Yoshio Warita, Director-General, Kanto Regional Construction Bureau, Ministry of Construction, 1-3-1 Otemachi, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo 100

99 -- JAPAN: SOL KENSETSU KOGYO SHIMBUN: 01/09/95 PG. 3. DUE 100095 POC Tel 81/3/3211-6261 S16 Construction of superstructure for motai viaduct opening time and date 10:00, mar. 2, 1995. Open 1) Construction Title Construction of superstructure for motai viaduct; 2) site from kawai-shinden to motai, nagano-Shi, nagano-kbn; 3) summary 9-span continuous, unfabricated steel box-girder bridge, 1 set, 420 meters in length (span lengths 46 9, 52.0, 46.0 X 5, 48.0, and 40 9 meters); 4) con8TRUCTION period: approx. 13 months (390 days); 5) main materials to be used: approx. 1,800 tons of steel; 6) deadline for submission of application forms/related documents for qualification screening 17 30, jan. 19, 1995; 7) Contact for tender documents: contract Division, General Affairs department, Kanto Regional Construction Bureau, Ministry of Construction, 1-3-1 Otemachi, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo 100 12 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 steel superstructure work by the Kanto Regional Construction Bureau; 3) firms not undergoing bankruptcy procedures; 4) firms that have -- since 1988 as the main contractor -- actually carried out Construction of a superstructure for a multi-span continuous, steel box-girder bridge of at least 45 meters span length, in a highway bridge of at least 20 tons load capacity Or a railway bridge, with at least 900 tons of total work involved note: only Construction projects in which bidder has had a 30 percent Or greater share are eligible for consideration; 5) firms that can assign to the Construction site a field representative who has -- since 1988 as field representative Or chief engineer -- been involved in Construction on a currently used road, securing regular traffic; 6) firms that can assign to the Construction site a full-time chief engineer Or engineering supervisor who meets the following criteria, during the on-site Construction period 8CHEDULED from nov 1, 1995 to mar. 31, 1996 a) is qualified as a certified first-class Construction supervisor Or equivalent Or higher; B) has 8INCE 1988 had Construction experience as described in item (4) above; and C) in the case of engineering 8UPERVISOR, is qualified to supervise designated Construction works; 7) firms not currently suspended from designation by the Director of the Kanto 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'' 010995. Please send a copy of your response to: Commercial Section (FCS TOP), American Embassy, Tokyo, Unit 45004, APO Ap 96337, Refer to TC0243.. (0011)

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