Administration Section, Second Management Division, Tsukuba Office, Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries, Research Council Secretariat, 2-1-1 Kannondai, Tsukuba-, Shi, Ibaraki-Ken 305, Japan

Y -- JAPAN: S16 CONSTRUCTION POC Tel 81/298/38/7301 FAX N/A product data a industry sector code: B detailed product description: construction Title: construction of the biotechnology Research building at the national institute of agrobiological Resources; site: at the national institute of agrobiological Resources, 2-1-2 Kannondai, Tsukuba-Shi, Ibaraki-Ken; summary: structure: reinforced concrete construction, two stories above ground, one penthouse; foundation: phc piles, 350 millimeters in bore (a type), 28 meters (14 + 14 meters) in total length; building area, 2, 303.65 square meters; total floor area, 4,033.12 square meters; construction period: approx. Eight months; main materials to be used: reinforcing steel, 337 tons; concrete, 3,189 tons; molding, 16,502 square meters; glass, 480 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: sep. 25, 1995. Bid documents must be obtained directly from the procuring agency, not from U.S. Embassy. Payment in yen. A issuing agency: Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries Research Council Secretariat B financing agency: same as above. C price of bid documents: N/a D purchase bid documents by: oct. 16, 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. 25, 1995. J other information: ''kensetsu kogyo shimbun'': 9/12/95. 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 building work by the Tsukuba Office of the Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries Research Council Secretariat; 3) firms that score at least 1,500 points in a formula for qualifiction screening for building work; 4) firms that have, since 1990, constructed a Research or educational facility made of reinforced concrete and of at least two stories above ground and 2,000 square meters in total floor area. Note: only construction projects in which bidders have had a 30 percent or greater share of involvement are eligible for consideration; 5) 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 building supervisor or architect; B) has had experience with a project as described in item (4) above; and C) in the case of engineering supervisor, is qualified to supervise designated construction work; and 6) firms not currently suspended from designation by the official in charge of outlays of this Office. Post remarks Post contact/prepared by haomori approved by gtaevs Please send a copy of your response to: Commercial Officer (FCS TOP), American Embassy, Tokyo, Unit 45004, APO Ap 96337, Refer to TC602. Please note: All correspondence with the Awarding Authority and/or the Procuring Agency MUST be in Japanese.. (0256)

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