Yasusuke Agata, Director-General, Kyushu Regional Construction Bureau (Moc), 2-10-7 Hakataeki-Higashi, Hakata-Ku, Pukuoka-Shi 812

99 -- JAPAN: SOL KENSETSU KOGYO SHIMBUN: 01/27/95 PG. 5. DUE 140095 POC Tel 81/92/471-6331 X2513, 2526 S1622 Construction of tunnel opening time and date 14:00, mar. 20, 1995. Open 1) Construction Title Construction of the komei tunnel on route 220 in miyazaki; 2) site aza-ota to aza- furumichi, oaza-futo, nichinan-Shi, miyazaki-ken; 3) summary length of this work 1,308 meters (total length 1,386 meters), inner Section area 71 2 square meters; 4) Construction period 730 days (approx. 24 months); 5) main materials to be used approx. 150 tons of steel beams for temporary work, approx 3, 600 cubic meters of concrete, approx 15,000 pieces of rock bolts; 6) documents for qualification screening 17:00, feb. 6, 1995; 7) contact for tender documents contract Division, General Affairs department, Kyushu Regional Construction Bureau, ministry of Construction, 2-10-7 Hakataeki-Higashi, Hakata-Ku, fukuoka-Shi 812 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 Kyushu Regional Construction Bureau; 3) firms that score 1,000 points or more in a formula calculated prom bidding company's objective criteria at the time of application for qualification; 4) firms not undergoing bankruptcy procedures; 5) firms that have since 1989 actually carried out Construction of a highway tunnel of at least 60 square meters inner Section area and at least 1,100 meters length by the new Austrian tunneling mbthod 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 1989 had Construction experience as described in item (5) above; 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 Kyushu 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'' 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 TC0288.. (0031)

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