Contract Division, Yoshiyuki Inoue, Director-General, Takamatsu Construction Bureau (Japan Highway Public, Corporation), 4-1-5 Asahi-Cho, Takamatsu-Shi, Kagawa-Ken 760

99 -- JAPAN: SOL KENSETSU KOGYO SHIMBUN: 02/07/95 PG. 5. DUE 133095 POC Tel 81/878/23-2111 S1611 Construction of expressway opening time and date 13:30, mar. 24, 1995 open 1) Construction Title Construction of tokushima expressway mima West Section; 2) Construction site from aza-ueno, mima-Cho to aza-hokutohara, mima-Cho, mima-gun, tokushima-Ken; 3) work summary this Project involves Construction of a Highway (tentatively two-lane) of 4,082 meters in length (earth work volume approx 650,000 cubic meters) and substructure work for a bridge (at seven sites, 672 meters); total length 4,082 meters; width: Highway portion 10 50 meters X 1, bridge portion 10.50 (9.00) meters X 1; earth work volume 648,000 cubic meters; bridge super/substructure work at two sites - 72 meters, substructure work at six sites - 600 meters, 14 abutments, 11 piers; foundation work open caisson (8.0 meters in diameter, 39 meters in length), concrete compaction piles (1 O meter in diameter, 32 meters in length), concrete compaction piles (1 2 meters in diameter, 919 meters in length), concrete compaction piles (1 5 meters in diameter, 637 meters in length), caisson-type piles (2 5 meters in diameter, 36 meters in length), caisson-type piles (3 0 meters in diameter, 30 meters in length), viaduct at four sites; cross structure culvert boxes at thirteen sites, culvert pipbs at six sites; 4) Construction period 1,090 days; 5) main materials to be used approx. 34,000 cubic meters of concrete, approx 2,000 tons of reinforcing steel, approx 4,000 meters of guard rail; 6) deadline for submission of application forms/related documents for the qualification screening 16:00, feb. 17, 1995; 7) Procurement and right-of-way Department, Takamatsu Construction Bureau, Japan Highway eligible Tender participants firms qualified to participate in this Project's bidding must satisfy all of the following conditions and have their qualifications for this Project's bidding screened and confirmed by the Director of the Takamatsu Construction Bureau 1) firms that do not fall under article 4 of the Contract regulations of Japan Highway Public Corporation; 2) firms pre-qualified for open competitive tendering on Road and earth work by the Takamatsu Construction Bureau of Japan Highway Public Corporation for fy 93/94, and consortia comprised of two qualified firms; 3) firms that have -- in the past five years (since 1989) as the main contractor -- actually carried out Construction of a tunnel of over 1 0 kilometer in length and 20,0000 cubic meters cut earth note: only Construction Projects in which bidder has had a 30 percent or greater share are eligible for consideration, and in the case of a consortium, all member firms must have a similar experience; 4) firms that can assign to the Construction site a field representative or a full-time Chief Engineer or engineering supervisor who meets the following criteria has had experience of Construction work of an expressway of at least 1 0 kilometers in length as field representative or as Chief Engineer or engineering supervisor in the past five years (since 1989); 5) firms not suspended from designation in no 7 zone by Japan Highway Public Corporation; 6) in the case of a consortium, each member firm must satisfy the following criteria a) has been in operation for at least five years in qualified business under the Construction business law; B) can assign to the Construction site a full-time engineering supervisor qualified for this Project under the Construction business law or a full- time nationally-licensed Chief Engineer; and C) has an at least 30 percent share of involvement, and the representative firm must have the greatest share firms pre-qualified by the Construction minister regarding items (a) and (B) in evaluation of their manageme nt operations are exempted from these criteria; and 7) firms not related by capital or personnel to the contractors involved in this Project (see Tender documents for details) bid documents must be obtained directly from the submitting Agency, not from U S. Embassy. Date of publication in ''kensetsu kogyo shimbun'' 020795. Post contact/prepared by gloose Please send a copy of your response to: Commercial Section (FCS TOP), American Embassy, Tokyo, Unit 45004, APO Ap 96337, Refer to TC0296.. (0040)

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