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JICA consultant contract announcement: Support services for the review of food education and school lunch in Japan (domestic services) (QCBS-lump sum type)
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Announcement Pursuant to the JICA Rules on Contract Administration (Heisei 15 Rules (Procurement) No. 8), the following is hereby announced. October 21, 2026 Director-General, Independent Administrative Institution, Japan International Cooperation Agency
1. Announcement Title: Support services for the review of food education and school lunch in Japan (domestic services) (QCBS-lump sum type)
2. Matters for Competition: As per Chapter 1, Section 1 of the Request for Proposals.
3. Eligibility for Participation in Competition: As per Chapter 1, Section 3 of the Request for Proposals.
4. Contract Terms: Refer to the "Contract Agreement for Consulting Services" and the contract form.
5. Submission of Proposals and Quotations: As per Chapter 1, Sections 2 and 6 of the Request for Proposals.
6. Other: As per the Request for Proposals.
Request for Proposals (QCBS-lump sum type)
Service Name: Support services for the review of food education and school lunch in Japan (domestic services) (QCBS-lump sum type)
Procurement Management Number: 26a00785
[Content Structure]
Chapter 1: Procedures for Competitive Proposals
Chapter 2: Draft Special Specifications
Chapter 3: Notes on Preparing Proposals
This document explains the services that the Independent Administrative Institution, Japan International Cooperation Agency (hereinafter referred to as "JICA"), intends to commission to private consultants, etc., and the methods for selecting the service provider.
In awarding this service, JICA will select the most advantageous contractor by evaluating and selecting based on the comprehensive score of the technical evaluation points, which are obtained by comprehensively evaluating the proposals, technical proposals, and capabilities of the competing participants, and the price evaluation points, which are based on the quoted prices submitted by the competing participants.
Competing participants are requested to submit proposals and quotations for this service based on this document and the provided materials.
Furthermore, Chapter 2 "Draft Special Specifications" and Section 2 "Conditions for Service Implementation" of this document indicate the basic content for preparing proposals, and do not preclude competing participants from supplementing, improving, or amending any part thereof when submitting their proposals.
The content of the proposals will be discussed during 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 21, 2026
Japan International Cooperation Agency
International Procurement Department
Chapter 1: Procedures for Competitive Proposals
1. Matters for Competition
(1) Service Name: Support services for the review of food education and school lunch in Japan (domestic services) (QCBS-lump sum type)
(2) Service Content: As per "Chapter 2 Draft Special Specifications"
(3) Applicable Contract Terms: The "Contract Agreement for Consulting Services" will be applied. In this regard, it will be treated as a taxable transaction for consumption tax, so please add consumption tax to your final quotation when calculating the price. (All items are taxable)
(4) Contract Performance Period (Scheduled): December 2026 - July 2027
Due to reasons such as the convenience of the client government, the local service period, contract performance period, and service content described in this Request for Proposals may change. These will be determined through consultation during contract negotiations.
(5) Lump Sum (Fixed Amount Contract) Type
This contract will be a lump sum (fixed amount contract) type, where a fixed amount will be paid for the completion of the deliverables for the service, rather than a remuneration determination method based on service performance records.
(6) Partial Payment Arrangement
For this contract, one partial payment will be arranged per fiscal year. The specific timing of partial payments will be confirmed during contract negotiations, but the following is envisioned:
1) End of fiscal year 2026 (around March 2027)
1 Electronic bidding projects require the amount entered into the electronic bidding system to be tax-exclusive, but as this is a taxable transaction for consumption tax, the final quotation and contract will be prepared with consumption tax added.
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2. Contact Department and Schedule, etc.
(1) Selection Procedure Contact Window: International Procurement Department, Contract Promotion Division 1/Division 2
Email Address: outm1@jica.go.jp
(2) Project Implementation Department: Human Development Department, Health Group II, Health Team III
(3) Schedule
The schedule for this project is as follows:
No. Item Date
1 Deadline for downloading documents: Until October 27, 2026
2 Questions regarding the Request for Proposals: Until 12:00 on October 28, 2026
3 Answers to questions: Until November 2, 2026
4 Submission of final quotation (sent to the electronic bidding system), final quotation, separate quotation, proposal, etc.: Until 12:00 on November 9, 2026
5 Presentation: Not held.
6 Notification of proposal review results: Up to 2 business days before the quotation opening date.
7 Quotation opening: 11:00 on November 25, 2026
8 Notification of evaluation results: Within 1 business day from the quotation opening date.
9 Request for technical evaluation explanation (excluding the first-ranked party): Within 7 business days from the date of sending the evaluation results notification email.
(Application: https://forms.office.com/r/6MTyT96ZHM)
*This has been changed since the announcement in July 2023.
3. Eligibility for Participation in Competition
(1) Confirmation of Various Qualifications
Please refer to the latest version of the "Guideline for Preparing Proposals for Consulting Services" 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 Eligibility for Participation in Competition
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(2) Exclusion of Conflicts of Interest
There are no specific excluded parties.
(3) Possibility of Forming Joint Ventures
Joint ventures are permitted. However, the project manager shall be the representative of the joint venture.
Members of the joint venture (excluding the representative) are not required to meet the qualification requirements specified in item 2) above, namely 1) All-Ministry Unified Qualification and 2) Japanese registered legal entity (registration of the legal entity 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 the proposal. The representative seal or company seal of the representative and all members of the joint venture may be omitted from the formation notification. Furthermore, subcontracting with joint venture members is not permitted.
4. Distribution of Materials
Those who wish to receive materials should download them individually in accordance with the procedures shown in the "JICA Partner Operation Manual" on the following JICA website: https://partner.jica.go.jp/Contents/pdf/JICAPARTNER_%E6%93%85%E4%BD%9C%E3%83%9E%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A5%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB_%E6%A5%AD%E5%8B%99%E5%AE%9F%E6%96%BD%E5%A5%91%E7%B4%84.pdf
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