Yasumasa Torii, Director-General, Osaka Construction Bureau, Japan Highway Public, Corporation, 1-11-7 Utsubo-Honmachi, Nishi-Ku, Osaka-Shi 550 Japan

99 -- JAPAN: SOL KENSETSU KOGYO SHIMBUN: 01/10/95 PG. 5. DUE 110095 POC Tel 81/6/448-5046 S1611 Construction expressway junction opening time and date 11:00, feb. 28, 1995. Open 1) Construction Title Construction of the miki junction on the sanyo expressway; 2) site from toda to otani, shijimi-cho, miki-Shi, hyogo-ken; 3) summary this project involves Construction of a 1,825-meter Highway for both directions of traffic (earth work volume 1,018,000 cubic meters), including earth work (1,760 meters) and substructure work for a bridge (at two sites, 65 meters); total length 1,825 meters; width - Highway portion 10 25 meters X 2, bridge portion 9.50 meters X 2; earth work volume 1,018,000 cubic meters; bridge - substructure work only at two sites, 65 meters, 5 abutments, 2 piers; caisson foundation 2 5 meters in diameter, 28 meters in total length; viaduct - substructure work only at one site; cross structure - culvert boxes at three sites, culvert pipes at four sites; and communication facility at one site; 4) Construction period 990 days; 5) main materials to be used 9,490 cubic meters of concrete, 650 tons of reinforcing steel, 1,470 tons of asphalt compounds, 2,050 meters of guard rail; 6) deadline for submission of application forms/related documents for qualification screening 16:00, jan. 20, 1995; 7) contact for tender documents contract division, procurement amd right-of- way Department, Osaka Construction Bureau, Japan Highway Public Corporation, 1-11-7 Utsubo-Honmachi, Nishi-Ku, Osaka-Shi 550 eligible tender participants firms qualified to participate in this project's bidding must satisfy all of the following conditions and have their qualifications for this project's bidding screened and confirmed by the Director of the Osaka Construction Bureau 1) firms that do not fall under article 4 of the contract regulations of Japan Highway Public Corporation; 2) firms pre- qualified for open competitive tendering on Road and earth work by the Osaka Construction Bureau of Japan Highway Public Corporation for fy 93/94, and consortia comprised of two qualified firms; 3) firms that have -- in the past five years (since 1989) as the main contractor -- actually carried out Construction of a Highway of at least 0 5 kilometer in length and at least 200,000 cubic meters of cut-and-fill earth volume note: only Construction projects in which bidder has had a 30 percent or greater share are eligible for consideration, and in the case of a consortium, all member firms must have a similar experience; 4) firms that can assign to the Construction site a field representative or a full- time Chief Engineer or engineering supervisor who meets the following criteria has had experience of having constructed a Highway of at least 0 5 kilometer in length as field representative or as Chief Engineer or engineering supervisor in the past five years (since 1989); 5) firms not suspended from designation in no 5 zone by Japan Highway Public Corporation; 6) in the case of a consortium, each member firm must satisfy the following criteria a) has been in operation for at least five years in qualified business under the Construction business law; B) can assign to the Construction site a full-time engineering supervisor qualified for this project under the Construction business law or a full-time nationally-licensed Chief Engineer; and C) has an at least 30 percent share of involvement, and the representative firm must have the greatest share firms pre-qualified by the Construction minister regarding items (a) and (B) in evaluation of their Management operations are exempted from these criteria; and 7) firms not related by capital or personnel to the contractors involved in this project (see tender documents for details). Bid documents must be obtained directly from the submitting Agency, not from U S. Embassy. Date of P ublication in ''kensetsu kogyo shimbun'' 011095. Post contact/prepared by gataevs Please send a copy of your response to: Commercial Section (FCS TOP), American Embassy, Tokyo, Unit 45004, APO Ap 96337, Refer to TC0258.. (0012)

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