Yoshio Warita, Director-General, Kanto Regional Construction Bureau (Moc), 1-3-1 Otemachi, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo 100 Japan

99 -- JAPAN: SOL KENSETSU KOGYO SHIMBUN: 01/18/95 PG. 3. DUE 110095 POC Tel 81/3/3211-6261 S1542 Construction of government building opening time and date 11:00, mar. 15, 1995. Open 1) Construction Title first-phase Construction of kawasaki-nishi National government building; 2) site 1- 3 kami-aso, aso-Ku, kawasaki-shi; 3) summary a) site area 2,978 square meters; B) structure steel-framed reinforced concrete Construction, 10 stories above ground, one story below ground; C) size land area 1,344 square meters, total floor area 10,062 square meters; D) use for government building; e) work: this project involves Construction of kawasaki-nishi National government building; work at this time includes all works excluding part of interior finish work; and F) additional work to be scheduled part of interior finish work and exterior work; 4) Construction period approx. 23 months (overall project 23 months); 5) main materials to be used 7,000 cubic meters of concrete, 700 tons of steel frame, 850 tons of reinforcing steel, 1,000 square meters of glass; 6) deadline for submission of application forms/related documents for qualification screening 17 30, jan. 30, 1995; 7) contact for tender documents: contract Division, Kanto Regional Construction Bureau, Ministry of Construction, 1-3-1 Otemachi, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo 100 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 qualified for open competitive tendering on Construction works by the Kanto Regional Construction Bureau; 3) firms that score 1,100 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 -- since April 1989 as the main contractor -- actually carried out Construction that meets the following criteria a) use: for government building; B) structure steel-framed reinforced concrete Construction, at least six stories above ground and at least one story below ground; and C) total floor area at least 6,000 square meters. Note: only Construction projects in which bidder has had a 30 percent or greater share are eligible for consideration; 6) firms 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 or equivalent or higher; B) has -- since April 1989 as the main contractor -- had Construction experience as described in item (5) above; and C) in the case of engineering supervisor, is qualified to supervise designated Construction works; 7) firms not currently suspended from designation by the Director of the Kanto 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'' 011895. Post contact/prepared by gtaevs Please send a copy of your response to: Commercial Section (FCS TOP), American Embassy, Tokyo, Unit 45004, APO Ap 96337, Refer to TC0267.. (0019)

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