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 naha Central Post Office; site: at the land re-zoning site (no. 34-7), tsubokawa, naha-Shi, Okinawa-ken; summary: site area, approx. 11,050 square meters; structure and size: reinforced concrete, partially steel- framed, construction, six stories above ground, one story below ground; total floor area, approx. 27,880 square meters; use: Post Office facility; work: construction of facilities for air conditioning, ventilation, smoke exhaustion, and operation control; construction period: approx. 18.5 months; main materials to be used: direct burning chilled/hot water generator, one set; air-cooled screw chiller, one set; Unit- type air conditioners, 23 sets; package-type air conditioners, four sets; multi-package-type air conditioners, six sets; fan coil units, 91 sets; pumps, seven sets; fans, 97 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 or fax. 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: 15:00 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: Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications B financing Agency: same as above. C price of bid documents: N/A. D purchase bid documents by: 17:45 pm, aug. 11, 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, sep. 1, 1995. J other information: ''kensetsu kogyo shimbun'': 7/7/95. 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 10,000 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., For a building of at least 5,000 square meters in floor area in a project as described in item (3) above and completed after 1985, and who also meet the following criteria: a) in the case of field representative, has at least 10 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 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 district of the Okinawa Office of Posts and Telecommunications; 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 cdukelow Please send a copy of your response to: Commercial Officer (FCS TOP), American Embassy, Tokyo, Unit 45004, APO Ap 96337, Refer to TC451. Please note: All correspondence with the Awarding Authority and/or the Procuring Agency MUST be in Japanese.. (0191)

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