Contract Administration Section, Procurement and Right-of-Way Department, Nagoya Construction Bureau, Japan Highway Public Corporation, 4-1-1 Sakae, Naka-Ku, Nagoya-Shi 460, Japan

99 -- JAPAN: POC Tel 81/52/262-7084 FAX N/A S16 Construction product data a industry sector code: B detailed product description: Construction Title: Construction of the washimi Section on the tokai-hokuriku expressway; site: oaza-owashi, takasu-mura, gujyo-gun, gifu-ken; summary: this project involves Construction of a tentatively two-lane Highway of 1,941 meters length (earth work volume 404,000 cubic meters), including bridge substructure work (at five site, 798 meters) and tunneling (at one site, 235 meters); total length: 1,941 meters; width: Highway portion 13.0 meters, bridge portion 10. 5 meters, tunnel portion 9.5 meters; earth work volume: 404,000 cubic meters; tunneling at one site: 235 meters; bridge, etc.: Substructure work only at five sites for 798 meters, eight sets of abutments, 10 sets of piers; foundation work: caisson-type piles of 2.5 meters diameter and 131.5 meters length, 3.5 meters diameter and 91.0 meters length, 8.5 meters diameter and 31.5 meters length, 13.0 meters diameter and 37.0 meters length, 15. 0 meters diameter and 10.0 meters length; cross structures: arch-culvert boxes at one site, culvert pipes at one site; main materials to be used: 35,000 cubic meters of concrete, 3,400 tons of reinforcing steel, 430 tons of steel; Construction period: 1,200 days. C product specifications/technical data: N/a D quantity: N/a e U.S. dollar value: N/a F other information: N/a response data a response language: Japanese. B best Way to respond: letter. C from manufacturers only: N/a D information desired from U.S. firm: N/a e primary buying factor: the lowest bid within the estimated price range. F other information: pre-screening required to be eligible for bidding. Pre-screening deadline: 16:00 pm, May 12, 1995. Bid documents must be obtained directly from the submitting agency, not from U.S. Embassy. Payment in yen. A issuing agency: Nagoya Construction Bureau, Japan Highway Public Corporation B financing agency: N/a C price of bid documents: N/a D purchase bid documents by: 16:00 pm, May 12, 1995. E tender number required in all communications: N/a F performance bonds required: not required. G closed Procurement procedure: N/a H bidding procedures: open competitive tendering. I bid deadline: 14:00 pm, jun. 29, 1995. J other information: ''kensetsu kogyo shimbun'': 4/5/95. Eligible tender participants: firms qualified to participate in bidding for this project must meet all of the following criteria and have their qualifications for this project screened and confirmed by the director of the Nagoya Construction Bureau: 1) firms that do not fall under article 4 of the Contract regulations of Japan Highway Public Corporation; 2) consortia comprised of two firms pre- qualified for open competitive tendering on road and earth work by the Nagoya Construction Bureau for fy 93/94; 3) all consortium member firms must have -- in the past five years (since 1990) as the main contractor -- actually carried out Construction of a pier of at least 40 meters height. Note: only Construction projects in which bidder has had a 30 percent or greater share are eligible for review; 4) firms that can assign to the Construction site a field representative and a full-time chief engineer or engineering supervisor who meet the following criteria: have had experience with Construction of a pier as field representative or as chief engineer or engineering supervisor in the past five years (since 1990); 5) firms not suspended from designation in no. 4 zone by the Japan Highway Public Corporation; 6) firms that can present an adequate plan for Construction of the washimi river bridge; 7) every consortium member firm must meet 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 on a full-time basis an engineering supervisor qualified for this project under the Construction business law or a nationally-licensed chief engineer; and C) has a 30 percent or greater share of involvement, and the representative firm must have the greatest share. Firms pre-screened by the Construction minister regarding items (a) and (B) in evaluation of their management operations are exempted from these criteria; and 8) firms not related by capital or personnel to the contractors involved in this project. Post remarks Post contact/prepared by haomori approved by gtaevs Please send a copy of your response to: Commercial Officer (FCS TOP), American Embassy, Tokyo, Unit 45004, APO Ap 96337, Refer to TC341.. (0096)

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