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 substructure for the East Section of tobishima overpass on the second meishin expressway; site: from kanaoka to kiba, tobishima-mura, ama-gun, aichi-ken; summary: this project involves Construction of a 910-meter- long Highway, including bridge substructure work (28 sets of pillar-type piers, 10 sets of one-story, two-span continuous rigid-frame (prestressed concrete) piers, one set of inverted ''T''-type abutment); total length: 910 meters; width: main Highway portion 14.00 meters X 2, ramp portion 7.00 meters X 1; earth work volume: 32,000 cubic meters; bridge, etc.: Substructure work only: main Highway portion at one site for 910 meters, ramp portion at one site for 404 meters; piers: main Highway portion 28 sets, ramp portion 10 sets; abutment: ramp portion one set; foundation work: steel pipe piles of 0.8 meters diameter and 29,225 meters total length; main materials to be used: 26,300 cubic meters of concrete, 3,000 tons of reinforcing steel, 95,200 kilograms of prestressing steel, 29,200 meters of steel pipe piles. 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, apr. 17, 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, apr. 17, 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: 13:30 pm, May 31, 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) firms pre-qualified for open competitive tendering on road and earth work by the Nagoya Construction Bureau for fy 93/94, or consortia comprised of two qualified firms; 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 15 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 or a full-time chief engineer or engineering supervisor who meets the following criteria: has 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) in the case of consortium, every 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 7) 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 TC342.. (0096)

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