Ministry Of Transport (MOT): March 2011 First Open Bidding Exercise for Certificates of Entitlement

The details of the March 2011 first open bidding exercise for Certificates of Entitlement (COEs) are as follows:

Tender opens: Monday, 7 March 2011, 12 noon

Tender closes: Wednesday, 9 March 2011, 4.00 pm

Tender results: Wednesday, 9 March 2011
(Available on the www.onemotoring.com.sg website)

The total quota available for this tender is 1,893 for the following vehicle categories:

NON-TRANSFERABLE CATEGORIES:

Category A : Cars (1,600cc and below) & taxis 532

Category B : Cars (1,601cc and above) 424

Category D : Motorcycles 325

TRANSFERABLE CATEGORIES:

Category C : Goods Vehicles and Buses 276

Category E : Open Category 336

COEs for categories C and E are valid upon receipt until 14 June 2011 whilst COEs for categories A, B and D are valid until 14 September 2011.

Bid applications can be submitted through the Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) of DBS/POSB, the Internet Banking facility provided by Citibank and UOB, or via the OCBC phone banking services.

The bid deposit for COEs in Categories A, B, C and E is $10,000 per bid application while that for Category D is $200 per bid application.

During the bidding exercise, bidders can check on the status of their bids and revise their reserve price using these banks' services, the LTA Open Bidding website (https://ocoe.lta.gov.sg), or by calling the LTA Open Bidding Phone System at telephone number: 6362 1465.

Members of the public can check the current COE price on the One.motoring website (http://www.onemotoring.com.sg) or on Teletext (Channel News Asia pages 521-523).

Although the COE Open Bidding System has been designed to handle large numbers of bids, transmission of bid data through the system could be delayed by external factors. Hence, members of the public are advised to bid early, as the system will only process bid submissions or reserve price revisions that reach the processing system before the closing time at 4.00 pm on 9 March 2011. Bid data that is sent to the processing system at the last minute, but fails to reach the system before the closing time will not be processed.

For details on the open bidding facilities, members of the public can also contact the following:

• DBS/POSB Hotline 1800-222-2200 (For Corporate Account) & 1800-111 1111 (For Personal Account)
• OCBC Hotline 1800-363-3333
• Citibank Hotline 1800-225-5225
• UOB Bank Hotline 1800-226-6121 (For Non-Individuals only)
• Land Transport Authority 1800-CALL LTA (1800-2255 582)