General Affairs Division, Building Department, Shinestu Regional Bureau of Postal Services, 801 Kurita, Nagano-Shi 380-97, Japan

Y -- JAPAN: S16 CONSTRUCTION POC Tel 81/262/31-2293 FAX 81/262/31-2372 product data a industry sector code: B detailed product description: construction Title: construction of the shinetsu training institute of Postal Services building; site: 752-1 aza-sharita, oaza-Kurita, Nagano-Shi, Nagano-ken; summary: site area, 10,114 square meters; structure: reinforced concrete, partially steel- framed reinforced concrete, construction; five stories above ground, with a penthouse; size: building area, 3,074 square meters; total floor area, 11,326 square meters; use: training (including lodging) facility; work: building work, one set; construction period: approx. 17 months; main materials to be used: concrete, 8,900 cubic meters; reinforcing steel, 900 tons; sheet glass, 1,290 square meters. 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 Or Fax. 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: 15:00 pm, June 5, 1995. Bid documents must be obtained directly from the submitting Agency, not from U.S. Embassy. Payment in yen. A issuing Agency: shinetsu Regional Bureau of Postal Services (ministry of posts and telecommunications) B financing Agency: same as above. C price of bid documents: N/a D purchase bid documents by: July 11, 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 tender. I bid deadline: 13:30 pm, July 20, 1995. J other information: ''kensetsu kogyo shimbun'': 5/19/95. Eligible tender participants: 1) consortia 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 pre- qualified for open competitive bidding on building work by the shinetsu Regional Bureau of Postal Services; C) firms that score at least 1,450 points in building work in a formula calculated from bidding company's objective criteria at the time of application for qualification; D) firms that have -- since 1985 as the main contractor -- actually carried out construction of a training facility, school building, Or dormitory for unmarried employees, made of reinforced concrete Or steel-framed reinforced concrete and of at least 3,000 square meters total floor area. Note: Reconstruction projects and projects currently under construction are excluded, and only construction projects in which bidder has had a 30 percent Or greater share are eligible for review; e) firms that can assign to the construction site a full-time chief engineer Or engineering supervisor who meets the following criteria: (1) is nationally licensed under the construction business law; and (2) in the case of engineering supervisor, is qualified to supervise designated construction work; F) firms not currently suspended from designation by the ministry of posts and telecommunications in the district of the shinetsu Regional Bureau of Postal Services; and G) firms not related by capital Or personnel to the contractors involved in this project; 2) the representative firm of a consortium must meet the following criteria: a) has -- since 1985 as the main contractor -- actually carried out construction of a training facility Or school building made of reinforced concrete Or steel-framed reinforced concrete and of at least 6,000 square meters total floor area. Note: Reconstruction projects and projects currently under construction are excluded, and in the case of consortium project, only construction projects in which bidder has participated as its representative are eligible for review; B) 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 building supervisor Or architect; (2) is qualified to supervise designated construction work; and (3) has had at least one year of experience as chief engineer Or engineering supervisor with construction of a training facility Or school building made of reinforced concrete Or steel-framed reinforced concrete and of at least 3,000 square meters total floor area, Or has since 1985 had at least one year of similar experience in the case of a person who lacks experience of chief engineer Or engineering supervisor; C) number of consortium member firms: two; D) method of organization: to be voluntarily organized; e) participation ratio: every consortium member must have at least six tenths of an equally divided share of involvement (30 percent); F) the representative firm of a consortium must have the greatest share of involvement; G) bidding consortium is valid only from its designation to the date of approval by the procurer after delivery of the completed project, and for consortia other than the winner, from their designation to the time of signing of this contract; H) Title of a consortium: ''consortium for new construction of shinetsu training institute of Postal Services building''; and I) consortium agreement is to be conducted by the style of ''consortium agreement,'' as separately specified by the ministry of posts and telecommunications. 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 TC391. Please note: All correspondence with the Awarding Authority and/or the Procuring Agency MUST be in Japanese.. (0142)

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