Takashi Matsuura, Director-General, Chugoku Regional Construction Bureau, Ministry of Construction, 6-30 Kami-Hatchobori, Naka-Ku, Hiroshima-Shi, Hiroshima-Ken 740

99 -- JAPAN: SOL KENSETSU KOGYO SHIMBUN: 02/13/95 PG. 3. DUE 140095 POC Tel 81/82/221-9231 S1622 Construction of utility duct opening time and date: 14:00, mar. 28, 1995 open 1) Construction Title Construction of motomachi utility duct (phase 3); 2) site motomachi, Naka-Ku, Hiroshima- Shi, Hiroshima-Ken; 3) work summary Construction extension 157 meters in length; earth work - excavation 10 1 meters in depth, 6.0 meters in width; main structure - 4.85 meters in width, 2.80 meters in height, 157 meters in length; precast concrete - 145 meters; cast-in-site concrete - 12 meters; temporary work; and miscellaneous work; 4) Construction period approx. 12 months; 5) main materials to be used precast concrete duct 145 meters, 120 cubic meters of concrete, 9 tons of reinforcing steel; 6) deadline for submission of application forms/related documents for the qualification screening 16:00, feb. 23,; 7) contact point for tender documents contract division, General Affairs Department, Chugoku Regional Construction Bureau, Ministry of Construction, 6-30 Kami-Hatchobori, Naka-Ku, Hiroshima-Shi, Hiroshima-Ken 730 eligible tender participants 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 tendering on General Public works by the Chugoku Regional Construction Bureau; 3) firms that score 1,000 points or more in a formula calculated from bidding company's objective criteria at the time of application for qualification; 4) firms not undergoing bankruptcy procedures; 5) firms that have, 8INCE 1989, actually carried out, completed, and handed over Construction of a utility duct, underground parking lot, or subway by the open-cut method (at least 7 5 meters in height, 4 meters in breadth, and 100 metbrs in length) below a highway, which surface was covered to secure road traffic, in a city area within a densely- populated area of the 1990 census note: only Construction projects in which bidder has had a 30 percent or greater share are eligible for consideration; 6) firms that can assign a full-time field representative or engineering supervisor who meets the following criteria a) in the case of field representative, has had experience of constructing a utility duct, underground parking lot, or subway; B) in the case of engineering supervisor, is qualified for the following (1) and (2), and has Construction experience of (3): (1) is qualified as a certified first-class Construction supervisor or equivalent or higher; (2) is qualified to supervise designated Construction works under the Construction business law; and (3) has had since 1989 Construction experience as described in item (5) above; 7) firms not currently suspended from designation by the Director of the Chugoku Regional Construction Bureau; and 8) firms not related by capital or personnel to the contractors involved in this project bid documents must be obtained directly from the submitting agency, not from U S. Embassy. Date of publication in ''kensetsu kogyo shimbun'' 021395. Post contact/prepared by gloose Please send a copy of your response to: Commercial Section (FCS TOP), American Embassy, Tokyo, Unit 45004, APO Ap 96337, Refer to TC0304.. (0045)

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