Contract Section, Construction and Repair Division, Financial Bureau, General Secretariat, Supreme Court, 4-2 Hayabusa-Cho, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo 102, Japan

Y -- JAPAN: S16 CONSTRUCTION POC Tel 81/3/3264-8111 X3513 FAX N/A. product data a industry sector code: B detailed product description: Construction Title: Construction of the Osaka family Court building; site: 4-6- 20 Otemae, Chuo-Ku, Osaka-Shi; summary: use of building: Court building; structure and number of stories: steel- framed reinforced concrete Construction, eight stories above ground, one story below ground; size: total floor area, 14,073 square meters; site area, 5,000 square meters; Construction period: approx. 19 months or 570 days (overall period, approx. 29 months); main materials to be used: concrete, approx. 11,000 cubic meters; steel frame, approx. 850 tons; reinforcing steel, approx. 1,260 tons. 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 17, 1995. Bid documents must be obtained directly from the procuring agency, not from U.S. Embassy. Payment in yen. A issuing agency: Supreme Court B financing agency: same as above. C price of bid documents: N/A. D purchase bid documents by: aug. 17, 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: 13:30 pm, aug. 28, 1995. J other information: '' kensetsu kogyo shimbun'': 7/5/95. 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 on building work by the Supreme Court; 3) firms that score at least 1,500 points in building work in a formula calculated from bidding company's objective criteria at the time of application for qualification; 4) firms that have -- since 1990, as the main contractor -- carried out a project (excluding ongoing projects) of the following criteria: a) use of building: Public building; B) structure and number of stories: steel- framed reinforced concrete Construction, at least eight stories above ground, and one story below ground; and C) size: at least 12,000 square meters in total floor area. Note: only Construction projects in which bidders have had a 30 percent or greater share are eligible for consideration; 5) 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 building supervisor or architect; B) has, since 1990, had experience with a project as described in item (4) above; and C) in the case of engineering supervisor, is qualified to supervise designated Construction work; and 6) firms not currently suspended from designation by the Supreme Court. 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 TC449. Please note: All correspondence with the Awarding Authority and/or the Procuring Agency MUST be in Japanese.. (0188)

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