Hiroshi Mitani, Deputy Director-General, Metropolitan Expressway Public Corporation, 1-4-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo 100

99 -- JAPAN: SOL KENSETSU KOGYO SHIMBUN: 01/10/95 PG. 3. DUE 140095 POC Tel 81/3/3502-7311 X2831 S1622 Construction of half-underground structure opening time and date 14:00, mar. 29, 1995. Open 1) Construction Title Construction of half-underground structure, substructure, and retaining Walls at kj152 site (no 8 -3); 2) site: ukishimacho-chisaki, kawasaki- Ku, kawasaki-Shi, kanagawa-Ken (on the kawasaki jukan Expressway); 3) summary half-underground structure 297 meters, footing 3 sets, steel-pipe-sheet-pile well foundation 1 set, abutment 1 set, void slab retaining Walls 30 meters, and U-shaped retaining Walls 20 meters; 4) Construction period approx. 22 months; 5) main materials to be used 235 precast concrete piles (diameter 800 to 1,00O millimeters, pile length 62 to 75 mbters), 11,000 cubic meters of concrete, 1,000 tons of rbinforcing steel, 5,900 tons of steel for temporary work; 6) deadline for submission of application forms/related documents for qualification screening 16 00, feb. 9, 1995; 7) contact for Tender documents: contract Division, Accounting Department, Metropolitan Expressway Public Corporation, 1-4-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo 100 eligible Tender participants 1) firms that do not fall under article 3 of the directive concerning selection of contractors (see Tender documents for details); 2) firms pre-qualified for open competitive Public Corporation; 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 that have -- since 1989 as the main contractor -- actually carried out and completed Construction of a half-underground structure or tunnel, including underground utility duct, by the open-cut (earth-retaining) 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 bidding consortium, all member firms must have experience of completing a project; 5) firms that can assign to the Construction site a full-time chief engineer or engineering supervisor and a field Representative who meet separately specified criteria (see Tender documents for details); 6) firms that can present an adequate plan for the project; 7) firms not currently suspended from designation by the Metropolitan Expressway Public Corporation; 8) firms not undergoing bankruptcy procedures; 9) firms not related by capital or personnel to the contractors involved in this project (see Tender documents for details); and 10) the form of Tender participation must be by a two-firm consortium, but firms that have the experience as described in item (4) above as a single entity or the Representative of a consortium are also eligible 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 TC0248.. (0013)

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