Yoshio Warita, Director-General, Kanto Regional Construction Bureau (Moc), 1-3-1 Otemachi, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo 100

99 -- JAPAN: SOL KENSETSU KOGYO SHIMBUN: 02/14/95 PG. 3. DUE 100095 POC Tel 81/3/3211-6261 S1622 Construction of bridge superstructure opening time and date 10:00, mar. 30, 1995. Open 1) Construction titlb phase- two Construction of superstructure for the kanno interchange bridge; 2) site sakado-ichiba-chisaki, sodegaura-shi, chiba- ken; 3) summary a) 2 sets of 4-span continuous steel box-girder bridges, for both directions of traffic, of 204 4 meters total length, and span lengths of 50 6, 2 sets of 51.1, and 50 6 meters; B) 2 sets of 3-span continuous steel box-girder bridges, for both directions of traffic, of 144 0 meters total length, and span lengths of 50.6, 46 45, and 45.95 meters; C) 2 sets of 3-span continuous steel box-girder bridges, for both directions of traffic, of 171 6 meters total length, and span lengths of 56.7, 57 2, and 56.7 meters; and D) 2 sets of 2-span continuous steel box-girder bridges, for on- and off-ramps, of 102 2 meters total length, and span lengths of 2 sets of 50 6 meters; 4) Construction period approx. 12 months (360 days); 5) main materials to be used approx. 3,810 tons of steel; 6) deadline for submission of application forms/related documents for qualification screening 17 30, feb. 24, 1995; 7) contact for tender documents: Contract Division, General Affairs department, Kanto Regional Construction Bureau, ministry of Construction, 1-3-1 Otemachi, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo 100 eligible tender participants 1) designated consortia pre-qualified by the Director of this Bureau and comprised of firms that meet the following criteria a) firms that do not fall under articles 70 and 71 of the cabinet order concerning budget, auditing and accounting; B) firms pre-qualified for open competitive tendering on superstructure work for steel bridge by the Kanto Regional Construction Bureau; C) firms not undergoing bankruptcy procedures; D) firms that have -- since 1989 as the main contractor -- actually manufactured and installed a multi-span continuous steel box-girder bridge of at least 45 meters effective span length and at least 900 total tonnage in a highway bridge of at least 20 tons load capacity or in superstructure work for a Railway bridge note: only Construction projects in which the bidder has had a 30 percent or greater share are eligible for consideration; e) firms not currently suspended from designation by the Director of the Kanto Regional Construction Bureau; and F) firms not related by capital or personnel to the contractors involved in this project; 2) designated consortia that can assign to the Construction site during the on-site Construction period a full-time chief engineer or engineering supervisor who meets the following riteria a) is qualified as a certified first-class Construction supervisor or equivalent or higher; B) has since 1989 had Construction experience as described in item 1)-D) above; and C) in the case of engineering supervisor, is qualified to supervise designated Construction works bid documents must be obtained directly from the submitting agency, not from U S. Embassy. Date of publication in ''kensetsu kogyo shimbun'' 021495. Post contact/prepared by gtaevs Please send a copy of your response to: Commercial Section (FCS TOP), American Embassy, Tokyo, Unit 45004, APO Ap 96337, Refer to TC0307.. (0047)

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