Takashi Matsuura, Director-General, Chugoku Regional Construction Bureau (Moc), 6-30 Kami-Hatchobori, Naka-Ku, Hiroshima-Shi 730

99 -- JAPAN: SOL KENSETSU KOGYO SHIMBUN: 02/02/95 PG. 2. DUE 100095 POC Tel 81/82/221-9231 X2512 S17 soil improvement opening time and date 10:00, mar. 22, 1995. Open 1) Construction Title soil improvement of narabara area; 2) site narabara-chinai, Okayama-Shi, Okayama- ken; 3) summary a) site length 350 meters; B) soil improvement the deep soil mixing method, 1,000 millimeters diameter, 5 5 to 13.0 meters length, approx. 33,000 meters total length; C) gravel compaction piling 1,000 millimeters diameter, 4 0 to 13.5 meters length, approx 5,000 meters total length; D) Construction of pipes 5.0 meters breadth, 5.0 meters height, 37 meters length; 4 0 meters breadth, 5.0 meters height, 48 meter8 length; and 4 0 meters breadth, 5.0 meters height, 48 meters length; and e) earth work approx. 6,000 cubic meters of excavation; 4) Construction period approx. 12 months; 5) main materials to be used approx. 7,000 tons of cement, approx 5,600 cubic meters of gravel, approx. 2,500 cubic meters of concrete, approx 180 tons of reinforcing steel; 6) deadline for submission of application forms/related documents for qualification screening 16:00, feb. 14, 1995; 7) contact for tbnder documents contract division, General Affairs Department, Chugoku Regional Construction Bureau, Ministry of Construction, 6-30 Kami-Hatchobori, Naka- Ku, Hiroshima-Shi 730 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 Chugoku 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 actually carried out and completed soil stabilization of at least 10 meters depth by the deep soil mixing method 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 pull-time field representative and a full-time engineering supervisor who meet the following criteria a) in the case of field representative, has had experience of soil stabilization; B) in the case of engineering supervisor, (1) is qualified as a certified first-class Construction supervisor or equivalent or higher; (2) is qualified to supervise designated Construction works under the Construction business law; and (3) has since 1989 had experience of soil stabilization by the deep soil mixing method; 7) firms not currently suspended from designation by the Director of the Chugoku 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. bmbassy date of publication in '' kensetsu kogyo shimbun'' 020295. 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 TC0292.. (0034)

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