Provision of Global Custody and Fund Accounting Services for The MTR Corporation Limited Retirement Scheme (Contract No.: Q050427)

Prequalification Invitation

　

Provision of Global Custody and Fund Accounting Services for
The MTR Corporation Limited Retirement Scheme
Contract No.: Q050427

　

　

MTR Corporation Limited invites qualified companies to express interest to tender for the Provision of Global Custody and Fund Accounting Services (“Services”) for the MTR Corporation Limited Retirement Scheme (“the Scheme”).

 

The prequalification process for the tender will take place in November 2016. Only qualified companies will be invited to submit tender, tentatively in April 2017.

 

In order to be considered for prequalification, interested companies having relevant resources, qualifications and experience are requested to express their interest, and write to:-

 

MTR Corporation Limited, 20/F., MTR Headquarters Building, Telford Plaza, Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong. Attention: Purchasing Manager - Property & Marketing, enclosing the following information in an envelope marked “Expression of Interest for Provision of Global Custody and Fund Accounting Services for the MTR Corporation Limited Retirement Scheme (Q050427)” on or before 21 October 2016.

　

1) Company name, contact person and information

2) Company background and profile

a) The ownership and corporate structure of your Custody operation

b) The ownership and corporate structure of your Fund Accounting operation

c) The credit rating of your organisation of the past 3 years

d) Please briefly describe your Custodian Service (“CS”)

e) Please briefly describe your Fund Accounting Service (“FAS”)

f) Please provide the detailed experience in providing CS and FAS for MPF Exempted ORSO Registered Scheme (“ORSO schemes”) in Hong Kong in the past 3 years

  • The Asset Under Management

  • No. of clients

  • defined benefit scheme or defined contribution scheme

  • pooled scheme or non-pooled scheme (pooled scheme is referring to the ORSO scheme which participates in a pooling agreement)

  • the underlying investment in the ORSO scheme is “fund of fund” or “direct investment”

　

Upon expression of interest, the applicants will receive an invitation of prequalification via email. The applicants shall complete and submit all information and details as required in the invitation.

 

All companies responding to this advertisement are deemed to have complied with the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance in the collection and transfer of personal data to MTR Corporation Limited. All information submitted including personal data, shall be used by MTR Corporation Limited for the prequalification of tenderers for this Contract.

  

Companies shall not submit independent expression of interest if they intend to act as a supplier, sub-contractor or sub-consultant for another company, or if they are a partner of a joint venture established to tender for the Contract.

 

Companies having linkage to each other, e.g. subsidiaries, holding or sister companies, shall not express interest and submit tenders for the same Contract, whether on their own or as a partner of a joint venture. “Sister companies” shall mean all companies which are subsidiaries of or otherwise belonging to the same holding company. The existence of a holding-subsidiary relationship shall be determined in accordance with the provisions in Sections 13 to 15 of the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 622) of Hong Kong. Companies having linkage to each other shall determine which company will submit expression of interest and a tender.

 

MTR Corporation Limited reserves the right to withdraw at any time from the process or any part thereof without giving prior notice. No financial or any other obligation will accrue to the Corporation in such an event.

 

For enquiries, please contact Ms Phyllis Tong, Senior Purchasing Officer at (852) 2993 8419, by fax (852) 2993 7775 or email phyllist@mtr.com.hk.