Insurance Division, Public Welfare Department, Ishikawa, Prefectural Government, 2-1-1 Hirosaka, Kanazawa-Shi, Ishikawa-Ken 920, Japan

Y -- JAPAN: S16 CONSTRUCTION POC Tel 81/762/23-9140 FAX N/A. product data a industry sector code: B detailed product description: construction Title: phase-one construction of the naruwa social Insurance hospital; site: oki-machi, Kanazawa-Shi, Ishikawa-Ken; summary: use of building: hospital facility, etc.; Structure and number of stories: hospital: reinforced concrete construction, six stories above ground, one story below ground; size: building area, 5,090 square meters; total Floor area, 21,382 square meters; nursing school and dormitory: steel-framed reinforced concrete construction, seven stories above ground; size: building area, 1,302 square meters; total Floor area, 6,677 square meters; overall size: building area, 9,029 square meters; total Floor area, 33,901 square meters; site area, 27,404 square meters; work: this project involves construction of the above-described hospital building, etc.; Other related facilities are scheduled to be procured separately; construction period: approx. 7 months or 140 days (overall period, approx. 30 months); main materials to be used: concrete, approx. 18,000 cubic meters; steel frame, approx. 270 tons; reinforcing steel, approx. 1,280 tons; sheet glass, approx. 3,800 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: 17:00 pm, July 24, 1995. Bid documents must be obtained directly from the procuring agency, not from U.S. Embassy. Payment in yen. A issuing agency: Public Welfare Bureau, Ishikawa Prefectural Government (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. 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: 10:00 am, aug. 25, 1995. J other Information: '' kensetsu kogyo shimbun'': 7/14/95. Eligible tender participants must be consortia comprised of three firms that meet the following criteria: 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 qualification application; 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 Public Welfare Department of the Ishikawa Prefectural Government; 5) firms that score at least 1,500 points in building work in a formula for open competitive bidding by the Public Welfare Department of the Ishikawa prefecture; firms that have an fy 94 pre-qualification valid until mar. 31, 1996 should read their assigned score as 1,100 points for fy 95; 6) firms not undergoing bankruptcy procedures; 7) firms that have, since April 1990, constructed a project, excluding the one under construction, that meet the following criteria: a) use of building: hospital facility; B) structure: reinforced concrete or steel-framed reinforced concrete construction, at least three stories above ground; and C) size: total Floor area, at least 10,000 square meters. Note: consortium member firms other than its representative must meet both (a) and (B) above; only construction projects in which bidders have had a 20 percent or greater share are eligible for consideration; 8) firms not currently suspended from designation by the director of the General Affairs Department at the social Insurance agency; 9) firms not related by capital or personnel to the contractors involved in this project; 10) engineers scheduled for assignment: consortia must be able to assign, to the construction site, a chief Engineer or engineering supervisor who meets the following criteria: a) is qualified as a certified first-class building work supervisor or architect; 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 building work; 11) involvement of member firms: all member firms must have at least six tenths of an equally divided share of involvement (at least 20 percent for a three-firm consortium); 12) criteria for representative firm: the representative firm must have the greatest project capability, and have the greatest share of involvement of all members; 13) method of organization: to be voluntarily organized: 14) method of agreement: by the consortium agreement as separately specified by the Public Welfare Department of the Ishikawa Prefectural Government; and 15) effective period for consortia: consortia are valid from the date of designation to the date of approval by the procurer after completion and delivery of this project, or from the date of designation to the date of signing of this project's Contract for non-winners. 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 TC465. Please note: All correspondence with the Awarding Authority and/or the Procuring Agency MUST be in Japanese.. (0198)

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