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 103095 POC Tel 81/6/942-1141 S1622 Construction of viaduct opening time and date 10:30, mar. 28, 1995. Open 1) Construction Title Construction of the superstructure for the muroyama viaduct outside of the kobe-nishi bypass tarumi junction; 2) site muroyama- chisaki, myodani-cho, tarumi-Ku, kobe-Shi, hyogo-ken; 3) summary total site length 188.4 meters; standard width 9 75 meters for both directions of traffic; types of bridges 2-span continuous, steel-plate surface, box- girder bridge 159 meters with span lengths of 71 7 and 87 7 meters; 2-span continuous, steel-plate surface, box- girder bridge 130 4 meters with span lengths of 71.7 and 58 7 meters; 2-span continuous, unfabricated steel girder bridge 58 0 meters with span lengths of 29.0 and 29.0 meters; simple, unfabricated steel girder bridge 29 0 meters; 4) Construction period approx. 24 months; 5) main materials to be used 1,760 tons of steel; 6) 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 Construction of superstructure for steel bridge by the Kinki Regional Construction Bureau; 3) firms not undergoing bankruptcy procedures; 4) firms that have -- since 1989 as the main contractor -- actually manufactured a multi-continuous, steel-plate surface, box-girder bridge of at least 70 meters maximum span length and constructed the superstructure for the steel bridge on a currently-used main Road of at least four lanes note: only Construction projects in which bidder has had a 30 percent or greater share are eligible for consideration; 5) firms that can as8IGN to the Construction site during the on-site Construction 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 -- since 1984 as the main contractor -- had experience with on-site Construction of a similar Project; 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'' 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 TC0309.. (0054)

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