Kotaro Hashimoto, Director-General, Kinki Regional Construction Bureau (Moc), 1-5-44 Otemae, Chuo-Ku, Osaka-Shi 540

99 -- JAPAN: SOL KENSETSU KOGYO SHIMBUN: 01/06/95 PG. 2. DUE 140095 POC Tel 81/6/942-1141 S1629 Construction of floodgate Opening time and date 14:00, mar. 24, 1995. Open 1) Construction Title Construction of new floodgate for kinokawa river large weir; 2) site left Bank - arimoto- chisaki; right Bank - sonobe-chisaki, wakayama-Shi; 3) summary a) type of gate: shell-structured roller gate; B) number of Gates five Gates; C) net span length: 51 6 meters; D) height of gate: 7.1 meters; and e) method of gate Opening/closing wire-rope winch method (two motors, two drums); 4) Construction period: approx. 50 months; 5) main materials to be used approx. 3,500 tons of regular steel (ss, sm), approx 500 tons of stainless steel; 6) deadline for submission of application forms/related documents for qualification screening 16:30, feb. 6, 1995; 7) contact for Tender documents contract Division, General Affairs Department, Kinki Regional Construction Bureau, ministry of Construction, 1-5-44 Otemae, Chuo-Ku, Osaka-Shi 540 eligible Tender participants 1) designated consortia pre-qualified by the Kinki Regional Construction Bureau and comprised of firms that meet the following criteria a) firms that do not fall under articles 70 and 71 of the cabinet order concerning budget, auditing, and accounting; B) firms qualified for open competitive tendering on machinery installation by the Kinki Regional Construction Bureau; C) firms not undergoing bankruptcy procedures; D) firms that have -- since 1974 as the main contractor -- actually carried out manufacture and installation of a shell-structured roller gate of 25 meters or more span length note: only Construction projects in which bidder has had a 30 percent or greater share are eligible for consideration; e) firms not currently suspended from designation by the Director of the Kinki Regional Construction Bureau; and F) firms not related by capital or personnel to the contractors involved in this project; 2) designated consortia that meet the following criteria a) the representative firm of a consortium must have -- since 1974 as the main contractor -- carried out manufacture and installation of a shell-structured roller gate of 35 meters or more span length, independently or as a consortium note: only Construction projects in which bidder has had a 30 percent or greater share are eligible for consideration; B) designated consortia that can assign to the Construction site a full-time Chief engineer or engineering supervisor who meets the following criteria (1) is qualified as a certified first-class Construction supervisor or equivalent or higher; (2) has had experience of installing a shell- structured roller gate for a weir or floodgate; and (3) in the case of engineering supervisor, is qualified to supervise designated Construction works; and 3) the following plans of action should be adequate a) at the time of Construction of the whole system, concrete steps, safety measures, and reminders about under-bridge passage in transit on the sea and in the river and about the installation method must be presented; and B) the system and method of securing a level of 6 millimeters or less in gate surface accuracy must be described bid documents must be obtained directly from the submitting agency, not from U S. Embassy. Date of publication in ''kensetsu kogyo shimbun'': 010695. Post contact/prepared by gtaevs P 96337 Refer to TC0241 Please send a copy of your response to: Commercial Section (FCS TOP), American Embassy, Tokyo, Unit 45004, APO A.. (0009)

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