General Affairs Division, Building Department, Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Posts and, Telecommunications, 1-3-2 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo 100-90, Japan

Y -- JAPAN: S16 CONSTRUCTION POC Tel 81/3/3504-4301 FAX 81/3/3580-6657 product data a industry sector code: B detailed product description: Construction Title: Construction of air-conditioning facility at the kanda Post office; site: 2-12 kanda awaji-cho, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo; summary: site area, approx. 2,100 square meters; structure: steel Construction, partially reinforced concrete and steel- framed reinforced concrete Construction, seven stories above ground, two stories below ground; size: total floor area, approx. 15,700 square meters; use: Post office facility; work: Construction of facilities for air conditioning, ventilation, smoke exhaustion, and operation control at the new kanda Post office; Construction period: approx. 23 months; main materials to be used: direct burning chilled/hot water generators, three sets; Unit-type air conditioners, 16 sets; package-type air conditioners, six sets; total heat exchangers, 18 sets; pumps, 12 sets; fan coil units, 148 sets; fans, 75 sets. C product specifications/technical data: not available. D quantity: not available. E U.S. dollar value: not available. F other information: not available. Response data a response language: Japanese. B best way to respond: letter or fax. C from manufacturers only: not available. D information desired from U.S. firm: not available. E primary buying factor: the lowest bid within the estimated price range. F other information: pre-screening is required to be eligible for bidding. Pre-screening deadline: 15:00 pm, June 12, 1995. Bid documents must be obtained directly from the procuring agency, not from U.S. Embassy. Payment in yen. A issuing agency: Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications B financing agency: same as above. C price of bid documents: not available. D purchase bid documents by: 17:45 pm, July 7, 1995. E Tender number required in all communications: not available. F performance bonds required: not required. G closed procurement procedure: no. H bidding procedures: open competitive Tender. I bid deadline: 16:00 pm, July 20, 1995. J other information: ''kensetsu kogyo shimbun'': 6/1/95. Eligible Tender participants must be: 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 by the Construction Department, Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, and having scored at least 1,100 points in piping work in a formula calculated from bidding company's objective criteria at the time of application for qualification; 3) firms that have -- since 1990, as the main contractor or equivalent -- constructed air-conditioning facility, etc., At a Post office or office building of at least 8,000 square meters in floor area, excluding Construction of the building. Note: only Construction projects in which bidders have had a 30 percent or greater share are eligible for consideration; 4) firms that can assign to the Construction site a full-time field representative and a chief engineer or engineering supervisor who have at least one year of experience with Construction of air conditioning facility, etc., Covering at least 4,000 square meters in floor area, and who meet the following criteria: a) in the case of field representative, has at least 15 years of experience with supervision of piping work; B) in the case of chief engineer, is qualified as a piping work chief engineer under the Construction business law; and C) in the case of engineering supervisor, is qualified as a certified First-class piping work supervisor or engineer (in machinery or water and plumbing work), and is qualified to supervise designated Construction work under the Construction business law. Note: field representative May work concurrently as chief engineer or engineering supervisor; 5) firms not currently suspended from designation by the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications in the districts of kanto and Tokyo Regional bureaus of postal services; and 6) 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 TC406. Please note: All correspondence with the Awarding Authority and/or the Procuring Agency MUST be in Japanese.. (0157)

Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0119 19950607\Y-0002.SOL)