Norio Kurihara, Director-General, Sendai Construction Bureau, Japan Highway Public, Corporation, 3-7-23 Ichiban-Cho, Aoba-Ku, Sendai-Shi 980

99 -- JAPAN: SOL KENSETSU KOGYO SHIMBUN: 01/10/95 PG. 5. DUE 133095 POC Tel 81/22/263-6434 S1611 Construction of expressway opening time and date 13:30, mar. 28, 1995. Open 1) Construction Title Construction of the akai Section on the joban expressway; 2) site from kita- yoshima, yoshima-Cho to taira-akai, iwaki-Shi, fukushima-ken; 3) summary: this project involves Construction of a Highway (tentatively two-lane) of 3,183 meters in length (Barth work volume approx. 400,000 cubic meters), including excavation of a tunnel (at one site, 1,245 meters in length) and substructure work for a bridge (at two sites, 313 meters); total lbngth 3, 183 meters; width - Highway portion 11.25 meters, bridge portion 9.75 meters, tunnel portion 9.50 meters; earth work volume approx. 400,000 cubic meters; tunnel - at one site, 1,245 meters; bridge - substructure work only at two sites, 313 meters, 4 abutments, 4 piers; foundation work - caisson poundation - 3.0 meters in diameter, 43 meters in total length; viaduct - substructure work only at one site; and cross structure - culvert boxes at three sites, culvert pipes at three sites; 4) Construction period 1,080 days; 5) main materials to be used approx. 22,000 cubic meters of concrete, approx 900 tons of reinforcing steel; 6) documents for qualification screening 16:00, feb. 9, 1995; 7) contact for Tender documents contract division, procurement and right-of-way department, Sendai Construction Bureau, Japan Highway Public Corporation, 3- 7-23 Ichiban-Cho, Aoba-Ku, Sendai-Shi 980 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 Sendai 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 Sendai 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 extension and at least 50 square meters designed 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 in the past five years (since 1989) as field Representative or as chief engineer or engineering 8UPERVISOR, has constructed a tunnel by the ''natm'' method; 5) firms not suspended from designation in no 2 zone by Japan Highway Public Corporation; 6) firms that can present an adequate plan for tunneling; 7) 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 bngineer; and C) has an at least 30 percent share of involvement, and T he Representative firm must have the greatest share firms pre-qualified by the Construction minister regarding items (a) and (B) in evaluation of their management operations are exempted from these criteria; and 8) 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 TC0253.. (0013)

Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0439 19950117\99-0005.SOL)