Administration Division, Construction Department, Teito Rapid Transit Authority, 3-19-6 Higashi-Ueno, Taito-Ku, Tokyo 110, Japan

Y -- JAPAN: S16 CONSTRUCTION POC Tel 81/3/3837-7090 FAX N/A. product data a industry sector code: B detailed product description: Construction Title: Construction of skeleton and other work at no. 2 site in the shibuya train depot; site: 1-chome, etc., Dogenzaka, shibuya-Ku, Tokyo; summary: to Construction skeleton and improve railway facility at no. 2 site in the shibuya train depot; structure: steel-framed, reinforced concrete Construction; number of floors: one story below ground, four stories above ground (up to Floor slabs); total Floor area, approx. 18,800 square meters; improvement of railway facility: reinforcement of track support, etc.; Removal of fixed structures: overpass, etc.; Construction period: 35 months; main materials to be used: steel frame, approx. 3,800 tons; reinforcing steel, approx. 3,200 tons; concrete, approx. 34,000 cubic meters. 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 required to be eligible for bidding. Pre-screening deadline: 16:00 pm, July 17, 1995. Bid documents must be obtained directly from the submitting Agency, not from U.S. Embassy. Payment in yen. A issuing Agency: Teito Rapid Transit Authority B financing Agency: same as above. C price of bid documents: N/A. D purchase bid documents by: 17:00 pm, aug. 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 tendering. I bid deadline: 15:00 pm, sep. 14, 1995. J other information: ''kensetsu kogyo shimbun'': 6/30/95. Eligible Tender participants: consortia pre-qualified for bidding on this Project by the director of the Construction Department and comprised of two or three firms that meet the following criteria: 1) firms that are solvent; 2) firms that have been rehabilitated from bankruptcy; 3) firms qualified for Construction works under article 3 of the Construction business law; 4) firms that are sound in their business operations; 5) firms that have not perpetrated any of the following Acts in the past two years from the deadline for qualification screening: a) intentionally carried out poor work or unfairly cheated on quality/quantity of materials in a Contract; B) interfered with fair competition, damaged fair pricing, or colluded for unfair benefit; C) interfered with a winner's signing of a Contract or interfered with a contractor from carrying out assigned duties; D) interfered with official staff's supervising or inspecting a Contract; e) unjustifiably reneged on carrying out a Contract; and F) had extremely poor records in a Contract; 6) firms not employing as representative, manager, or staff anyone who has misbehaved per (a) to (F) within two years of their misconduct; 7) firms grade ''a''-qualified for Civil Engineering/building works by this Authority for fy 93/94; 8) firms that have -- since 1985, as the main contractor -- actually constructed a multi-purpose building of at least 10,000 square meters in total Floor area, including one under Construction at this time, on the business compound of railways (above the tracks, in the station, or in the track site) for this Authority, a pubic subway, Japan railway Construction Public Corporation, a Japan railway company, or a private railway company. Note: only Construction Projects in which bidder has had a 20 percent or greater share of involvement are eligible for consideration; 9) 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 architect; B) has, since 1985, had experience with a Project as described in item (8) above; and C) in the case of Engineering supervisor, is qualified to supervise designated Construction work; 10) firms not currently suspended from designation by this Authority; 11) requirements for designated consortium: a) comprised of two or three firms that meet items (1) to (7) above, and the same firm cannot belong to more than one consortium; B) all member firms must have Construction experience as described in item (8) above; C) all member firms must employ a chief engineer or Engineering supervisor as specified in items (9)-(a) to (C) above, and can assign him or her to the Construction site on a full-time basis; D) a member firm must assign -- to the Construction site, on a full-time basis -- a certified first-class Construction supervisor or an engineers law-licensed Construction engineer who has, since 1985, carried out a Civil Engineering Project on the business compound of railways (above the tracks, in the station, or in the track site) for this Authority, a pubic subway, Japan railway Construction Public Corporation, a Japan railway company, or a private railway company; e) all member firms must have an involvement ratio of at least 30 percent for two-firm consortium and of at least 20 percent for three-firm consortium; F) the representative firm of a consortium must have Construction experience as described in item (8) above as a single entity or a consortium's representative, and must have the greatest share of involvement among all members; G) a consortium is valid from the date of its designation to the date of completion of this Project, and for firms other than the bid winner, to the date of Contract signing for this Project; and H) the Title of a consortium: ''aa-bb Construction consortium'' for two-firm consortium, and ''aa-bb-cc Construction consortium'' for three-firm consortium. Post remarks Post contact/prepared by haomori approved by cdukelow Please send a copy of your response to: Commercial Officer (FCS TOP), American Embassy, Tokyo, Unit 45004, APO Ap 96337, Refer to TC441. Please note: All correspondence with the Awarding Authority and/or the Procuring Agency MUST be in Japanese.. (0184)

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