The Development Bureau today invited market expressions of interest (EOI) for the Central Procurement Scheme for Modular Integrated Construction (MiC) modules.

The submission deadline is noon on August 6, and a briefing session will be held on July 14.

Following a consultancy study and market sounding, the Government plans to sign a three-year agreement with a single manufacturer. The manufacturer must be certified under the Building Technology Research Institute’s MiC Manufacturer Accreditation Scheme.

Under the current plan, the scheme will procure about 2,000 steel MiC modules over the next three years. These will mainly support public works projects, including government office buildings and schools.

Managed by the Architectural Services Department (ArchSD), the scheme aims to lower costs by consolidating demand from multiple works projects. Individual participating projects will set aside required funds within the Approved Project Estimate based on their module needs.

The bureau noted that pooling Hong Kong’s testing and certification advantages with the manufacturing and research strengths of other Guangdong-Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area cities will help establish MiC as a leading regional and global industry.

Feedback collected from the EOI exercise will help shape the details of the open tender. The ArchSD aims to launch the tender in the fourth quarter of this year.

Interested parties must submit their EOIs to the bureau’s drop-in box at the East Wing of the Central Government Offices in Tamar by the August 6 deadline.

Separately, the Government received eight submissions during its EOI invitation for the Central Procurement Scheme for Steel Reinforcement, which ran from April 14 to May 12.

The Government is analysing the views received and considering suggestions on logistics, procurement quantities and digital platforms, with the goal of launching the tender in the third quarter of this year.

Both trial schemes align with the Chief Executive’s Policy Address initiative to pilot the central procurement for commonly used construction materials to save costs.