Accounting Division, General Affairs Department, Social, Insurance Agency, 1-2-2 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, 100- 45, Japan

Y -- JAPAN: S16 CONSTRUCTION POC Tel 81/3/3591-0234 FAX N/A. product data a industry sector code: B detailed product description: Construction Title: installation of plumbing system in phase-four Construction of the Tokyo seamen's Insurance hospital; site: 3-10-11 takanawa, Minato-Ku, Tokyo; summary: use of building: hospital facility; structure/number of floors: reinforced concrete Construction, eight stories above ground, partially two stories below ground, including a penthouse; size: building area, 3,725 square meters; total Floor area, 18,718 square meters; site area, 6,247 square meters; work: to install plumbing system for the hospital at the above- described site; other related systems have been procured separately; type of work: water-supply system, hot water- supply system, drainage waste and vent system, medical gas and air suction/compression system; Construction period: approx. Eight months or 230 days (overall period, approx. 18 months); main materials to be used: hot-water tanks (stainless steel, 444-make vertical-type, 263,000 kcal/H), two sets. C product specifications/technical data: N/a (not available). 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 is required to be eligible for bidding. Pre-screening deadline: 17:00 pm, July 13, 1995. Bid documents must be obtained directly from the procuring Agency, not from U.S. Embassy. Payment in yen. A issuing Agency: Social Insurance Agency B financing Agency: same as above. C price of bid documents: N/A. D purchase bid documents by: 17:00 pm, aug. 1, 1995. E Tender number required in all communications: N/A. F performance bonds required: not required. G closed Procurement procedure: no. H bidding procedures: open competitive Tender. I bid deadline: 14:00 pm, aug. 10, 1995. J other information: ''kensetsu kogyo shimbun'': 6/30/95. 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 that have not presented falsified documents for pre-screening application; 3) firms that do not have extremely bad business operations or creditworthiness; 4) firms pre- qualified for open competitive bidding on plumbing work by the Ministry of health and welfare; 5) firms that score at least 1,300 points in plumbing work in a formula calculated from bidding company's objective criteria at the time of application for qualification. Note: firms that have a fiscal 1994 pre-qualification valid until mar. 31, 1996 are assigned a 800-Point score in fiscal 1995; 6) firms not undergoing bankruptcy procedures; 7) firms that have, since April 1990, carried out a similar Project, excluding on- going Projects and building work, that meets the following criteria: a) use of building: hospital facility; B) structure/number of floors: reinforced concrete Construction, at least six stories above ground; C) size: total Floor area, at least 11,000 square meters; D) type of work: installation of water-supply system, hot water-supply system, drainage waste and vent system, medical gas and air suction/compression system for the building that meets (a) to (C) described above. Note: only Construction Projects in which bidders have had a 20 percent or greater share of involvement are eligible for consideration; 8) 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 plumbing supervisor or engineer licensed in machinery (fluid machinery, air conditioners, and refrigerators only), water supply, and plumbing; B) has, since April 1990, had experience with a Project as described in item (7) above; and C) in the case of Engineering supervisor, is qualified to supervise designated Construction work; 9) firms not currently suspended from designation by the Social Insurance Agency; and 10) firms not related by capital or personnel to the contractors involved in this Project. Post remarks Post contact/prepared by haomori approved by cdukelow Please send a copy of your response to: Commercial Officer (FCS TOP), American Embassy, Tokyo, Unit 45004, APO Ap 96337, Refer to TC439. Please note: All correspondence with the Awarding Authority and/or the Procuring Agency MUST be in Japanese.. (0184)

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