Procurement Division, General Affairs Department, Third, Construction Bureau, Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Authority, Hotta Bldg., 1-9-22 Shinhama, Onomichi-Shi 722, Japan

Y -- JAPAN: S16 CONSTRUCTION POC Tel 81/848/22-5211 FAX N/A. product data a industry sector code: B detailed product description: Construction Title: Construction of steel superstructure for the tatara overpass; site: from oaza-iguchi-chisaki to oaza-iguchi, kamiura-cho, ochi-gun, ehime-ken; summary: this project involves Construction of steel superstructure for the tatara overpass (length: 208.5 meters for the ''up'' route; 820.3 meters for the ''down'' route; width: 9.5 meters) on the imabari route of the Honshu-Shikoku linking highway. This overpass links to the tatara large Bridge and is made up of a three-span continuous, steel box-girder Bridge, a seven- span continuous, steel box-girder Bridge, and a four- span continuous, steel plate-girder Bridge (2 X 69 meters + 68. 4 meters, 61.35 meters + 5 X 62 meters + 61.35 meters, 43.95 meters + 2 X 44.45 meters + 43.95 meters); estimated tonnage: steel superstructure, approx. 3,620 tons; Construction period: 910 days; main materials to be used: steel, approx. 3,620 tons. C product specifications/technical data: N/a (not available). 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 is required to be eligible for bidding. Pre-screening deadline: 16:00 pm, July 20, 1995. Bid Documents must be obtained directly from the procuring agency, not from U.S. Embassy. Payment in yen. A issuing agency: Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Authority B financing agency: same as above. C price of bid Documents: N/A. D purchase bid Documents by: 16:00 pm, aug. 24, 1995. E tender number required in all communications: N/A. F performance bonds required: not required. G closed Procurement procedure: no. H bidding procedures: open competitive tender. I bid deadline: 14:00 pm, sep. 12, 1995. J other information: ''kensetsu kogyo shimbun'': 6/19/95. Eligible tender participants must be pre-qualified firms that meet the following criteria: 1) firms that do not fall under any of the following categories: a) firms that have not received a permit from the Construction minister or the prefectural governor under article 3 of the Construction business law regarding this project; B) firms that have not been rehabilitated from insolvency or bankruptcy; C) firms that have -- in the past two years, in a contract -- deliberately performed a poor work, or unfairly cheated on quality and quantity of materials; interfered with fair competition, damaged fair pricing, or colluded for unfair profit; prevented a winner from signing a contract, or a contractor from carrying out a contract; prevented an Official from conducting supervision or inspection; unjustifiably reneged on a contract; presented false Documents to this Authority; brought this Authority other extreme losses; and employed, as representative, manager, or equivalent in a contract, those who perpetrated one of the above-described Acts within two years of their misconduct; and D) firms whose business is judged extremely unsound; 2) consortia comprised of firms pre-qualified for competitive bidding on steel superstructure work by this Authority for goj fy 95/96; 3) all member firms must score at least 1,200 points in steel superstructure work in a formula calculated from bidding company's objective criteria at the time of application for qualification; 4) all member firms must have -- in the past, as the main contractor -- completed a similar project (Construction of a multi-span continuous, steel box-girder Bridge of at least two lanes, 50 meters in maximum span length, and 250 meters in total length); 5) firms that can assign to the Construction site a field representative or a chief engineer or engineering supervisor who has completed a similar project in the past as the main contractor; 6) all member firms must not be currently suspended from designation by the Director of this Authority in areas including the ehime prefecture; 7) firms that can present an adequate plan for this project; 8) all member firms must not be related by capital or personnel to the contractors involved in this project (see tender Documents for details); and 9) consortium must be organized as follows: a) the number of member firms must be two or three; B) all member firms must have at least six-tenths of the equally divided share of involvement; C) the representative firm must have the greatest share of involvement among all members; D) consortium must be organized by the ''ko'' method; e) the same firm cannot belong to two or more consortia regarding this project; and F) a notice on Organization of consortium for designated Construction project must be submitted as an attachment to the application Documents for pre-qualification; a letter of proxy must also be submitted if the name of a proxy, such as a branch manager, etc., Appears in the submitting Documents. Post remarks Post contact/prepared by haomori approved by gtaevs/cdukelow Please send a copy of your response to: Commercial Officer (FCS TOP), American Embassy, Tokyo, Unit 45004, APO Ap 96337, Refer to TC421. Please note: All correspondence with the Awarding Authority and/or the Procuring Agency MUST be in Japanese..(0172)

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