Insurance Guidance Division, Department of Social, Welfare and Human Services, Hokkaido Prefectural, Government, Kita-3, Nishi-6, Chuo-Ku, Sapporo-Shi, Hokkaido 060, Japan

Y -- JAPAN: S16 CONSTRUCTION POC Tel 81/11/231-4111 X24-534 FAX N/A. product data a industry sector code: B detailed product description: construction Title: construction of the Sapporo Health Guidance center (tentative name); site: Kita-1, Nishi- 4, Chuo-Ku, Sapporo- Shi, Hokkaido; summary: use of building: Office facility; structure and number of stories: steel-framed reinforced concrete construction, eight stories above ground, one story below ground; size: building area, 1,813 square meters; total floor area, 13,302 square meters; site area, 2, 377 square meters; work: this project involves construction of an Office building at the above site; procurement of other related facilities are scheduled separately; construction period: approx. Seven months or 216 days (overall period, approx. 26 months); main materials to be used: concrete, 12, 800 cubic meters; steel frame, 1,800 tons; reinforcing steel, 1,400 tons; sheet glass, 1,240 square meters. 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: 16:00 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: Department of Social Welfare and Human Services, Hokkaido Prefectural Government (Social Insurance agency) B financing agency: same as above. C price of bid documents: N/A. D purchase bid documents by: 16:00 pm, aug. 4, 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: 10:00 am, aug. 14, 1995. J other information: ''kensetsu kogyo shimbun'': 7/3/95. 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 application documents for open competitive bidding; 3) firms that do not have extremely bad business operations or creditworthiness; 4) firms pre- qualified for open competitive bidding on building work by the Hokkaido Prefectural Department of Social Welfare and Human Services; 5) firms that score at least 1,500 points in building work in a formula for open competitive bidder's qualification. Note: firms that have a fiscal 1994 pre- qualification valid until March 31, 1996 are assigned a 1,100-point score in fiscal 1995; 6) firms not undergoing bankruptcy procedures; 7) firms that have, since April 1990, constructed a similar project, excluding the ongoing project, that meets the following criteria: a) use of building: Office facility; B) structure and number of stories: steel-framed reinforced concrete construction, at least seven stories above ground and one story below ground; and C) size: at least 8,000 square meters in total floor area. Note: only construction projects in which bidders have had a 20 percent or greater share 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 architect or building supervisor; 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 TC446. Please note: All correspondence with the Awarding Authority and/or the Procuring Agency MUST be in Japanese.. (0187)

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