Shinnagawa River Large-Scale Specific Construction Damage Preliminary Survey Consulting Business (Large-Scale No. 4-5)
About This Opportunity
This is a consulting contract in the architecture and engineering, information and communication technology and legal services sectors, with a focus on Software, Telecommunications, Arbitration and Commercial Law. Located in Japan, Asia, this opportunity is open to firms and consortiums.
Published through 官公需 (kkj.go.jp), a national government procurement portal. Public procurement tenders follow the country's national bidding regulations and may have specific eligibility and documentation requirements for consulting in the architecture and engineering sector. Consulting assignments are typically evaluated with a strong emphasis on the technical proposal, including the methodology and qualifications of key experts. Shortlisted firms may be invited to submit financial proposals in a second stage. Interested parties should review the full documentation on the original source before submitting their proposal.
Description
Auto-translated from JapaneseShinnagawa River Large-Scale Specific Construction Damage Preliminary Survey Consulting Business (Large-Scale No. 4-5)
1. Announcement of General Competitive Tender (Electronic Bidding, Post-Qualification, Comprehensive Evaluation Method) (Common Matters) The common matters for implementing a comprehensive evaluation method general competitive tender using the post-qualification method for design and other consulting services ordered by Kochi Prefecture are as follows.
Requirements such as the application submission deadline, bid opening date, and definition of similar work, which are set individually for each project, will be specified in the General Competitive Tender Individual Matters (hereinafter referred to as "Individual Matters").
If there are any matters that are stipulated in both the common matters and the individual matters in relation to this announcement, the matters stipulated in the individual matters shall take precedence.
Section 1. Bidding Qualifications: Bidders eligible to participate in the tender for this work must meet all of the following requirements.
1. Not falling under the provisions of Article 167-4, Paragraph 2 of the Local Autonomy Act Enforcement Order (Cabinet Order No. 16 of 1947).
2. Not having filed for commencement of bankruptcy proceedings under the Bankruptcy Act (Act No. 75 of 2004), commencement of corporate reorganization proceedings under the Corporate Reorganization Act (Act No. 154 of 2002), mediation for adjustment of specific debts under the Act on Promotion of Adjustment of Specific Debts, etc. (Act No. 158 of 1999), or commencement of rehabilitation proceedings under the Civil Rehabilitation Act (Act No. 225 of 1999).
Those who have undergone such proceedings must have had their eligibility for competitive bidding for surveying and construction consulting services in Kochi Prefecture re-certified through procedures separately determined by the governor after the commencement of such proceedings.
3. Not subject to any suspension of designation or similar measures based on the Kochi Prefecture Guidelines for Suspension of Designation in Construction and Other Projects (Kochi Prefecture Public Notice No. 598 of August 2005) or the Guidelines for Suspension of Designation (Notice from the Director of the Public Works Department dated August 25, 17 Takkenkan No. 223) from the date of this announcement until the date of bid opening.
4. Not falling under the excluded persons specified in Article 2, Paragraph 2, Item 5 of the Regulations on the Exclusion of Gangsters from Kochi Prefecture's Affairs and Businesses (Kochi Prefecture Directive No. 1 of March 2011).
5. There must be no relationship between bidders that falls under any of the following criteria. If there is a capital or personnel relationship between all parties who have submitted an application for confirmation of eligibility for general competitive bidding for this work and fall under the following criteria, the bidding eligibility of all such parties will not be recognized.
(1) Capital Relationship: In the case of two companies falling under any of the following.
(a) Relationship between a subsidiary, etc. (meaning a subsidiary, etc. as defined in Article 2, Item 3-2 of the Companies Act (Act No. 86 of 2005); the same applies below) and a parent company, etc. (meaning a parent company, etc. as defined in Article 2, Item 4-2 of the same Act; the same applies below). (b) Relationship between subsidiaries, etc. with the same parent company, etc.
(2) Personnel Relationship: In the case of two companies falling under any of the following. However, this does not apply to (a) if one of the companies (meaning a company, etc. as defined in Article 2, Paragraph 3, Item 2 of the Companies Act Enforcement Regulations (Ministry of Justice Ordinance No. 12 of 2006); the same applies below) is a company undergoing rehabilitation proceedings as defined in Article 2, Item 4 of the Civil Rehabilitation Act (Act No. 225 of 1999) or a company in reorganization (meaning a company in reorganization as defined in Article 2, Item 7 of the Corporate Reorganization Act (Act No. 154 of 2002); the same applies below).
(a) An officer of one company (meaning an officer as defined in Article 2, Paragraph 3, Item 3 of the Companies Act Enforcement Regulations, excluding the following; the same applies below) is concurrently serving as an officer of the other company. 1) Director of a stock company. However, excluding the following: (i) A director who is an audit and supervisory committee member in a company with an audit and supervisory committee system as defined in Article 2, Item 11-2 of the Companies Act. 2) An executive officer in a company with a nominating committee system as defined in Article 2, Item 12 of the Companies Act. 3) An executive officer in a company with a nominating committee system as defined in Article 402 of the Companies Act. 4) A partner in a limited liability partnership (meaning a general partnership, limited partnership, or limited liability company) as defined in Article 575, Paragraph 1 of the Companies Act (excluding partners who are not executing business due to provisions in the articles of incorporation as defined in Article 590, Paragraph 1 of the same Act). 5) A director of a partnership. 6) Other persons executing business who are equivalent to those listed in 1) to 4). (b) An officer of one company is concurrently serving as a trustee (meaning a trustee as defined in Article 64, Paragraph 2 of the Civil Rehabilitation Act or Article 67, Paragraph 1 of the Corporate Reorganization Act) of the other company. (c) A trustee of one company is concurrently serving as a trustee of the other company.
(3) Other cases where the fairness of bidding is deemed to be impaired. Cases where a partnership (including a joint venture) and its members participate in the same bid, or other cases where a capital or personnel relationship equivalent to (1) or (2) above is recognized.
6. Meet the requirements specified in the Individual Matters. Performance records must be completed and delivered by the time of application.
Section 2. Bidding Participation Method, etc.: Those wishing to participate in the tender for this work must submit the application, etc. specified in the Individual Matters by the application submission deadline as follows.
1. Obtaining Application Form Style: Download from the Bidding Information Public System or the Kochi Prefecture website.
Regarding the Assigned Engineer Evaluation Item List (Form 5), if the assigned engineer cannot be identified at the time of submitting the application, multiple candidates may be submitted, in which case the candidate with the lower evaluation score will be subject to review.
3. Submission Method: (1) Submit the application, etc. via the "Application for Confirmation of Eligibility for General Competitive Tender Submission Screen" of the electronic bidding system during the submission period specified in the Individual Matters, by attaching the created electronic file.
Those who do not submit the Application for Confirmation of Eligibility for General Competitive Tender (Form 1) will be disqualified when they become the successful bidder candidate.
(2) Electronic File Creation Method: 3. a. Electronic files to be attached to the electronic bidding system must be created in one of the following file formats. Also, be careful not to use functions that are lost when saving the file during creation. However, for comprehensive evaluation methods that require technical proposals, the following is generally applicable (1) (creation by means other than (1) due to the applicant's convenience is not prohibited, but the applicant is responsible for any unreadable characters due to garbled text or blank spaces).
① File format readable by Word 2010, saved with the extension .docx or .doc (hereinafter referred to as "Word file").
② File format readable by Excel 2010, saved with the extension .xlsx or .xls (hereinafter referred to as "Excel file"). (Excel files are recommended for Forms 4 and 5.)
③ PDF format file.
④ Image file (JPEG or GIF format).
⑤ Other file formats specifically approved by the contracting authority (consult in advance).
b. If compressing electronic files, use ZIP format only.
c. Submission in file formats other than those specified (including compressed files in other compression formats, including self-extracting formats) will be treated as if no submission was made.
(3) If electronic files cannot be attached when registering the application in the electronic bidding system (limited to cases due to system constraints, such as when the attached file size exceeds 5 megabytes), do the following.
a. Inform the bidding execution organization's contract manager by phone or other means that the electronic file cannot be attached and that it will be submitted separately, and obtain consent.
b. In accordance with (1), after applying for confirmation of eligibility for bidding from the "Application for Confirmation of Eligibility for General Competitive Tender Submission Screen" of the electronic bidding system, submit the application, etc. in person or by mail, etc. by 5:00 PM on the last day of the application submission period, unless otherwise notified.
If submitting by mail, it must be registered mail.
c. Submissions must arrive by the deadline. Please note that items arriving after the deadline, including those due to postal circumstances, will not be accepted.
d. When submitting, place the written application, etc. in an envelope, write the bidder's name, work name, work number, and bid opening date on the front of the envelope, and seal it with "Application, etc." written in red (it is permissible to fold the application, etc. and place it in a small envelope).
e. If submitting by mail, place the envelope from d into an envelope of a size that can accommodate it without folding, seal it, and write "Application, etc. Enclosed" in red on the front of the envelope.
(4) Submission Destination and Deadline: Specified in Individual Matters.
"Closed day" in this announcement (including Individual Matters) refers to the holidays of Kochi Prefecture as defined in Article 1 of the Ordinance on Holidays of Kochi Prefecture (Ordinance No. 2 of 1989) (Saturdays, Sundays, holidays as defined in the Act on National Holidays (Act No. 178 of 1948), and the period from December 29 to January 3 of the following year).
Section 3. Inspection of Design Documents, etc.: 1. Inspection of Design Documents, etc.: Design documents, etc. can be viewed on the Bidding Information System.
: Bidding Information System https://ppi.pref.kochi.lg.jp/JuchuWeb/2 Question and Answer: (1) Questions should be submitted primarily through the Bidding Information System. Questions submitted by phone or other methods will not be answered.
(2) When submitting the questionnaire, be sure to inform the bidding execution organization's contract manager by phone that it has been sent.
(3) Answers to questions will be provided primarily through the Bidding Information System to the questioner and those who have applied for bidding participation in Section 2.
(4) Question Submission Deadline and Answer Deadline: Specified in Individual Matters.
Section 4. Bidding Method: 1. Bidding will be conducted by registering the bid amount in the electronic bidding system during the bidding period specified in the Individual Matters.
2. Bidders shall register the amount equivalent to 100/110 of their estimated contract amount in the electronic bidding system, regardless of whether they are taxable or exempt from consumption tax and local consumption tax. Simultaneously, register the lottery number to be used for the electronic lottery according to the specifications defined by the bidding system.
Handling of electronic lotteries, in addition to cases where the lottery number is not registered, will be determined separately.
When determining the successful bidder, the bid price will be the amount registered in the electronic bidding system plus 10% of that amount (if there is a fraction of less than 1 yen, that fraction will be rounded down).
3. If electronic bidding cannot be performed due to a system failure of the electronic bidding system or Kochi Prefecture, the execution of the bid may be postponed. Also, if electronic bidding cannot be performed for a long period, the bidding method may be switched to the method of placing paper bids in the bid box as stipulated in Article 5 of the Construction Work Competitive Bidding Guidelines (Notice from the Director of the Public Works Department dated December 7, 2007). In such cases, bidders will be notified separately.
4. If electronic bidding cannot be performed due to a failure on the bidder's side (equipment malfunction, etc.), bidding using bid forms (Form No. 1 attached to the Construction Work Electronic Competitive Bidding Guidelines (Notice from the Director of the Public Works Department dated January 15, 2010); hereinafter referred to as "Bid Form") may be permitted upon application, depending on the situation.
5. In the event of unforeseen circumstances requiring re-acquisition of electronic certificates, or due to communication failures caused by natural disasters, etc., bidding using bid forms may be permitted upon application.
6. For bidders permitted to use bid forms under the preceding two paragraphs, the bid forms will be opened by the bid execution officer at the time of bid opening, and after the contents are registered in the electronic bidding system, the bid opening will be conducted via the electronic bidding system.
7. If the bid is for a project where the estimated price is announced after the fact, and if all bidders' bids exceed the estimated price, or if there is no bid that should be successful, re-bids will be held up to two times. If a re-bid is held, bidders will be notified by email promptly after the bid opening.
8. The deadline for accepting bids in a re-bid, unless otherwise notified, is...
Data provenance
This notice is sourced from 官公需 (kkj.go.jp) and was originally published on July 22, 2026. Last refreshed 6 days ago. Original language: Japanese. BidsFactory mirrors official procurement notices and links back to the source for full legal text.
About 高知県
高知県 has issued 222 procurement notices on BidsFactory, including 59 currently open and 0 awarded contracts. Activity concentrates in Construction & Civil Works, Architecture & Engineering Services, and Transport & Logistics. All notices are published for Japan. Notices are distributed via 官公需 (kkj.go.jp). Most recent publication: August 4, 2026.
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