Tender Notice for publication on the Internet

Description

This contract mainly encompasses:

1.  a systematic tree survey to collect and verify attribute information of each individual tree within the vegetated areas maintained by the Highways Department. The survey shall focus on Category I zone areas, defined as those within a 10-meter horizontal distance from the kerb of roads or from the edge of carriageways and tree planting areas within the boundary of expressways, excluding the trees on roadside toe wall planters maintained by Leisure and Cultural Services Department; and
2.  integrating the collected tree inventory geographic information system data into the tree inventory management system of the Highways Department, thereby providing a centralized and comprehensive database to support the efficient management of the urban tree assets.

Submission of Tenders

Sealed tenders must be clearly marked with the tender reference and the subject of the tender on the outside of the envelope (but should not bear any indication which may relate the tender to the tenderer) addressed to the Chairman, Public Works Tender Board, and placed in the Public Works Tender Box located at Room 503, 5/F., Low Block, Queensway Government Offices, 66 Queensway, Hong Kong. Tenders must be deposited in the tender box as specified in this tender notice (“Specified Tender Box”) before the tender closing time. Late tenders and tenders not deposited in the Specified Tender Box will not be accepted.

If tropical cyclone signal No. 8 or above is hoisted, or a black rainstorm warning signal or “extreme conditions after super typhoons” announced by the Government is/are in force at any time between 9:00a.m. and 12:00 noon on the tender closing date, the tender closing time will be postponed to 12:00 noon on the first working day after the tropical cyclone signal No. 8 is lowered, or the black rainstorm warning signal or the “extreme conditions after super typhoons” announced by the Government has/have ceased to be in force. In case of blockage of the public access to the location of the Specified Tender Box at any time between 9:00a.m. and 12:00 noon on Friday, 2 August 2024, the Government will announce extension of the tender closing time until further notice. Following removal of the blockage, the Government will announce the extended tender closing time as soon as practicable. The above announcements will be made via press releases on the website of Information Services Department
(https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/today.htm).