Yoshio Matsuda, Director-General, Chubu Regional Construction Bureau (Moc), 2-5-1 Sannomaru, Naka-Ku, Nagoya-Shi 460, Japan

99 -- JAPAN: SOL KENSETSU KOGYO SHIMBUN: 01/05/95 PG. 2. DUE 130095 POC Tel 81/52/962-6311 X2521 S1623 Construction of underground utility duct opening time and date 13:00, feb. 28, 1995. Open 1) Construction Title Construction of odaka underground utility duct on route 1 for fy ' 94; 2) site from narumi-cho to odaka-cho, midori-Ku, Nagoya- Shi; 3) summary a) closed shield tunneling 2,271 meters in length (shield Section circular, 5 85 meters in circumference); and B) work on natural ventilation system; 4) Construction period approx. 24 months (720 days); 5) main materials to be used steel lining gegments 87 rings, reinforced concrete segments 2,179 rings; 6) deadline for submission of application forms/related documents for qualification screening 16 00, jan. 17, 1995; 7) contact for tender documents: contract division, General Affairs Department, Chubu Regional Construction Bureau, Ministry of Construction, 2-5-1 Sannomaru, Naka-Ku, Nagoya-Shi 460 eligible tender participants 1) designated consortia pre-qualified by the Chubu Regional Construction 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 qualified for open competitive tendering on Public works by the Chubu Regional Construction Bureau; C) firms that score 1,000 points or more in a formula calculated from bidding company's objective criteria at the time of application for qualification; D) firms not undergoing bankruptcy procedures; e) firms that have -- since 1988 as the main contractor -- actually carried out closed-type shield tunneling (of shield circumference 3 meters or more) in a city area (within a densely-populated area as measured by the 1990 census) note: only Construction projects in which bidder has had a 30 percent or greater share are eligible for consideration; F) firms not currently suspended from designation by the Director of the Chubu Regional Construction Bureau; G) firms not related by capital or personnel to the contractors involved in this project; 2) designated consortia that can assign to the Construction site a full-time field representative and a full-time chief engineer or engineering supervisor who meet the following criteria a) can assign to this project a field representative who have -- in the past as field representative -- had experience of closed-type shield tunneling in a city area (within a densely- populated area as measured by the 1990 census); B) a chief engineer must satisfy the following (1) and (2), and an engineering supervisor must satisfy (3), as well as (1) and (2) (1) is qualified as a certified first- class Construction supervisor or equivalent or higher; (2) has -- since 1988 as the main contractor -- had experience of closed-type shield tunneling (of shield circumference 3 meters or more) in a city area (within a city area as measured by the 1990 census); and (3) 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'' 010595. 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 TC0240.. (0006)

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