Inakudani River Normal Sabo Geological Survey Contract Work (Sabo No. 153-2) (Announcement dated April 27, Reiwa 8)
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This is a consulting contract in the architecture and engineering and Monitoring Evaluation sectors. Located in Japan, Asia, this opportunity is open to firms and consortiums.
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Auto-translated from JapaneseInakudani River Normal Sabo Geological Survey Contract Work (Sabo No. 153-2) (Announcement dated April 27, Reiwa 8)
1. Announcement of General Competitive Tender (Electronic Tender, Post-Verification, Comprehensive Evaluation Method) (Individual Matters) A general competitive tender (hereinafter referred to as "tender") will be held as follows, in accordance with the provisions of Article 7 of the Kochi Prefecture Contract Regulations (Showa 39, Kochi Prefecture Ordinance No. 12). Furthermore, the tender participation qualifications and tender participation methods common to each tender item will be provided separately as common matters. In case of any overlap between the individual matters and common matters, the matters stated in these individual matters shall take precedence.
April 27, Reiwa 8 Governor of Kochi Prefecture
Details
1. Matters for tender
1. Business name (Business number): Inakudani River Normal Sabo Geological Survey Contract Work (Sabo No. 153-2)
2. Place of business: Inakudani, Kuroshio Town, Hata District, Kochi Prefecture
3. Business content: Geological survey contract work on the Inakudani River in Inakudani, Kuroshio Town, Hata District, Kochi Prefecture.
4. Business overview: Geological survey N=4 locations, Boring survey L=16.0m
5. Performance period: December 25, Reiwa 8
6. Estimated price: Post-disclosure
7. Examination method: Post-verification method. The examination of tender participation qualifications will be conducted only for the successful bid candidate after the bid opening (including re-tender bid opening) by suspending the bid and requesting the necessary additional documents from the successful bid candidate.
8. Winning method: Comprehensive evaluation method (company evaluation type). The successful bidder will be determined by comprehensively evaluating factors other than price and price after evaluating the business operator and the planned technical personnel.
9. Tender procedure: Via Kochi Prefecture Electronic Bidding System.
10. Low bid price investigation and minimum reserve price: The low bid price investigation system will be applied, and an investigation standard price will be set. Post-disclosure.
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2. Tender participation qualifications: In addition to those specified in the tender announcement (common matters) (hereinafter referred to as "common matters"), participants in this tender must meet all the requirements specified in the table below.
1. Reiwa 8 Kochi Prefecture Survey and Construction Consulting Business Competitive Tender Participation Qualifications: Business category "Geological Survey", Business department "Geological Survey Business".
2. Geological Survey Business Registration Regulations: Registered under Article 2, Paragraph 1 of the Geological Survey Business Registration Regulations (Showa 52, April, Ministry of Construction Notification No. 718).
3. Location of business office: Must have its head office (or main office) or a contractually capable business base (office with delegated contract authority) within Kochi Prefecture.
4. Performance record: Must have a performance record of work that meets all of the following requirements in a single contract.
1. Must have been contracted, performed, and delivered by the company itself since Reiwa 3.
2. The client must be a national government or local government, etc.
3. The contracting form must be a single entity or a joint venture with an equity ratio of 20% or more.
4. Must be geological survey work related to mechanical boring.
5. The place of performance must be within Kochi Prefecture.
5. Planned technical personnel: A management technical expert who meets the following requirements must be assigned to this work.
Qualifications, etc.: 1. Must meet one of the following requirements (1) to (6).
(1) A professional engineer under the Professional Engineers Act (Showa 58, Act No. 25), meeting one of the following requirements:
A. In the construction department, with the specialization "Soil Mechanics and Foundation".
B. In the applied science department, with the specialization "Geology".
(2) Must have passed the Civil Engineering Consultant Manager (RCCM) qualification examination conducted by the Japan Federation of Consulting Engineers Associations and be registered in the "RCCM Register" kept by the association, with the registered department being "Soil Mechanics and Foundation Department" or "Geology Department".
(3) Must have passed the geological survey technician qualification examination conducted by the Japan Association of Geological Engineers.
(4) Must have 8 or more years of practical experience in geological (soil) survey and measurement for university/technical college graduates, 10 years for high school graduates, and 13 years for others.
(5) Professional engineers other than those listed in (1) with 5 or more years of practical experience in geological surveys.
(6) Certified by the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism in accordance with Article 3, Paragraph 1, Item 1 (b) of the Geological Survey Business Registration Regulations.
2. Must have been employed by the applicant before the date of this announcement and continue to be employed at the time of application.
Work experience: Must have experience in work that meets all of the following requirements.
1. Must have experience in work that meets the requirements listed in "4. Performance record". However, the contracting form is not specified.
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3. Tender schedule, etc.
4. Evaluation criteria, etc. for comprehensive evaluation: The requirements for similar/analogous work, evaluation items, evaluation criteria, and scoring for comprehensive evaluation are as shown in the table below.
(1) Requirements for similar/analogous work (all requirements must be met in a single contract).
2. The position of involvement is limited to management engineer, responsible engineer, or review engineer.
3. If the period of involvement does not exceed half of the performance period, it will not be recognized as experience.
1. Application form style acquisition and submission: Submission period: During the operating hours of the electronic bidding system from the Announcement Date to May 19, Reiwa 8 (Tuesday) (excluding closed days, from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM). However, for submissions by hand or mail, the deadline is 5:00 PM on the final day. Submission method: As defined in common matters. Publication location: Published on the Tender Information Disclosure System or the Kochi Prefecture website. Tender Information System https://ppi.pref.kochi.lg.jp/JuchuWeb/ or Hata Civil Engineering Office website https://www.pref.kochi.lg.jp/soshiki/170000/170111/2 Design document viewing method: Tender Information System https://ppi.pref.kochi.lg.jp/JuchuWeb/3 Design document and other inquiry submission method: Tender Information System https://ppi.pref.kochi.lg.jp/JuchuWeb/Submission Deadline May 21, Reiwa 8 (Thursday) 5:00 PM. Response deadline: May 26, Reiwa 8 (Tuesday). 4. Bid submission: Bidding period: From May 27, Reiwa 8 (Wednesday) to June 1, Reiwa 8 (Monday) during the operating hours of the electronic bidding system (excluding closed days, from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM). However, the deadline on the final day is 5:00 PM. Please note that bidding will commence after the Q&A on the first day of the bidding period. Bidding method: As defined in common matters. 5. Planned bid opening date and time: May 27, Reiwa 8 (Tuesday) from 11:00 AM. Location: Hata Civil Engineering Office, Kochi Prefecture (※6th section). 6. Additional documents (for successful bid candidate only): Submission location: Hata Civil Engineering Office, Kochi Prefecture (※6th section). Submission deadline: 5:00 PM on the third day from the day after notification of becoming the successful bid candidate (excluding closed days for all dates). Evaluation category: Requirements. 4(2) Technical evaluation score evaluation: Company evaluation: 1. Performance record must be for work contracted, performed, and delivered by the company itself since Reiwa 3. Performance evaluation must be for work performed since Reiwa 3. 2. The client must be a national government or local government, etc. 3. The contracting form must be a single entity or a joint venture with an equity ratio of 20% or more. 4. The final contract amount (including tax) must be 5 million yen or more. 5. Must be geological survey work by mechanical boring. 6. The place of performance must be within Kochi Prefecture. Planned technical personnel evaluation: 1. Must have experience in work that meets the requirements for company evaluation. However, the contracting form is not specified. 2. If the period of involvement does not exceed half of the performance period, it will not be considered for evaluation. Evaluation item: Evaluation criteria: Scoring: Company evaluation: Performance record of similar/analogous work (since Reiwa 3) *Refer to (4) for work to be excluded from evaluation. Performance record: Yes: 10 points. No: 0 points. Geographical conditions: Main business office: Yes: 10 points. Secondary business office: Yes: 5 points. No business office: 0 points. Regional contribution: Disaster agreement: Yes: 5 points. No: 0 points. Employment of young/female engineers: Employment of personnel eligible to become management engineers: Yes: 5 points. Employment of others: Yes: 3 points. No employment: 0 points. Performance score for similar/analogous work (since Reiwa 3) *Refer to (4) for work to be excluded from evaluation. *If there is no performance record for work ordered by Kochi Prefecture, only work ordered by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (within the jurisdiction of the Shikoku Regional Development Bureau) will be considered. Performance score: 79 points or more: 10 points. 77 points or more, less than 79 points: 8 points. 75 points or more, less than 77 points: 6 points. 73 points or more, less than 75 points: 4 points. 71 points or more, less than 73 points: 2 points. 71 points or less: 0 points. Work performance score less than 60 points (previous fiscal year's performance) *Limited to work ordered by Kochi Prefecture. Performance score less than 60 points: No: 0 points. Yes: -5 points. Situation of designation exclusion (from April 1, Reiwa 6 to before the announcement date): Designation suspension: No: 0 points. Yes: -5 points. 5. Quality assurance evaluation: Planned management engineer evaluation: Technical qualifications *No specific department or subject specified. Professional engineer or RCCM qualification: Yes: 5 points. Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism certified qualification or geological survey technician qualification: Yes: 3 points. Above qualifications: No: 0 points. Continuing education program (CPD) acquisition (number of acquired credits, validity period: past 4 years): 200 units (points) or more: 5 points. Less than 200 units (points): 0 points. Performance record of similar/analogous work (since Reiwa 3) *Limited to involvement as management engineer or responsible engineer. Performance record: Yes: 5 points. No: 0 points. Workload *Number of ongoing projects with a contract amount of 5 million yen or more as of the announcement date (including national, prefectural, and municipal projects). *Limited to involvement as management engineer or responsible engineer. Workload: 0 or 1 project: 5 points. 2 or 3 projects: 4 points. 4 or 5 projects: 3 points. 6 or 7 projects: 2 points. 8 or 9 projects: 1 point. 10 or more projects: 0 points. Geographical conditions (since Reiwa 5) *Limited to work ordered by Kochi Prefecture. *Limited to involvement as management engineer or responsible engineer. Performance in the work area (Hata Civil Engineering Office jurisdiction): Yes: 5 points. No: 0 points. Residency status within the prefecture: Residing within Kochi Prefecture: 5 points. Residing outside Kochi Prefecture: 0 points. Performance score for similar/analogous work (since Reiwa 3) *If there is no performance record for work ordered by Kochi Prefecture, only work ordered by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (within the jurisdiction of the Shikoku Regional Development Bureau) will be considered. *Limited to involvement as management engineer or responsible engineer. Performance score: 79 points or more: 10 points. 77 points or more, less than 79 points: 8 points. 75 points or more, less than 77 points: 6 points. 73 points or more, less than 75 points: 4 points. 71 points or more, less than 73 points: 2 points. 71 points or less: 0 points. Work performance score less than 60 points (previous fiscal year's performance) *Limited to work ordered by Kochi Prefecture. Performance score less than 60 points: No: 0 points. Yes: -5 points. Total: 80 points (Total score converted to 30 points). Evaluation item: Evaluation criteria: Scoring: Other: Effectiveness of quality assurance: Good: 30 points. - After bid opening, low bidders will be asked to submit low bid investigation documents for evaluation. - For those not falling under low bid: Fair: 15 points. 6(4) Contracted work excluded from comprehensive evaluation: For public works ordered within Kochi Prefecture, contracted work that falls under any of the following categories on or after September 28, Reiwa 5 will not be evaluated in the "Performance record of similar/analogous work" and "Performance score for similar/analogous work" items of the company evaluation in the comprehensive evaluation. ① When the contractor (or representative or other member if it is a joint venture; hereinafter the same) has received a notice of payment of a fine for an act that violates Article 3 of the Act on Prohibition of Private Monopolization and Maintenance of Fair Trade (Showa 22, Act No. 54; hereinafter referred to as the "Antimonopoly Act"), and the contracted work subject to that act. ② When the contractor has been recognized as subject to fine calculation for an act that violates Article 3 of the Antimonopoly Act, but has received a notice stating that no fine will be imposed for that act (under Article 7-4, Paragraph 7 of the Antimonopoly Act), and the contracted work subject to that act. ③ When the contractor has been recognized as a violator in a cease and desist order from the Fair Trade Commission for an act that violates Article 3 of the Antimonopoly Act, and the contracted work has been identified through a document issued by the Fair Trade Commission, making it subject to claims for damages or penalties based on the contract. ④ When the contractor has been recognized as a violator in a cease and desist order from the Fair Trade Commission for an act that violates Article 3 of the Antimonopoly Act, but has not been named as a recipient of a fine payment notice, etc., due to dissolution of the corporation, etc., and the contracted work has been identified through a document issued by the Fair Trade Commission, making it subject to claims for damages based on tort. ⑤ When the contractor (or representative or other member if it is a joint venture; including officers or employees if it is a corporation) has been arrested on suspicion of violating Article 96-6 of the Penal Code (Meiji 40, Act No. 45) or has been prosecuted without arrest, or has been prosecuted for an offense stipulated in Article 89, Paragraph 1 or Article 95, Paragraph 1, Item 1 of the Antimonopoly Act, and the contracted work subject to that offense. The list of Kochi Prefecture ordered contracted work excluded from the comprehensive evaluation is posted on the website of the Civil Engineering Policy Division, Civil Engineering Department, Kochi Prefecture.
5(3) List of documents to be submitted: Not applicable. 0 points will be considered "Good" (full score) without requiring document submission. Total: 30 points. Category: Form/Document: Application documents, etc. (Documents to be attached as electronic files at the time of application): 1. Application for confirmation of general competitive tender participation qualifications (Form 1). 2. List of evaluation items for company evaluation (Form 4). 3. List of evaluation items for planned technical personnel evaluation (Form 5). No documents to be attached as electronic files at the time of tender. 7
6. Tender execution body (Contact information): Postal code 787-0010, 4-61 Furutsu-ga, Shimanto City, Kochi Prefecture, Hata Civil Engineering Office, General Affairs Division...
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