Naoshige Yamada, Director-General, Shikoku Regional Construction Bureau (Moc), 4-26-32 Fukuoka-Cho, Takamatsu-Shi, Kagawa-Ken 760

99 -- JAPAN: SOL KENSETSU KOGYO SHIMBUN: 01/27/95 PG. 5. DUE 140095 POC Tel 81/878/51-8061 S1611 Construction of parking lot opening time and date 14: 00, mar. 16, 1995. Open 1) Construction Title Construction of the matsuyama underground parking lot; 2) site minami-horibata-Cho to ichiban-Cho, matsuyama-Shi, ehime-Ken; 3) summary funded by a three-year government bond from goj fy 94 to 96, this Project involves Construction of underground continuous Walls -- Walls made of soil-cement piles -- of 26 5 to 27.5 meters height and 13,900 square meters area; road surface covering of 6,400 square meters area; excavation of 88,300 cubic meters volume; and temporary work, prior to Construction of the building frame for automated parking facility for 290 vehicles and parking facility for 500 bicycles, to be constructed in two stories, partially three stories below ground and with a building frame of 18 5 to 56.5 meters width, 9.5 to 12.65 meters height, and 202 meters length, in the underground space on national road route 11 and at the front yard of matsuyama Municipal Office; 4) Construction period approx 21 months; 5) main materials to be used: 2,000 tons of steel beams and 8,700 cubic meter of soil cement for continuous Walls; 6) deadline for submission of application forms/related documents for qualification screening 17:00, feb. 6, 1995; 7) contact for tender documents contract Division, General Affairs department, Shikoku Regional Construction Bureau, ministry of Construction, 4-26-32 Fukuoka-Cho, Takamatsu- Shi 760 bid documents must be obtained directly from the submitting agency, not from U S. Embassy. Date of publication in ''kensetsu kogyo shimbun'' 012795. Qualifications for tender participants 1) designated consortia pre-qualified by the Director of the Shikoku Regional Construction Bureau and comprised of firms that meet the following criteria a) firms that do not fall under articles 70 and 71 of the cabinet order concerning budget, auditing and accounting; B) firms qualified for open competitive tendering on Public works by the Shikoku Regional Construction Bureau; C) 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; D) firms not undergoing bankruptcy procedures; e) firms that have -- since 1989 as the main contractor -- actually carried out Construction of an underground parking lot, subway, or multi-purpose utility duct, excluding an ongoing Project, of at least 10 meters excavation depth, 15 meters width, and 100 meters length by the open-cut method, covering road surfaces to secure road traffic in a city District - - within a densely-populated area of the 1990 national census note: only Construction Projects in which the bidder has had a 30 percent or greater share are eligible for consideration; F) firms that can assign to the Construction site a full-time chief engineer or engineering supervisor who meets the following criteria (1) is qualified as a certified First-class Construction supervisor or equivalent or higher; (2) has since 1989 had Construction experience as described in item 1)-e) above; and (3) in the case of engineering supervisor, is qualified to supervise designated Construction works; G) firms not currently suspended from designation by the Director of the Shikoku Regional Construction Bureau; and H) firms not related by capital or personnel to the contractors involved in this Project; and 2) designated consortium must be able to assign to the Construction site a field representative who meets the following criterion has -- in the past as field representative -- constructed an underground structure by the open-cut method, covering road surfaces to secure traffic flows in a city District bid documents must be obtained directly prom the submitting agency, not from U S. e mbassy date of publication in ''kensetsu kogyo shimbun'' 012795. 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 TC0291.. (0031)

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