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 130095 POC Tel 81/6/942-1141 S16 Construction of the otsu flood control open channel opening time and date 13:00, mar. 16, 1995. Open 1) Construction Title Construction of the otsu flood control open channel; 2) site 1-chome-chisaki ishiyamadera, otsu-Shi, shiga-ken; 3) summary a) overall work Construction length 211.6 meters; open channel of 12 to 24 meters width, 10 4 meters height, 34 6 meters length; stilling channel of 12 meters width, 15 08 meters height, 45.0 meters length; underground channel of 12 meters width, 8 meters height, 132 meters length, including 72 meters' use of the main structure of continuous underground Walls; one set of temporary work - temporary earth-retaining work 458 5 meters, using soil- mixing and reinforced concrete continuous underground Walls; Construction of national road detour 250 0 meters; and B) work at this time Construction length 211.6 meters; earth-retaining work (continuous underground Walls) 458 5 meters - soil-mixing continuous underground Walls of 15 5 to 26 meters depth and 314 meters length, reinforced concrete continuous underground Walls of 18 meters depth and 144 0 meters; Construction of national road detour 272 5 meters; 4) Construction period: approx 24 months; 5) main materials to be used: 3,340 cubic meters of concrete, 570 tons of reinforcing steel, 1,950 tons of H steel beams; 6) deadline for submission of application forms/related documents for qualification screening 16:30, jan. 25, 1995; 7) contact for tender documents contract Division, Kinki Regional Construction Bureau, Ministry of Construction, 1-5-44 Otemae, Chuo-Ku, Osaka-Shi 540 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 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 and completed Construction of underground continuous Walls of at least 20 meters depth note: Only Construction Projects in which bidder has had a 30 percent Or greater share are eligible por 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. Please send a copy of your response to: Commercial Section (FCS TOP), American Embassy, Tokyo, Unit 45004, APO Ap 96337, Refer to TC0265.. (0024)

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