Tenders invited for telecommunication services for closed circuit television system

    The Transport Department today (April 11) invited tenders for Contract No. TD 3/2008 - Telecommunication Services for the Closed Circuit Television System in Hong Kong.

    "The contractor is required to provide a digital telecommunication network for the transmission of video images captured from about 400 closed circuit television cameras installed in the territory of Hong Kong to various traffic control centres and the leasing of the telecommunication services for a period of five years," a spokesman for the Transport Department said. 

    "The project includes detailed system design, supply, installation and commissioning of a digital telecommunication network and associated civil works.  The works are scheduled to commence in July 2008, for completion of capital works by May 2010 and for completion of the whole contract by May 2015," he added. 

    Tender submissions should be placed in the Government Secretariat Tender Box in the lift lobby on the lower ground floor of the Central Government Offices (East Wing), 20 Lower Albert Road, Hong Kong. The closing date is noon on May 23.

    Ove Arup and Partners Hong Kong Limited has been appointed by the Transport Department to undertake the functional design of the works and to supervise the implementation of the project. 

Ends/Friday, April 11, 2008
Issued at HKT 11:06