⑴ Official in charge of disbursement of the procuring entity : Hiroshi Matsumoto Director General of Shikoku 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 : 575 tons of Sodium Chloride for solid de-icing agent and 10 tons of Sodium Chloride for liquid de-icing agent for Kochi Operation Office

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

⑸ Delivery place : Kochi Operation Office, Shikoku Branch, West Nippon Expressway Company Limited, 924-34, Ryoseki, Nankoku City and other 3 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 after April, 2006

④ have proven to have or borrow the storage warehouse of 80 tons or more of the sodium chloride above, located within a radius of 100km 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.

Further, the case of providing Shikoku branch tube other than that described the operating routes that can be transported reliably

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

⑻ Time-limit for tender : 4 : 00 PM 7 October 2021

⑼ Contact point for the notice : Megumi Suetsugu Assistant Manager, Accounting Division, General Affairs and Planning Department, Shikoku Branch, West Nippon Expressway Company Limited, 4-1-3, Asahi-machi, Takamatsu City, Kagawa Prefecture 760-0065 Japan Tel.087-825-1886