Procurement Item Number 0000000000000629764 Procurement Type: Tender Announcement (Non-WTO Target) for General Competitive Tender Classification: Goods/Services Procurement Item Name: Purchase of Heating Fuel Oil (Sapporo Regional Meteorological Observatory, Unit Price Contract) Publication Start Date: October 26, 2026 Publication End Date: November 11, 2026 Procuring Organization: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Procuring Organization Location: Hokkaido Announcement Content: TENDER ANNOUNCEMENT 1. Matters for Competitive Tender: 1) Subject: Purchase of Heating Fuel Oil (Sapporo Regional Meteorological Observatory, Unit Price Contract). 2) Specifications/Standards: As per specifications. 3) Delivery Location: As per specifications. 4) Delivery Deadline: From the date of contract until March 31, 2027. 2. Qualifications Required for Tender Participants: 1) Must not be a person falling under Article 70 of the Public Accounting Act. Minors, persons under guardianship, or persons under assistance who have obtained the necessary consent for contract conclusion are considered to fall under "special reasons" in the same article. 2) Must not be a person falling under Article 71 of the Public Accounting Act. 3) Must be graded as A, B, C, or D in the "Goods Sales" category of the FY2025-2027 Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Competitive Participation Qualifications (All-Ministry Unified Standards) and possess competitive participation qualifications for the "Hokkaido Region." 4) There shall be no capital or personnel relationship between tender participants (excluding cases where all parties with a capital or personnel relationship are members other than the representative of the joint venture). (Refer to tender explanation). 5) Must not be a person subject to a suspension of designation by the Director of the Sapporo Regional Meteorological Observatory during the period of suspension. 6) Must not be a person whose management is substantially controlled by a member of a crime syndicate, or a similar entity, that has been requested by the police authorities to be excluded from public works, etc., ordered by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, and such a state continues. 7) Must not be a person who has violated the provisions of the Worker Dispatch Act (excluding provisions of Chapter 3, Section 4) or orders based on these provisions, or who has received a violation or disposition (including guidance) within the past 5 years (excluding those who have received corrective guidance for violations of these provisions and have completed the correction by the submission of tender participation related documents). 8) Must not have failed to apply for labor insurance, employees' pension insurance, health insurance managed by the Japan Health Insurance Association, or seafarers' insurance, or be delinquent in payment of related insurance premiums (must not have unpaid premiums for the past 2 years at the time of submitting tender participation related documents). 3. Time and Place for Inspection of Specifications and Contract Terms: Until 3:00 PM on November 9, 2026. - Sapporo Regional Meteorological Observatory, General Affairs Department, Accounting Division, Second Contract Section, Postal Code 060-0002, Sapporo, Chuo-ku, North 2 West 18. Phone (011) 611-6168. - Internet Homepage (Contact for Contract Procedures): Postal Code 060-0002, Sapporo, Chuo-ku, North 2 West 18, Sapporo Regional Meteorological Observatory, General Affairs Department, Accounting Division, Second Contract Section. Phone (011) 611-6168. *Tender related documents can be downloaded and used from the Tender/Procurement Information section of the Sapporo Regional Meteorological Observatory homepage. -> https://www.data.jma.go.jp/sapporo/about/bid/bid.html 4. Tender Execution Date/Time, Location, and Method of Tender Form Submission: 1) Submit via the electronic procurement system. However, with the consent of the contracting official, etc., submission by hand is permitted. = Contact for Electronic Bidding = Procurement Portal https://www.p-portal.go.jp/pps-web-biz/UZA01/OZA0101 2) Deadline for Submission of Certificates, etc.: 3:00 PM on November 9, 2026. 3) Deadline for Submission of Tender Forms: 4:00 PM on November 10, 2026. 4) Bid Opening Date/Time and Location: 1:35 PM on November 11, 2026, Sapporo Regional Meteorological Observatory, 2nd Floor, Disaster Prevention Liaison Room. 5. Tender Security Deposit: Waived. 6. Contract Security Deposit: Waived. 7. Invalid Tenders: 1) Tenders submitted by persons who do not meet the necessary qualifications for tender participation. 2) Tenders falling under Article 6 of the Sapporo Regional Meteorological Observatory Competitive Contract Tender Guidelines (hereinafter referred to as "Tender Guidelines"). 8. Necessity of Contract Creation: A contract shall be created upon conclusion of the contract. 9. Other Matters: 1) The deadline specified in Article 2 of the Tender Guidelines shall be 3:00 PM on November 9, 2026, and copies of the documents specified in the same article must be submitted to the location indicated in item 3 above. 2) Except with the consent of the contracting official, etc., tenders by mail or telegraph are not permitted. 3) Determination of Successful Bidder: A) The bidder who submits the lowest price within the limit of the estimated price prepared in accordance with Article 79 of the Public Accounting Act shall be the successful bidder. Bids shall be made on a total price basis (amount obtained by multiplying the unit price by the quantity). B) When determining the successful bid, the successful bid price shall be the amount written on the tender form plus an amount equivalent to 10/100 of that amount (if there is a fraction of less than one yen, the fractional amount shall be rounded down). Therefore, tender participants shall write on their tender forms an amount equivalent to 100/100 of their estimated contract desired amount, regardless of whether they are taxable or exempt from consumption tax and local consumption tax. 4) The number of tender executions is generally limited to two. If a successful bidder is not determined within the number of tenders, the procedure will generally not transition to a discretionary contract based on Article 99-2 of the Public Accounting Act. October 21, 2026 Authorized signatory for expenditure, Director of Sapporo Regional Meteorological Observatory, Yoshitoshi Sakai. Procurement Documents 1- Procurement Documents 2- Procurement Documents 3- Procurement Documents 4- Procurement Documents 5-
