Koji Moto, Director-General, First District Port Construction Bureau (Mot), 1-332 Hakusan-Ura, Niigata-Shi 951

99 -- JAPAN: SOL KENSETSU KOGYO SHIMBUN: 01/27/95 PG. 5. DUE 140095 POC Tel 81/25/265-7777 S1622 Construction of tunnel opening time and date: 14:00, mar. 16, 1995. Open 1) Construction Title Construction of a tunnel on the ground of the right Bank for the Niigata Port highway tunnel in nishiko area; 2) site rinkai-chinai, Niigata- Shi; 3) summary excavation approx. Lg,000 cubic meters, waterproofing approx 3,900 square meters, shore struts/wales approx 600 tons, main structure approx. 40 meters length, measurement work; 4) Construction period approx 12 months; 5) main materials to be used: approx. 4,500 cubic meters of concrete, approx B00 tons of reinforcing steel, approx 600 tons of steel beams for shore struts and wales; 6) deadline for submission of application forms/related documents for qualification screening feb. 8, 1995; 7) contact for tender documents supplies division, First District Port Construction Bureau, 1-332 Hakusan-Ura, Niigata-Shi 951 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 Port and airport Public works by the First District Port Construction Bureau; 3) firms that score 1,000 points or more in civil engineering work and 800 points or more in General Public works 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 installation of a concrete structure made of at least 3,000 square meters of concrete in the underground of at least eight meters excavation and measurement control on pore water pressure, submersion, and stress; 5) 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 certified engineer in Construction; B) has since 1989 had Construction experience as described in item (4) above; and C) in the case of engineering supervisor, is qualified to supervise designated Construction works; 6) firms not related by capital or personnel to the contractors involved in this Project; and 7) firms not currently suspended from designation by the Director of the First District Port Construction Bureau bid documents must be obtained directly from the submitting agency, not from U S. Embassy 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 TC0290.. (0031)

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