Contract Section, Accounting Division, General Affairs, Department, Kyushu Regional Agricultural Administration, Office, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and, Fisheries, 1-2 Ninomaru, Kumatomo-Shi 860, Japan

Y -- JAPAN: S16 CONSTRUCTION POC Tel 81/96/353-3561 X4056 FAX N/A. product data a industry sector code: B detailed product description: construction Title: construction of watertight Walls at the kikai underground dam in phase-one kikai Agricultural irrigation project; site: kikaichowan-chinai, oshima-Gun, Kagoshima-ken; summary: embankment work: construction of watertight Walls of 540 meters in length (0.5 meters in net breadth, 6,680 square meters in area); specified temporary work, one set; construction period: approx. 30 months (900 days); main materials to be used: ready mixed concrete, cement (regular Portland), mechanically stabilized slag, bentonite, fly ash. C product specifications/technical data: N/a (not available). 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 is required to be eligible for bidding. Pre-screening deadline: 16:30 pm, July 7, 1995. Bid documents must be obtained directly from the procuring Agency, not from U.S. Embassy. Payment in yen. A issuing Agency: Kyushu Regional Agricultural Administration Office (Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries) B financing Agency: same as above. C price of bid documents: N/A. D purchase bid documents by: 16:30 pm, aug. 11, 1995. E Tender number required in all communications: N/A. F performance bonds required: not required. G closed Procurement procedure: no. H bidding procedures: open competitive Tender. I bid deadline: 14:00 pm, aug. 21, 1995. J other information: ''kensetsu kogyo shimbun'': 6/26/95. Eligible Tender participants must be pre-qualified consortia comprised of firms that meet the following criteria: 1) firms that do not fall under articles 70 and 71 of the cabinet order concerning budget, auditing, and Accounting; 2) firms that score at least 1,500 points in civil engineering work in a formula calculated from bidding company's objective criteria at the time of application for qualification; 3) firms that have -- since 1990, as the main contractor -- actually constructed pillar-type underground continuous Walls in a project for watertight Walls or earth- retaining Walls using the on-site mixing method. Note: only construction projects in which bidders have had a 20 percenter or greater share of involvement are eligible for consideration; 4) firms not currently suspended from designation for the Regional Agricultural Administration Office; 5) firms not undergoing bankruptcy procedures; 6) firms not related by capital or personnel to the contractors involved in this project; and 7) consortia that can assign to the construction site a full-time chief engineer or engineering supervisor who meets the following criteria: a) is qualified as a certified first-class construction supervisor under the construction Business law, or is qualified in the area of building, Agricultural civil engineering, or Forestry civil engineering under the engineers law; B) has, since 1990, had experience with a project as described in item (3) above; and C) in the case of engineering supervisor, is qualified to supervise designated construction work. Post remarks Post contact/prepared by haomori approved by cdukelow Please send a copy of your response to: Commercial Officer (FCS TOP), American Embassy, Tokyo, Unit 45004, APO Ap 96337, Refer to TC428. Please note: All correspondence with the Awarding Authority and/or the Procuring Agency MUST be in Japanese.. (0180)

Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0115 19950630\Y-0006.SOL)