Contract Administration Section, Procurement and Right-of-Way Department, Sapporo Construction Bureau, Japan Highway Public Corporation, Kita 4, Nishi 5-1-3, Chuo-Ku, Sapporo-Shi 060, Japan

99 -- JAPAN: POC Tel 81/11/242-2168 FAX N/A S16 Construction product data a industry sector code: B detailed product description: Construction Title: Construction of the osatsu Section on the trans-hokkaido expressway; site: osatsu and kyowa, chitose-Shi, hokkaido; summary: this project involves Construction of a tentatively two-lane Highway of 3, 359 meters length, including cutting and filling of 678 cubic meters of earth and substructure work for a bridge at three sites for 97 meters; total length: 3,359 meters; width: 12.0 meters for the Highway portion, 10.0 and 10.5 meters for the bridge portion; earth work volume: 678,000 cubic meters; bridge, etc.: Substructure work only at three sites for 97 meters, five sets of abutments, one set of pier; cross structures: culvert boxes at 10 sites, culvert rim at one site, culvert pipe at one site; main materials to be used: 21,600 cubic meters of concrete, 1,716 tons of reinforcing steel; Construction period: 1,200 days (winter recess: nov. 16 to apr. 15). C product specifications/technical data: N/a 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 required to be eligible for bidding. Pre-screening deadline: 16:00 pm, apr. 17, 1995. Bid documents must be obtained directly from the submitting agency, not from U.S. Embassy. Payment in yen. A issuing agency: Sapporo Construction Bureau, Japan Highway Public Corporation B financing agency: N/a C price of bid documents: N/a D purchase bid documents by: 16:00 pm, apr. 17, 1995. E tender number required in all communications: N/a F performance bonds required: not required. G closed Procurement procedure: N/a H bidding procedures: open competitive tendering. I bid deadline: 14:00 pm, May 31, 1995. J other information: ''kensetsu kogyo shimbun'': 4/5/95. Eligible tender participants: firms qualified to participate in bidding for this project must meet all of the following criteria and have their qualifications for this project screened and confirmed by the director of the Sapporo 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 Sapporo Construction Bureau for fy 93/94, or consortia comprised of two qualified firms; 3) firms that have -- in the past five years (since 1990) as the main contractor -- actually carried out Construction of a Highway of at least one kilometer length, involving at least 200,000 cubic meters of earth work volume. Note: only Construction projects in which bidder has had a 30 percent or greater share are eligible for review, and in the case of consortium, all member firms must have a similar experience; 4) firms that can assign to the Construction site a field representative and a full-time chief engineer or engineering supervisor who meet the following criteria: have had experience with road and earth work of at least one kilometer length as field representative or as chief engineer or engineering supervisor in the past five years (since 1990); 5) firms not suspended from designation in no. 1 zone by the Japan Highway Public Corporation; 6) in the case of consortium, every consortium member firm must meet 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 on a full-time basis an engineering supervisor qualified for this project under the Construction business law or a nationally-licensed chief engineer; and C) has a 30 percent or greater share of involvement, and the representative firm must have the greatest share. Firms pre-screened 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. 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 TC339.. (0096)

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