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

99 -- JAPAN: SOL KENSETSU KOGYO SHIMBUN: 01/05/95 PG. 2. DUE 100095 POC Tel 81/52/962-6311 X2521 S1629 Construction Opening time and date 10:00, feb. 28, 1995. Open 1) Construction Title improvement of route 302 at shinpo for fy '94; 2) site shinpo-cho, tokai-Shi, aichi-ken; 3) summary a) type of structure: through girder 18 06 meters in length (widths 15.2, 4.7, and 12 66 meters); B) utility duct: 2 culverts 88 meters in length; and C) cut-off wall 644 meters in length, 20 meters in shaft height; 4) Construction period approx. 13 months (400 days); 5) main materials to be used approx 3,500 tons of concrete, approx. 300 tons of reinforcing steel, approx 1,750 tons of cut-off steel sheet piles, approx 230 tons of steel pipes; 6) deadline for submission of application forms/related documents for qualification screening 4:00, 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) firms that do not fall under articles 70 and 71 of the cabinet order concerning budget, auditing, and accounting; 2) firms qualified for open competitive tendering on Public works by the Chubu Regional Construction Bureau; 3) 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; 4) firms not undergoing bankruptcy procedures; 5) firms that have -- since 1988 as the main contractor -- actually carried out Construction of a cross structure, using through girder- type or box-type structure, in a currently used highway note only Construction projects in which bidder has had a 30 percent or greater share are eligible for consideration; 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 1988 as Chief engineer or engineering supervisor of the main contractor -- constructed a cross structure, using through girder-type or box-type structure, in a currently used highway; and C) in the case of engineering supervisor, is qualified to supervise designated Construction works; 7) firms not currently suspended from designation by the Director of the Chubu Regional Construction Bureau; and 8) firms not related by capital or personnel to the contractors involved in this project 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 TC0237.. (0009)

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