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Y -- JAPAN: S16 CONSTRUCTION POC Tel 81/3/3584-1251 FAX N/A product data a industry sector code: B detailed product description: construction Title: construction of the second todoroki bridge at the takizawa dam; site: left Bank: aza-nirogi; right Bank: opposite of nirogi, oaza-otaki, otaki-mura, chichibu-gun, saitama-ken; summary: superstructure work: five-span continuous, prestressed concrete rigid frame box-girder bridge; length, 345 meters; span length, 35.0, 75.0, 125.0, 75.0, and 35.0 meters; width, 8.25 to 9.25 meters; piers: four units; height, 58.5, 16.5, and 13.5 meters; skeleton, pillar and wall type; foundation: caisson-type piles, six holes (3.5- meter bore, two holes; 4.0-meter bore, two holes; 10.5-meter bore, two holes; total length, 140 meters); abutments: two units; skeleton, inverted T-type; foundation: caisson-type piles, four holes (2.5-meter bore, two holes; 3.0-meter bore, two holes; total length, 82.0 meters); construction period: 870 days; main materials to be used: concrete, approx. 13,000 cubic meters; reinforcing steel, approx. 2,660 tons; prestressing steel, approx. 150 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, sep. 21, 1995. Bid documents must be obtained directly from the procuring agency, not from U.S. Embassy. Payment in yen. A issuing agency: Water Resources Development Public Corporation B financing agency: same as above. C price of bid documents: N/a D purchase bid documents by: 16:00 pm, oct. 20, 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, oct. 31, 1995. J other information: ''kensetsu kogyo shimbun'': 9/12/95. Eligible Tender participants must be pre-qualified firms that meet the following criteria: 1) firms that do not fall under any of the following categories: a) firms that have not been rehabilitated from insolvency or bankruptcy; B) firms that have -- in the past year, in a Contract -- deliberately performed a poor work, or unfairly cheated on quality and quantity of materials; interfered with fair competition, damaged fair pricing, or colluded for unfair profit; prevented a winner from signing a Contract, or a contractor from carrying out a Contract; prevented an official from conducting supervision or inspection; unjustifiably reneged on a Contract; and employed, as representative, manager, or equivalent in a Contract, those who perpetrated one of the above-described Acts within one year of their misconduct; and C) firms whose business is judged extremely unsound; 2) consortia comprised of two firms pre-qualified for open competitive or selective bidding on steel superstructure work by this Corporation; 3) consortium member firms combined must have completed both (a) and (B) projects, described below; each member firm must have, as the main contractor, completed either (a) or (B) and constructed the superstructure of a prestressed concrete bridge of any size: a) construction of superstructure of a prestressed concrete bridge of at least 100 meters in span length, using the cantilever erection method; and B) construction of foundation using caisson-type piles of at least eight meters in bore. Note: only construction projects in which bidders have had a 20 percent or greater share of involvement are eligible for consideration; 4) firms that can assign, to the construction site, a field representative and a chief engineer or engineering supervisor who meet the following criteria: a) have, since 1990, had experience with construction of either (a) or (B) as described in item (3) above; field representative and chief engineer or engineering supervisor combined must have completed both (a) and (B) projects; B) in the case of chief engineer or engineering supervisor, is qualified as a certified first-class construction supervisor under the construction business law, or is qualified for construction, agricultural civil engineering, or forestry civil engineering under the engineers law; and C) in the case of engineering supervisor, is qualified to supervise designated construction work; 5) member firms must not be currently suspended from designation by this Corporation; and 6) member firms must not be related by capital or personnel to the cotractors involved in this project. Post remarks Post contact/prepared by haomori approved by gtaevs akasaka, minato-ku, Tokyo 107, Japan Please send a copy of your response to: Commercial Officer (FCS TOP), American Embassy, Tokyo, Unit 45004, APO Ap 96337, Refer to TC600. Please note: All correspondence with the Awarding Authority and/or the Procuring Agency MUST be in Japanese.. (0256)

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