Accounting Division, General Affairs Department, Okinawa General Bureau, Okinawa Development Agency, 2-, 21-7 Maejima, Naha-Shi, Okinawa-Ken 900, Japan

Y -- JAPAN: S16 CONSTRUCTION POC Tel 81/98/866-0031 X261 FAX N/A product data a industry sector code: B detailed product description: construction Title: construction of the komesu subsurface dam in the South Okinawa agricultural irrigation project; site: komesu, itoman-Shi, Okinawa-Ken; summary: length of construction, approx. 510 meters; breadth of Walls, 0.5 meter; area of cut-off Walls, approx. 23,500 square meters; specific temporary work, one set; construction period: approx. 30 months (900 days); main materials to be used: ready mixed concrete, cement (regular Portland), mechanically stabilized slug, bentonite, and fly ash. 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, aug. 10, 1995. Bid documents must be obtained directly from the procuring Agency, not from U.S. Embassy. Payment in yen. A issuing Agency: Okinawa General Bureau, Okinawa Development Agency B financing Agency: same as above. C price of bid documents: N/a D purchase bid documents by: 17: 00 pm, sep. 19, 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. 28, 1995. J other information: ''kensetsu kogyo shimbun'': 7/28/95. Eligible Tender participants must be consortia comprised of pre-qualified 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 pre-qualified for open competitive bidding on agricultural and forestry civil engineering work by the Okinawa General Bureau; 3) firms that score at least 1,500 points in a formula for qualification screening for agricultural and forestry civil engineering work; 4) firms not undergoing bankruptcy procedures; 5) firms that have -- since 1990, as the main contractor -- constructed pillar- type underground continuous Walls of at least 40 meters in excavation depth in a project for cut-off Walls or earth- retaining Walls, using the on-site mixing method. Note: only construction projects in which bidders have had a 20 percent or greater share of involvement are eligible for consideration; 6) firms not currently suspended from designation by the director of the Okinawa General Bureau; 7) firms not related by capital or personnel to the contractors involved in this project; and 8) consortia 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 under the construction business law, or engineer in construction, agricultural engineering or forestry engineering under the engineers law; B) has had 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. 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 TC501. Please note: All correspondence with the Awarding Authority and/or the Procuring Agency MUST be in Japanese.. (0213)

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