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 : 2,220 tons of Sodium Chloride for solid de-icing agent and 110 tons of Sodium Chloride for liquid de-icing agent for Fukuchiyama Operation Office, 980 tons of Sodium Chloride for solid de-icing agent and 250 tons of Sodium Chloride for liquid de-icing agent for Kobe Operation Office, 90 tons of Sodium Chloride for solid de-icing agent and 60 tons of Sodium Chloride for liquid de-icing agent for Dainishinmeidouro Operation Office.

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

⑸ Delivery place :

① Fukuchiyama Operation Office, Kansai Branch, West Nippon Expressway Company Limited, 3-5-1, Osadano-cho, Fukuchiyama City, Kyoto Prefecture and other 3 places

② Kobe Operation Office, Kansai Branch, West Nippon Expressway Company Limited, 145, Shimoyamaguchi, Yamaguchi-cho, Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture and other 3 places

③ Takamaru IC, Kansai Brunch, West Nippon Expressway Company Limited, 1-15-1, Shiomigaoka, Tarumi-ku, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture

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 )Fukutiyama Operation Office 380 tons or more,

2 )Kobe Operation Office 160 tons or more,

3 )Dainishinmeidouro Operation Office 40 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