Selling to the Government:
Hong Kong
For Hong Kong, the Government Logistics Department (GLD) is the central purchasing, storage, and supply organization for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, serving over 80 government departments and certain non-government public bodies. The GLD normally purchases by open tender, with decisions based on compliance with tender specifications, price competitiveness, back-up service and delivery. The GLD does not give preference to any particular source of supply from any country or organization.
For information about a subscription to the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Gazette, contact:
Information Officer
Publications Sales Unit
Information Services Department
Room 626, 6/F, North Point Government Offices
333 Java Road, North Point
Hong Kong
Tel: (852) 2537-1910
Fax: (852) 2523-7195
Email: puborder@isd.gov.hk
The GLD maintains lists of registered suppliers for issuing tender notifications. Any company not currently registered with the GLD wishing to be considered for inclusion in these lists may apply online through the Procurement and Contract Management System (PCMS) website, or in writing to the Director of Government Logistics. Companies are required to provide basic information about their organization and the goods they offer, such as the business registration certificate, company profile, annual report, and product catalogs. The GLD evaluates this information, and those companies that are found acceptable will be included on the lists. The ETB allows GLD-registered suppliers to download tender documents and to submit tender offers and related questions online.
Companies seeking more information on the GLD or enquiries relating to application for inclusion in the GLD Supplier Lists and general tendering matters are encouraged to contact:
Suppliers Officer (Technical Secretariat)
Government Logistics Department
9/F, North Point Government Offices
333 Java Road, North Point
Hong Kong
Tel: (852) 2231-5298
Fax: (852) 2807-2764
Email: hktender@gld.gov.hk
While the public procurement market is transparent and generally open to all comers, given its competitive nature and the recourse to national support by many third-country bidders, potential U.S. bidders on projects in Hong Kong (and, even more so, Macau) are encouraged to touch base with the U.S. Commercial Service office in Hong Kong about their interests and the potential to apply for project advocacy support.
Macau
The Government is gradually moving many of its procurement notices and tenders to the internet. These notices are published in Chinese and Portuguese only.
Public procurement processes in Macau are less transparent than those in Hong Kong. U.S. firms are encouraged to contact the U.S. Commercial Service office in Hong Kong for counseling and/or formal advocacy support in connection with public tender interests in Macau. Please visit Macau SAR Government website for more information.
U.S. companies bidding on government tenders may also qualify for U.S. Government advocacy. A unit of the U.S. Commerce Department’s International Trade Administration, the Advocacy Center, coordinates U.S. Government interagency advocacy efforts on behalf of U.S. exporters bidding on public sector contracts with international governments and government agencies. The Advocacy Center works closely with our network of the U.S. Commercial Service worldwide and inter-agency partners to ensure that exporters of U.S. products and services have the best possible chance of winning government contracts. Advocacy assistance can take many forms, but often involves the U.S. Consulate General or other U.S. Government agencies expressing support for the U.S. bidders directly to the foreign government. Consult Advocacy for Foreign Government Contracts for additional information.
Financing of Projects
Because of Hong Kong’s strong financial system and proximity to strategic markets in Asia, it is a key player in project finance in the region. Many governments finance public works projects through borrowing from the Multilateral Development Banks.
Multilateral Development Banks and Financing Government Sales
Price, payment terms, and financing can be significant factors in winning government contracts. Many governments finance public works projects through borrowing from the Multilateral Development Banks (MDB). A helpful guide for working with the MDBs is the Guide to Doing Business with the Multilateral Development Banks. The U.S. Department of Commerce’s (USDOC) International Trade Administration (ITA) has a Foreign Commercial Service Officer stationed at each of the five Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs): the African Development Bank; the Asian Development Bank; the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development; the Inter-American Development Bank; and the World Bank.
The U.S. Department of Commerce maintains a congressionally mandated Commercial Liaison Office to the Asia Development Bank (ADB) in Manila, part of the U.S. Trade Advocacy Center in Washington, D.C. The office provides counseling, advocacy, and project information to help American firms access, enter, and expand in Asian markets that benefit from ADB assistance. The ADB works actively with CS Hong Kong to help Hong Kong-based U.S. companies and affiliates better target ADB business opportunities including co-financing and private sector development projects.
The U.S. Commercial Liaison Office to the Asian Development Bank (ADB)
International mailing address:
US Embassy – NOX 2
1201 Roxas Boulevard, Ermita Manila,
Philippines 1000
Telephone: (63-2) 301-2000; (63-2) 516-5093
E-mail: Office.ManilaADB@trade.gov
U.S. mailing address:
CS/ADB
Unit 8600
Box 1565
DPO AP 96515-1565
The U.S. Department of Commerce maintains a congressionally mandated Business Liaison Office for the World Bank Group, including the IFC, in the Office of the U.S. Executive Director to the World Bank at World Bank headquarters in Washington, D.C. Contact information for this office is:
Danica R. Starks
Advisor to the U.S. Executive Director
Senior U.S. Commercial Liaison to the World Bank &
Head of DOC Multilateral Development Bank Group
DOC Email: Danica.Starks@trade.gov
DOC Phone: 202-573-0099
https://www.trade.gov/advocacy-liaisons-multilateral-development-banks
U.S. Department of Commerce
International Trade Administration
Office of the U.S. Executive Director
The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) – the official export credit agency of the United States – supports the purchases of U.S. goods and services by creditworthy international buyers that cannot obtain credit through traditional trade finance sources. EXIM provides trade financing solutions – including export credit insurance, working capital guarantees, and guarantees of commercial loans to foreign buyers – to empower exporters of U.S. goods and services. In nearly 70 years of operation, Ex-Im Bank has supported more than US$400 billion of U.S. exports to international markets.
Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM)
Regina Gordin, Deputy Managing Director
811 Vermont Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20571
Tel: 1-800-565-3946
U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) is America’s development bank. DFC partners with the private sector to finance solutions to the most critical challenges facing the developing world today. DFC has a Singapore office at the U.S. Embassy in Singapore.
U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC)
1100 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20527
Email: info@dfc.gov
Tel: 1-202-336-8400