⑴ Official in charge of disbursement of the procuring entity : Nobuhiro Nagata Director General of Kansai 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 : 780 tons of Sodium Chloride for solid de-icing agent and 60 tons of Sodium Chloride for liquid de-icing agent for Fukusaki Operation Office, 430 tons of Sodium Chloride for solid de-icing agent for Himeji Operation Office.

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

⑸ Delivery place :

① Fukusaki Operation Office, Kansai Branch, West Nippon Expressway Company Limited, 2023, Nishitawara, Fukusaki-cho, Kanzaki-gun, Hyogo Prefecture and other 2 places

② Himeji Operation Office, Kansai Branch, West Nippon Expressway Company Limited, 941-103, Aino, Himeji City, Hyogo 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 in 2020 fiscal year,

④ have proven to have or borrow the storage warehouse of the sodium chloride below, located within a radius of 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.

1 )Fukusaki Operation Office 170 tons or more,

2 )Himeji Operation Office 100 tons or more.

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. 18 August 2021)

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

⑼ Contact point for the notice : Kiyoko Nakagawa Assistant Manager, Accounting Division, General Affairs and Planning Department, Kansai Branch, West Nippon Expressway Company Limited, 1-13 Iwakura-cho, Ibaraki City, Osaka Prefecture 567-0871 Japan TEL 06-6344-9242