Kunitaro Matsuoka, Director-General, Takamatsu Construction Bureau, Japan Highway Public, Corporation, 4-1-3 Asahi-Cho, Takamatsu-Shi, Kagawa-Ken 760

99 -- JAPAN: SOL KENSETSU KOGYO SHIMBUN: 01/10/95 PG. 5. DUE 133095 POC Tel 81/878/23-2111 S1622 Construction of tunnel opening time and date 13:30, feb. 28, 1995. Open 1) Construction Title Construction of the second ikeda tunnel on the tokushima Expressway; 2) site aza- ikeminami to aza-toge, ikeda-Cho, miyoshi-gun, tokushima- Ken; 3) summary this project involves Construction of a Highway (tentatively two-lane) of 2,737 meters in length (earth work volume approx. 340,000 cubic meters), including excavation of a tunnel (at one site, 1,280 meters in length) and substructure work for a bridge (at two sites, 150 meters); total length 2,737 meters; width - Highway portion 10.50 meters X 1, bridge portion 9.00 meters X 1, tunnel portion 9 50 meters X 1; earth work volume 340,000 cubic meters; tunnel at one site 1,280 meters; bridge - substructure work only at two sites 150 meters, 4 abutments, 4 piers; foundation work - concrete compaction piles (1 0 meter in diameter, 180 meters in length), caisson-type piles (2 0 meters in diameter, 14 meters in length), caisson-type piles (2 5 meters in diameter, 59 meters in length), caisson-type piles (3 0 meters in diameter, 19 meters in length); and cross structure - culvert boxes at eight sites, culvert pipes at two sites; 4) Construction period 1,110 days; 5) main materials to be used approx. 18,000 cubic meters of concrete, approx 600 tons of reinforcing steel, approx 500 tons of asphalt compounds, approx. 400 meters of guard Rail; 6) deadline for submission of application forms/related documents for qualification screening 16 00, jan. 20, 1995; 7) contact for Tender documents: contract Division, procurement and right-of-way Department, takamatshu Construction Bureau, Japan Highway Public Corporation, 4-1-3 Asahi-Cho, Takamatsu-Shi 760 12 eligible Tender participants: firms qualified to participate in this project's bidding must satisfy all of the following conditions and have their qualifications for this project's bidding screened and confirmed by the Director of the Takamatsu Construction Bureau 1) firms that do not fall under article 4 of the contract regulations of Japan Highway Public Corporation; 2) firms pre-qualified for open competitive tendering on Road and earth work by the Takamatsu Construction Bureau of Japan Highway Public Corporation for fy 93/94, and consortia comprised of two qualified firms; 3) firms that have -- in the past five years (since 1989) as the main contractor -- actually carried out Construction of a tunnel of at least 1 0 kilometer in length and at least 50 square meters in dbsigned inner Section by the '' natm'' method note: only Construction projects in which bidder has had a 30 percent or greater share are eligible for consideration, and in the case of a consortium, all member firms must have a similar experience; 4) firms that can assign to the Construction site a field Representative or a full-time chief engineer or engineering supervisor who meets the following criteria has had experience of tunneling by the ''natm'' method as field Representative or as chief engineer or engineering supervisor in the past five years (since 1989); 5) firms not suspended from designation in no 7 zone by Japan Highway Public Corporation; 6) in the case of a consortium, each member firm must satisfy the following criteria a) has been in operation for at least five years in qualified business under the Construction business law; B) can assign to the Construction site a full- time engineering supervisor qualified for this project under the Construction business law or a full- time nationally-licensed chief engineer; and C) has an at least 30 percent share of involvement, and the Representative firm must have the greatest share firms pre-qualified by the Construction minister regarding items (a) and (B) in evaluation of their management operation s are exempted from these criteria; and 7) firms not related by capital or personnel to the contractors involved in this project (see Tender documents for details) bid documents must be obtained directly from the submitting agency, not from U S. Embassy. Date of publication in ''kensetsu kogyo shimbun'' 011095. 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 TC0261.. (0013)

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