The Highways Department is inviting tenders for the Food & Environmental Hygiene Department Whitfield Depot re-provisioning works for the Central-Wan Chai Bypass Project. The deadline is noon on January 15.

The works mainly comprise:

* construction of a one-floor basement car park underneath the Island Eastern Corridor to re-provision the depot's affected car parking facilities;

* removal/re-provisioning of other affected depot facilities including stores, office containers, a toilet, a pump house and water tank, and an automatic car washing machine;

* relocation of an existing cul-de-sac at Watson Road;

* advance piling works for the future Island Eastern Corridor Link reconstruction; and

* associated utility works.

The works will begin in February 2010 for completion in March 2011. AECOM Asia Company Limited has been appointed to design and supervise the construction works.

Tender submissions should be placed in the Government Secretariat Tender Box in Central Government Offices (East Wing), 20 Lower Albert Road, Hong Kong. For enquiries call 2605 6262.