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

99 -- JAPAN: SOL KENSETSU KOGYO SHIMBUN: 02/20/95 PG. 9. DUE 093095 POC Tel 81/6/942-1141 S1622 Construction of underground pedestrian passage opening time and date 9:30, mar. 28, 1995. Open 1) Construction titlr Construction of underground pedestrian passage in higashino area on National highway route one; 2) site higashino-chisaki, yamashina-Ku, Kyoto-Shi; 3) summary total site length 90 meters; underground pedestrian passage soil excavation volume 10,500 cubic meters; main structure of the underground passage of 15 0 meters width, 3.1 meters height, and 33 meters length; slopes and stairs of 3 6 meters width, 3.1 meters height, and 87 meters length; slopes and stairs of 2 4 meters width, 3.1 meters height, and 7 meters length; ''U''-shaped retaining Walls of 0.6 to 4.3 meters height and 50 meters length for slopes and stairs; earth retaining by underground continuous Walls of 7 4 meters to 12 0 meters height and 282 meters length; covering of Road surfaces 2,217 square meters; 4) Construction period within approx. 12 months from the next day of contract; 5) main materials to be used 630 tons of ''H''- shaped steel, 3,700 cubic meters of concrete, 410 kiloliter of Water-glass grout, 440 tons of reinforcing steel; 6) deadline for submission of application forms/related documents for qualification screening 16 30, feb. 27, 1995; 7) contact for Tender documents: contract Division, General 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 Public works by the Kinki 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 as the main contractor -- actually constructed an underground structure made of reinforced concrete by the open-cut method of at least 5 meters excavation depth and 4 meters width, covering Road surfaces, on a currently- used Road of at least 4 lanes 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 1984 as the main contractor -- had experience with Construction of a similar Project; 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 Kinki 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'' 022095. 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 TC0311.. (0054)

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