Region: Jordan
JICA consultant contract announcement: Jordan ASEZ Smart City Capacity Building Project
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Announcement Based on the "Rules on Handling Contract Procedures of the Japan International Cooperation Agency" (Rules (Procurement) No. 8 of 2003), the following is announced. October 28, 2026 Japan International Cooperation Agency Officer in Charge of Contracts Director Record 1. Announcement Title: Jordan ASEZ Smart City Capacity Building Project 2. Matters for Competition: As per Chapter 1, Section 1 of the Planning Competition Explanatory Document 3. Eligibility for Competition: As per Chapter 1, Section 3 of the Planning Competition Explanatory Document 4. Contract Terms: Refer to the "Contract Terms for Business Implementation and Support Services" and the contract form 5. Submission of Proposals and Quotations: As per Chapter 1, Sections 2 and 6 of the Planning Competition Explanatory Document 6. Other: As per the Planning Competition Explanatory Document Planning Competition Explanatory Document Business Name: Jordan ASEZ Smart City Capacity Building Project Procurement Management Number: 26a00418 [Content Structure] Chapter 1 Procedures for Planning Competition Chapter 2 Draft Special Specifications Chapter 3 Notes on Proposal Preparation This document explains the details of the services that the Japan International Cooperation Agency (hereinafter referred to as "JICA") intends to entrust to private consultants, etc., and the method for selecting the contractor (planning competition).
Planning competition is a method of selecting the most advantageous contractor for JICA by comprehensively evaluating the planning and technical proposals submitted by competing participants, as well as their capabilities.
Competing participants are requested to submit proposals and quotations for this service based on this document and the loaned materials.
Furthermore, Chapter 2 "Draft Special Specifications" and Chapter 3, Section 2 "Conditions for Business Implementation" of this document indicate the basic content for preparing proposals, and do not prevent competing participants from supplementing, improving, or modifying parts thereof when submitting their proposals.
The content of the proposal will be discussed in the contract negotiations with the party granted the right to negotiate the contract, and the "Special Specifications" agreed upon as an appendix to the contract will be finalized.
October 28, 2026 Japan International Cooperation Agency Procurement Department Chapter 1 Procedures for Planning Competition 1. Matters for Competition (1) Business Name: Jordan ASEZ Smart City Capacity Building Project (2) Business Content: As per "Chapter 2 Draft Special Specifications" (3) Applicable Contract Terms: The "Contract Terms for Business Implementation and Support Services" will be applied. Accordingly, contracts where the services stipulated in the contract are provided overseas, i.e., organized as overseas transactions, will be treated as non-taxable transactions for consumption tax. Therefore, please do not add consumption tax to the final quotation. (All items are non-taxable)
However, for services related to training in Japan, a separate contract applying the "Contract Terms for Implementation of Business Support Services for Technical Training, etc." will be concluded. In the final quotation for such contracts, please calculate separately for the main contract and training in Japan.
(4) Contract Performance Period (Planned): January 2027 - March 2031
While there is no intention to divide the contract performance period, competing participants are permitted to propose a division of the contract performance period after considering the business implementation schedule.
If the contract performance period is divided and the contract performance period for each installment exceeds 12 months, the maximum amount for advance payment will be restricted. Specifically, advance payments will be allowed to be claimed in installments of one year each, with the following limits set.
It is possible that the local business period, contract performance period, and business content described in this Planning Competition Explanatory Document may change due to reasons on the part of the client government. These will be determined through consultation during contract negotiations.
(5) Restriction on Advance Payment
For this contract, as the contract performance period exceeds 12 months, the maximum amount for advance payment will be restricted.
Specifically, advance payments will be allowed to be claimed in installments of one year each, with the following limits set. Please note that this is based on the assumption of the contract performance period described in (4) above, and the limits for cases where the contract performance period differs will be confirmed during contract negotiations.
1st installment (after contract signing): Up to 9% of the contract amount.
2nd installment (13 months after contract signing): Up to 9% of the contract amount.
3rd installment (25 months after contract signing): Up to 9% of the contract amount.
4th installment (37 months after contract signing): Up to 9% of the contract amount.
5th installment (49 months after contract signing): Up to 4% of the contract amount.
(6) Setting of Partial Payment 1
For this contract, one partial payment will be set per fiscal year. The specific timing of partial payments will be confirmed during contract negotiations, but the following is assumed.
1) FY 2027 (around September 2027)
2) FY 2028 (around September 2028)
3) FY 2029 (around September 2029)
4) FY 2030 (around September 2030)
2. Contact Department and Schedule, etc.
(1) Selection Procedure Window Procurement Department, Contract Promotion First/Second Section Email: outm1@jica.go.jp
(2) Business Implementation Department Infrastructure Development Department Urban and Regional Development Group Third Team
(3) Schedule The schedule for this project is as follows.
No. Item Date
1 Document Download Deadline November 2, 2026
2 Questions regarding Planning Competition Explanatory Document November 5, 2026, 12:00 PM
3 Answers to Questions By November 10, 2026
4 Submission Deadline for Quotations, Separate Quotations, Proposals, etc. November 24, 2026, 12:00 PM
5 Presentation Not held.
6 Notification Date of Evaluation Results December 3, 2026
7 Application Date for Technical Evaluation Explanation (excluding the 1st ranked party) The day after the notification email of the evaluation results is sent, up to 7 business days (Application destination:
1 For accounting processing according to the progress of each fiscal year, payments equivalent to the completed work must be made annually.
2 https://forms.office.com/r/6MTyT96ZHM) *Changed from the announcement in July 2023.
3. Eligibility for Competition
(1) Confirmation of Various Qualifications
Please refer to the latest version of the "Proposal Preparation Guidelines for Consultant Contracts" for the following.
(URL: https://www.jica.go.jp/announce/manual/guideline/consultant/20220330.html)
1) Negative Qualification Restrictions
2) Positive Qualification Requirements
3) Confirmation of Competition Eligibility Requirements
(2) Exclusion of Conflicts of Interest
There are no specific excluded parties.
(3) Possibility of Forming a Joint Venture
Joint ventures are permitted. However, the chief operations manager must be from the representative of the joint venture.
Furthermore, members of the joint venture (excluding the representative) are not required to meet the following competition eligibility requirements stipulated in (1) 2) above: 1) Unified Qualification for All Ministries, and 2) Japanese Registered Corporation (corporate registration, etc. may be confirmed during contract negotiations).
If forming a joint venture, please create a "Joint Venture Formation Notification" (no specific format) and attach it to your proposal. The formation notification should include...
