluation will focus on facilities management. While each individual criteria is important, we are looking for proposals that are able to closely interlink all four areas to provide a total solution that best meets the project’s objectives.”
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About SSC The Singapore Sports Council (SSC) is Singapore’s lead agency tasked with developing sports in Singapore. Our vision is to create a Sporting Singapore where sports is a way of life. SSC aims to develop sports champions and create enjoyable sporting experiences for Singapore through the three strategic thrusts of cultivating a sporting culture, achieving sports excellence and creating a vibrant sports industry. Formed on 1 October 1973, SSC is a statutory board under the purview of the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports.
ANNEX A – Singapore Sports Hub Consortium Team List As At 25 January 2007
| No. | Key Areas | Consortiums | ||
| Singapore Gold | Singapore Sports Hub Consortium | Alpine Consortium | ||
| Bid Leader | Macquarie Group | Dragages Singapore Pte Ltd | Alpine Mayreder Bau GmbH / Alpine | |
| DESIGN | ||||
| 1 | Lead Architect/Masterplanner | HOK Sport | Arup Sports | Tim Hupe Architects Germany |
| 2 | Local Architect | CPG Corporation | DP Architect | RSP Architects Planners & Engineers Pte Ltd |
| 3 | Landscape Architect | CICADA | ||
| CONSTRUCTION | ||||
| 4 | Structural Engineer | CPG/SKM | Arup | SBP Schlaich Bergermann & Partners, Germany |
| 5 | M&E Engineer | CPG/SKM | Arup | Squire Mech Pte Ltd |
| 6 | Environmental | SKM | DHI Water & Environment | Squire Mech Pte Ltd |
| 7 | Construction | Shimizu Corporation | Dragages Singapore Pte Ltd | Woh Hup Pte. Ltd & Alpine Bau Germany AG |
| 8 | Traffic Consultant | Duffill Watts | ||
| 9 | Technical Advisor | Faithful & Gould | ||
| FACILITY MANAGEMENT | ||||
| 10 | Facility Management | CPG FM | United PREMAS Limited | Dalkia |
| 11 | Venue Management | Ogden IFC | Global Spectrum – Comcast Spectator -PICO | SMG |
| 12 | Bid Management / Project Management | PM Link | ||
| EVENT MANAGEMENT | ||||
| 13 | Event Programming & Marketing | IMG & Ogden IFC | Global Spectrum – Comcast Spectator -PICO | SMG |
| 14 | Event Promoter | World Sport Group | ||
| 15 | Sport Consultant | ARM | ||
| LEGAL & FINANCE | ||||
| 16 | Financial Advisor | Macquarie Group | HSBC Singapore | APF Alpine Project Finance |
| 17 | Retail/Commercial Advisors | Lend Lease / United Engineers | Knight Frank | Guocoland |
| 18 | Lead Financial Arranger | Macquarie Group | HSBC Singapore | SMBC Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation |
| 19 | Funding Partner | John Laing Infrastructure Ltd | HSBC Infrastructure Fund | Alpine, Babcock & Brown and Great Eastern |
| 20 | Taxes Advisor | Ernst & Young | ||
| 21 | Legal Advisor | Freehills | Rajah & Tann | Ashurst International Lawyers |
| 22 | PPP Legal Advisor | Norton Rose | ||
| 23 | Insurance Advisor | Marsh | AON | |
| Indicates new addition to the consortium after pre-qualification submission | ||||
ANNEX B – Singapore Sports Hub Project Timeline
15 Dec 2005 Launch of pre-qualification stage of tender process
28 February 2006 Submission of pre-qualification documents
April 2006 Pre-qualification of short-listed consortiums
July 2006 Launch of invitation to Tender (ITT) stage of tender
process
28 February 2007 Close of ITT – consortiums submit their proposals
Mid 2007 Successful consortium appointed
Mid 2011 Sports Hub operationally ready
ANNEX C – Singapore Sports Hub Fact Sheet
The Sports Hub will be Singapore’s premier sports, entertainment and lifestyle hub. A unique cluster development of integrated world-class sports facilities next to the city, it will play a critical role in accelerating the fusion of sports industry, excellence and participation and take sports to the next level in Singapore.
Located on a 35ha site in Kallang, the Sports Hub will include the following facilities:
· A new 55,000-capacity National Stadium with a retractable roof;
· A 6,000-capacity indoor Aquatic Centre that meets world tournament standards;
· A 3,000-capacity multi-purpose arena which will be scalable and flexible in layout;
· The existing 12,000-capacity Singapore Indoor Stadium; and
· Supporting leisure and commercial developments
With its world-class facilities, the Sports Hub will be the Centre for Singapore’s elite athletes and high performance management as well as an ideal location for sports and entertainment events, sports administration, and sports and recreation businesses.
It will help to create a critical mass of international, regional and local sports federations and associations, sports medicine and sports science service providers, sports related training and education service providers, sports companies’ sales and marketing headquarters, and retail outlets.
About 34,000 sq m of the Hub will be set aside for leisure and commercial development opportunities
Located near the Marina Bay area, the Sports Hub is well connected to the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) network as well as major expressways.
In the years to come, Marina Bay is expected to become a bustling global business and financial hub. With its distinctive location, it is set to become a dynamic 24/7 waterfront ‘Garden City by the Bay’.
The Hub is the first and largest sports facilities infrastructure
Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) projects in the world. It is also Singapore’s largest and flagship PPP project of this nature.
The Singapore Government is fully committed to this project and is looking forward to working with private sector partners to capitalise on its full potential.
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