On March 13, 2021, China Government Procurement Network released the public bidding pre-qualification announcement of the Tianjin Binhai New District Housing and Construction Committee, the first phase of the Tianjin Rail Transit Z2 Line Project (Binhai Airport Station ~ Beitang Station), and the budget amount 35 billion yuan.

Purchasing requirements for the first package of the PPP project of the first phase of the Tianjin rail transit Z2 line

The feasibility study report of this project has been approved. Tianjin Binhai New Area People’s Government has authorized Tianjin Binhai New Area Housing and Construction Committee and Tianjin Binhai New Area Transportation Bureau as the project implementing agency, and Tianjin Binhai New Area Construction Investment Group is the project government Fang’s investment representative, Tianjin Binhai New Area Finance Bureau has approved the project’s financial affordability demonstration report and value-for-money evaluation report, and the Tianjin Binhai New Area People’s Government has completed the approval of the project’s implementation plan. The length of the line from Binhai Airport Station (inclusive) to Beitang Station is about 39.16km, of which the underground line is about 15.42km, the elevated line is about 21.84km, and the transition section is about 1.9km. There are 14 stations, including 5 underground stations. There are 9 elevated stations. 1 depot and 1 new main substation. During the cooperation period, the project company is responsible for the project's investment, financing and construction, operation management, operation and maintenance, renewal and transformation, preparation and implementation of additional investment plans, and passenger and non-passenger business operations within the scope of authorization. According to the feasibility study report of this project, the preliminary, short-term, and long-term full-day passenger traffic forecast results of the first phase of the Tianjin Rail Transit Z2 Line Project are 116,000 passengers/day, 250,000 passengers/day, and 415,000 passengers/day. 3,504,971.28 million yuan is the estimated value of the PPP project's full life cycle budget (including government capital contributions).

The contract performance period is 25 years, of which the construction period is 4 years and the operation period is 21 years. If the construction period is extended (shortened), the operating period will remain unchanged.

Applicants for the potential pre-qualification of the PPP project bidding project of Tianjin Rail Transit Z2 Line Phase I (Binhai Airport Station ~ Beitang Station) should be in Tianjin Fangyou Engineering Consulting Co., Ltd. (No. 180, Leshan Road, Binhai New Area (Tanggu), Tianjin) Receive the prequalification documents and submit the application documents before 9:30 on April 7, 2021. Editor/Sang Xiaomei