Contract Division, General Affairs Department, Kanto, Regional Construction Bureau, Ministry of Construction, 1-3-1 Otemachi, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo 100, Japan

Y -- JAPAN: S16 CONSTRUCTION POC Tel 81/3/3211-6261 FAX N/A product data a Industry sector code: B detailed product description: Construction Title: Construction of the akasaka pedestrian underpass and other work; site: 1-chome moto-akasaka, minato-Ku, Tokyo; summary: skeleton: size: 8.8 meters in width, 4.55 meters in height; length of Construction: 93.2 meters; Construction period: approx. 18 months; main materials to be used: reinforcing steel, approx. 280 tons; concrete, approx. 4,800 cubic meters; waterproof agent, approx. 4,900 square meters; asphalt mixture, approx. 600 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: 17:30 pm, July 31, 1995. Bid documents must be obtained directly from the procuring Agency, not from U.S. Embassy. Payment in yen. A issuing Agency: Kanto Regional Construction Bureau, Ministry of Construction B financing Agency: same as above. C price of bid documents: N/ a D purchase bid documents by: 16:30 pm, aug. 31, 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, sep. 11, 1995. J other information: '' kensetsu kogyo shimbun'': 7/21/95. 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 Civil Engineering work by the Kanto Regional Construction Bureau; 3) firms that score at least 1,500 points in a formula calculated from bidding company's objective criteria at the time of application for qualification; 4) firms not undergoing bankruptcy procedures; 5) firms that have -- since April 1, 1990, as the main contractor -- constructed an underground reinforced concrete structure of the following criteria, using the open cut method in a city area (within a densely- populated area of the 1990 National census): a) open cutting of at least five meters in depth; B) open cutting of at least seven meters in width; C) Construction of at least 70 meters in length; D) Construction under Road surface covers to secure regular traffic flow; and e) Construction within five meters of the adjacent underground structure of at least one square meter in Section area. Note: (a) to (e) described above apply to the same project; only Construction projects in which bidders have had a 20 percent or greater share of involvement are eligible for consideration; 6) firms that can assign, to the Construction site, a field representative who has -- in the past, as field representative -- had experience with a project as described in item (5) above; 7) 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 Construction supervisor or equivalent or higher; B) has, since April 1, 1985, had at least one year of experience with a project as described in item (5) above; and C) in the case of Engineering supervisor, is qualified to supervise designated Construction work; 8) firms not currently suspended from designation by the director of the Kanto Regional Construction Bureau; and 9) 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 TC488. Please note: All correspondence with the Awarding Authority and/or the Procuring Agency MUST be in Japanese.. (0209)

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