Contract Division, Kinki Regional Construction Bureau, Ministry of Construction, 1-5-44 Otemae, Chuo-Ku, Osaka-Shi 540, Japan

Y -- JAPAN: S16 CONSTRUCTION POC Tel 81/6/942-1141 FAX N/A product data a Industry sector code: B detailed product description: Construction Title: improvement of the deyashiki Section and other substructure work on the himeji-Nishi bypass; site: deyashiki-chisaki, himeji-Shi, hyogo-ken; summary: length, 1,220 meters; work: substructure of bridge, one inverted-''T''-type abutment (spread foundation); box-type culverts: 7.0 X 4.0 X 30.9 meters, one set; 2.5 X 3.0 X 29.8 meters, one set; retaining Walls: inverted-''T''-type retaining wall, 350 meters (spread foundation); gravity retaining wall, 1,550 meters (spread foundation); buttressed retaining wall, 40 meters (spread foundation); block-type retaining wall, 390 meters (spread foundation); earth work: cutting of soil, 96, 900 cubic meters; filling of soil, 72,000 cubic meters; Construction period: approx. Nine months; main materials to be used: concrete, 9,000 cubic meters; reinforcing steel, 300 tons. C product specifications/technical data: N/a D quantity: N/a e U.S. dollar value: N/a F other information: N/a response data a response language: Japanese. B best way to respond: letter. C from manufacturers only: N/a D information desired from U.S. firm: N/a e primary buying factor: the lowest bid within the estimated price range. F other information: pre-screening required to be eligible for bidding. Pre-screening deadline: 16:30 pm, June 8, 1995. Bid documents must be obtained directly from the submitting Agency, not from U.S. Embassy. Payment in yen. A issuing Agency: Kinki Regional Construction Bureau, Ministry of Construction B financing Agency: same as above. C price of bid documents: N/a D purchase bid documents by: 17: 00 pm, July 17, 1995. E tender number required in all communications: N/a F performance bonds required: not required. G closed Procurement Procedure: N/a H bidding procedures: open competitive tender. I bid deadline: 11:00 am, July 28, 1995. J other information: ''kensetsu kogyo shimbun'': 5/29/95. Eligible tender participants: 1) firms that do not fall under articles 70 and 71 of the cabinet order concerning budget, auditing, and Accounting; 2) firms pre-qualified for open competitive bidding on civil engineering work by the Kinki Regional Construction Bureau; 3) firms that score at least 1, 500 points in civil engineering work in a formula calculated from bidding company's objective criteria at the time of application for qualification; 4) firms not undergoing bankruptcy procedures; 5) firms that have -- since 1990 as the main contractor -- actually constructed and completed a project involving at least 100,000 cubic meters of earth work (cutting and filling of soil combined). Note: only Construction projects in which bidder has had a 20 percent or greater share are eligible for review; 6) firms that can assign to the Construction site a full-time chief engineer or engineering supervisor who meets the following criteria: a) is qualified as a certified first- class Construction supervisor or equivalent or higher; B) has since 1985 had experience with completion of a similar project as the main contractor; and C) in the case of engineering supervisor, is qualified to supervise designated Construction work; 7) firms not currently suspended from designation by the director of the Kinki Regional Construction Bureau; and 8) firms not related by capital or personnel to the contractors involved in this project. Post remarks Post contact/prepared by haomori approved by gtaevs Please send a copy of your response to: Commercial Officer (FCS TOP), American Embassy, Tokyo, Unit 45004, APO Ap 96337, Refer to TC402. Please note: All correspondence with the Awarding Authority and/or the Procuring Agency MUST be in Japanese.. (0151)

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