⑴ Official in charge of disbursement of the procuring entity : Jun Nakamura Director General of Kyushu Branch, West Nippon Expressway Company Limited

⑵ Classification of the products to be procured : 2

⑶ Nature and quantity of the products to be purchased : 412tons of Sodium Chloride for solid de-icing agent and 40tons of Sodium Chloride for liquid de-icing agent for Kumamoto Operation Office, 151tons of Sodium Chloride for solid de-icing agent and 10tons of Sodium Chloride for liquid de-icing agent for Miyazaki Operation Office

⑷ Delivery period : From the next day of the contract date hereof through 31 March 2022

⑸ Delivery place :

① Kumamoto Operation Office, Kyushu Branch, West Nippon Expressway Company Limited, 691 Nishi Kawada-cho, Yatsushiro City Kumamoto Prefecture and other 2 places

② Miyazaki Expressway, Miyakonojo IC, 5166-11 Takagi Town Miyakonojo City Miyazaki Prefecture and other 2 places

⑹ Qualification for participating in the tendering procedures : Suppliers eligible for participating in the open tender are who shall :

① not come under Article 6 of the administrative instruction of the Contractual Rules of the West Nippon Expressway Company Limited,

② submit a copy of a tax payment certificate published within the past three months and formulated in either formats of 3, 3-2 or 3-3 prescribed by Article 9 of the Enforcement Regulations of the National Tax Act,

③ have proven to have actually sold, manufactured or delivered the sodium chloride concerned in 2020

④ have proven to have or borrow the storage warehouse of 260tons or more of the sodium chloride above, located within the actual travel distance 100㎞ from the following operation office concerning each purchase, and to be able or plan to use the storage warehouse during a term of the contract. The operation office and the capacity of the storage warehouse of each purchase are as follows.

①Kumamoto Operation Office 150tons, ②Miyazaki Operation Office 110tons

⑺ Time-limit for the submission of application forms and relevant documents for the qualification : 4 : 00 P.M. 18 August 2021 (submitted by mail : 4 : 00 P.M. 17 August 2021)

⑻ Time-limit for tender : 4 : 00 P.M. 7 October 2021

⑼ Contact point for the notice : Yuichi Kusahara Assistant Manager, Accounting Division, General Affairs and Planning Department, Kyushu Branch, West Nippon Expressway Company Limited, 3-13-15 Hakataekihigashi, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture 812-0013 Japan TEL092-260-6115