Sengkang residents can look forward to a new market and food centre come 2010.  The Housing & Development Board is inviting tender for a land parcel at Sengkang Square/Sengkang East Road for "Market and Food Centre Development" today. The tender will close on 17 Feb 2009.  The successful tenderer will build, maintain and manage the Market and Food Centre during the tenancy period.

 

2   The land parcel is located opposite the Sengkang MRT/LRT station and bus interchange.  It has a centralised location and is easily accessible.  The project will offer residents an estimated:

 

·       40 market stalls selling a variety of fresh market produce such as seafood, meat/poultry, fruits, vegetables etc   

·       10 lock-up market stalls for trades complementary with traditional market concept such as sale of dried goods, groceries, kitchen wares, aquarium fish, plants and flowers.

·       50 cooked food stalls

 

3   The operator is also required to provide parking lots as well as a drop-off porch.

 

 

Background

 

 

4   This development arose from the Forum on HDB Heartware, led by Senior Minister of State for National Development, Ms Grace Fu in 2007.  Amongst others, the Forum recommended to resume building of wet markets/hawker centres,  promote community bonding and strengthen local identity.  They can be privately run and operated at estates assessed to be commercially viable.

 

5   HDB is therefore piloting a standalone, naturally-ventilated market and food centre at Sengkang, to be built and run  by a private operator.  Sengkang has been selected for the pilot project because it is a new town and many residents there have requested for additional market and food centre.   

 

 

Details of Land Parcel

 

6       The particulars of the land parcel are as follows:

 

 

Location	Sengkang Square/Sengkang East Road
Allowable Use	Market and Food Centre Development
Site Area	6,000 sq m
Maximum GFA	4,000 sq m
Tenure	5 + 5 + 5 years (Initial term of 5 years with an option for a second term of 5 years with a further option for a third term)
Project Completion Date	On or before 31 Dec 2010

 

 

Its location map and preliminary artist impression are in Annex A.

 

 

Tender Procedures

 

 

7   Tenderers will be asked to submit their design proposals including the layout plans for evaluation together with the tender bids.  The design proposals should follow the design parameters stated in the tender documents and the materials used should be of comparable standard and quality.  For enquiries, tenderers can email  hdblandsales@hdb.gov.sg, call 64903037/64903446 or fax 6490 3005, or make use of the enquiry form in HDB InfoWEB http://www.hdb.gov.sg/hdblandsales.

 

 

Issued by :         Housing & Development Board

Date        :         23 December 2008