Contract Division, General, Kotaro Hashimoto, Director-General, Kinki Regional Construction Bureau (Moc), 1-5-44 Otemae, Chuo-Ku, Osaka-Shi 540

99 -- JAPAN: SOL KENSETSU KOGYO SHIMBUN: 02/15/95 PG. 8, DUE 140095 POC Tel 81/6/942-1141 S1629 Construction of stair-type Gates opening time and date 14:00, mar. 27, 1995. Open 1) Construction Title Construction of stair-type Gates for fish ladder on the right-hand side of kinokawa river large weir; 2) site sonobe-chisaki, wakayama- Shi; 3) summary a) stair-type Gates: 13 sets of hydraulic lift-type roller Gates of 3 6 meters span and 4.15 meters height; and B) auxiliary gate one set of plate girder- structured movable weir of 3 6 meters span and 3.9 meters height -- four 0 975-meter-high steps; 4) Construction period approx. 24 months; 5) main materials to be used: approx 300 tons of stainless steel; 6) deadline for submission of application forms/related documents for qualification screening 16:30, feb. 27, 1995; 7) Affairs department, Kinki Regional Construction Bureau, ministry of Construction, 1-5-44 Otemae, Chuo-Ku, Osaka- Shi 540 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 machinery and equipment works by the Kinki Regional Construction Bureau; 3) firms not undergoing bankruptcy procedures; 4) firms that have -- since 1974 as the main contractor -- actually manufactured and installed a hydraulic multiple-gate movable weir for fish ladder note: only Construction projects in which bidder has had a 30 percent or greater share are eligible for consideration; 5) firms that can assign to the Construction site during the installation period 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 had experience with installation of Gates for weir or floodgate; C) in the case of engineering supervisor, is qualified to supervise designated Construction works; 6) firms not currently suspended from designation by the Director of the Kinki Regional Construction Bureau; and 7) 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'' 021595. 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 TC0308..(0047)

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