Procurement Division, General Affairs Department, Third, Construction Bureau, Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Authority, 1-20 Higashi-Gosho, Onomichi-Shi 722, Japan

Y -- JAPAN: S16--- CONSTRUCTION POC Tel 81/848/22-5211 FAX N/A product data a industry Sector code: s16--- B detailed product description: Construction Title: Construction of steel superstructure of the umashima overpass on the kurushima Bridge; site: umashima, imabari- Shi, ehime-ken; summary: this Project involves Construction of steel superstructure for the umashima overpass (490.9 meters in length, 26.0 to 46.9 meters in width) and the umashima control Road (212.1 meters in length, four meters in width) on the Onomichi-imabari route of the Honshu- Shikoku linking highway. The umashima overpass links to the kurushima Bridge and is made up of three-span continuous, steel surface box-girder bridges (76.0 meters + 80.0 meters + 77.83 meters, 82.52 meters + 85.0 meters + 81.0 meters). The umashima control Road links to the 7-a abutment of the kurushima Bridge and is made up of a two-span continuous, steel surface box-girder Bridge and a three-span continuous, steel surface box-girder Bridge (48.1 meters + 48.1 meters, 33.85 meters + 40.3 meters + 39.94 meters); estimated tonnage: steel superstructure, approx. 6,950 tons; Construction period: 1,214 days; main materials to be used: steel, approx. 6,950 tons. 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: 16:00 Pm, sep. 14, 1995. Bid documents must be obtained directly from the procuring agency, not from U.S. Embassy. Payment in yen. A issuing agency: Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Authority B financing agency: same as above. C price of bid documents: N/a D purchase bid documents by: 16:00 Pm, oct. 19, 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, nov. 2, 1995. J other information: ''kensetsu kogyo shimbun'': 8/8/95. Eligible Tender participants must be pre-qualified firms that meet the following criteria: 1) firms that do not fall under any of the following categories: a) firms that have not received a permit from the Construction minister or the prefectural governor under article 3 of the Construction business law regarding this Project; B) firms that have not been rehabilitated from insolvency or bankruptcy; C) firms that have -- in the past two years, in a Contract -- deliberately performed a poor work, or unfairly cheated on quality and quantity of materials; interfered with fair competition, damaged fair pricing, or colluded for unfair profit; prevented a winner from signing a Contract, or a contractor from carrying out a Contract; prevented an official from conducting supervision or inspection; unjustifiably reneged on a Contract; presented false documents to this Authority; brought this Authority other extreme losses; and employed, as representative, Manager, or equivalent in a Contract, those who perpetrated one of the above-described Acts within two years of their misconduct; and D) firms whose business is judged extremely unsound; 2) consortia comprised of firms pre-qualified for competitive bidding on steel superstructure work by this Authority for goj fy 95/96; 3) all member firms must score at least 1,200 points in a formula for qualification screening for steel superstructure work; 4) all member firms must have -- in the past, as the main contractor -- completed a similar Project (Construction of a multi-span continuous, steel surface box- girder Bridge of at least two lanes, 60 meters in maximum span length, and 240 meters in length); 5) firms that can assign, to the Construction site, a field representative, chief engineer, or Engineering supervisor who has completed a similar Project in the past as the main contractor; 6) all member firms must not be currently suspended from designation by the director of this Authority in areas including the ehime prefecture; 7) firms that can present an adequate plan for this Project; 8) all member firms must not be related by capital or personnel to the contractors involved in this Project (see Tender documents for details); and 9) consortium must be organized as follows: a) the number of member firms must be two or three; B) all member firms must have at least six-tenths of the equally divided share of involvement; C) the representative firm must have the greatest share of involvement among all members; D) consortium must be organized by the ''ko'' method; e) the same firm cannot belong to two or more consortia regarding this Project; and F) a notice on organization of consortium for designated Construction Project must be submitted as an attachment to the application documents for pre- qualification; a letter of proxy must also be submitted if the name of a proxy, such as a branch Manager, etc., Appears in the submitting documents. 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 TC546. Please note: All correspondence with the Awarding Authority and/or the Procuring Agency MUST be in Japanese.. (0235)

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