Contract Division, Tohoku Regional Construction Bureau, Ministry of Construction, 9-15 Futsuka-Machi, Aoba-Ku, Sendai-Shi 980, Japan

Y -- JAPAN: S16 CONSTRUCTION POC Tel 81/22/225-2171 FAX N/A product data a Industry sector code: B detailed product description: Construction Title: phase-three improvement of the jumonji Road; site: jumonji- Machi, hiraka-gun, akita-ken; summary: improvement of Road, 1,560 meters length; filling of soil, 350,000 cubic meters; Construction of culverts at 12 sites (cast-in-site concrete at eight sites, precast concrete at four sites); Construction period: approx. 13 months; main materials to be used: purchased soil, approx. 350,000 cubic meters; ready mixed concrete, 5,600 cubic meters; steel bars, 530 tons. 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: 17:00 pm, June 13, 1995. Bid documents must be obtained directly from the submitting Agency, not from U.S. Embassy. Payment in yen. A issuing Agency: Tohoku Regional Construction Bureau, Ministry of Construction B financing Agency: same as above. C price of bid documents: N/a D purchase bid documents by: 17:00 pm, July 21, 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 tender. I bid deadline: 14:00 pm, August 1, 1995. J other information: ''kensetsu kogyo shimbun'': 5/29/95. 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 pre-qualified for open competitive bidding on civil engineering work by the Tohoku Regional Construction Bureau; 3) firms that score at least 1, 500 points in civil engineering work 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 1990 actually carried out Road and earth work of at least 250,000 cubic meters soil volume. Note: only Construction projects in which bidder has had a 20 percent or greater share are eligible for review; 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 1990 had experience with improvement of Road; and C) in the case of engineering supervisor, is qualified to supervise designated Construction work; 7) firms not currently suspended from designation by the director of the Tohoku Regional Construction Bureau; 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 TC399. Please note: All correspondence with the Awarding Authority and/or the Procuring Agency MUST be in Japanese.. (0151)

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