Kotaro Hashimoto, Director-General, Kinki Regional Construction Bureau (Moc), 1-5-44 Otemae, Chuo-Ku, Osaka-Shi 540

99 -- JAPAN: SOL KENSETSU KOGYO SHIMBUN: 01/12/95 PG. 14. DUE 100095 POC Tel 81/6/942-1141 S15 housing Construction opening time and date 10:00, mar. 16, 1995. Open 1) Construction Title phase-four Construction of miyanodaira housing site ''a''; 2) site sako-chisaki, kawakami-mura, yoshino-gun, nara-ken; 3) summary one set of foundation work, 63 sets of caisson-type piles - 6 sets (diameter 2 0 meters, total length 9.0 to 11.0 meters), 9 sets (diameter 3 0 meters, total length 12.0 to 17 0 meters), 4 sets (diameter 4.0 meters, total length 14 0 meters), 24 sets (diameter 4.5 meters, total length 13 0 to 38.0 meters); 4) Construction period: approx 24 months; 5) main materials to be used: 10,300 cubic meters of concrete, 1,010 tons of reinforcing steel, 350 tons of liner plates (breadth 2 7 to 4.5 millimeters); 6) deadline for submission of application forms/related documents for qualification screening 16 30, jan. 26, 1995; 7) contact for tender documents: contract division, Kinki Regional Construction Bureau, ministry of Construction, 1-5-44 Otemae, Chuo-Ku, Osaka- Shi 540 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 Kinki 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 1989 as the main contractor -- actually carried out caisson- type piling of at least 3 5 meters diameter and at least 20 meters total length 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 1984 as the main contractor -- had similar Construction experience; 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 Kinki Regional Construction Bureau; and 8) firms not related by capital or personnel to the contractors involved in this Project bid documents must be obtained directly from the submitting agency, not from U S. Embassy. Date of publication in ''kensetsu kogyo shimbun'' 011295. 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 TC0264.. (0023)

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