Maintenance and Related Tasks for Workflow System
Open tenderJapanese title: ワークフローシステムの保守等業務(電子入札対象案件)
Overview
This tender is for maintenance and related services of a workflow system at the Japan Housing Finance Agency. The contract terms, specifications, and fulfillment location are defined in the tender documentation. Participation requires submission of technical proposals and bids evaluated by comprehensive scoring.
Key Details
- Source: Kanpo
- Notice type: Open tender
- Publication date: May 22, 2026
- Procuring entity: Masayuki TOMURA, Director General of the Finance and Accounting Department, Japan Housing Finance Agency
- Submission deadline: August 6, 2026, 16:00 JST
- Bid opening: August 7, 2026, 11:00 JST, location: see the official notice
- Award method: Comprehensive evaluation (price + technical score)
- Eligibility (from notice): All-ministry unified qualification, 'services', grade A–C – verify in the tender documents
- Status: Expired
- Technology relevance: Medium
- Business-action likelihood: Medium – The tender requires technical proposals and comprehensive evaluation, but local qualification grades and electronic bidding system participation requirements may pose moderate barriers.
Official Notice
Official Source
Kanpo, Japan's official government gazette, in which legally required public procurement notices are formally published.
- Source: Kanpo, Government Procurement Notice Edition
- Official category: 入札公告 / Open competitive tender notice
- Publication date: May 22, 2026
- Publication: Kanpo, pages 15-16
Full English Translation
The following English translation was prepared from the original Japanese notice published in Kanpo. Where an official English summary appears in the Kanpo publication, it was used only for verification; the translation below is based on the Japanese source text.
The following is announced as an open competitive tender. Date: May 22, 2026. Procuring entity: Japan Housing Finance Agency, Contract Officer: Masayuki TOMURA, Director General of the Finance and Accounting Department. Procurement agency number: 608. Location number: 13.
1. Procurement details:
(1) Item classification numbers: 71, 27.
(2) Specific services and quantities: Maintenance and related tasks for the workflow system (subject to electronic bidding).
(3) Specifications: According to the tender documentation.
(4) Fulfillment deadline: According to the tender documentation.
(5) Fulfillment location: According to the tender documentation.
(6) Bidding method: This tender accepts technical proposals along with bids, and the successful bidder will be determined by a comprehensive evaluation method based on price and technical factors.
(7) The bid amount must include all costs required for the work. The winning bid price will be the amount stated in the bid plus consumption tax and local consumption tax, rounded down to the nearest yen. Bidders must state the bid amount excluding consumption tax regardless of tax status. Electronic bidding system usage: This tender will be conducted using the electronic bidding system for submission and bid opening procedures; however, paper submissions are also accepted. (https://www.jhf.go.jp/financial/tender/index.html) Eligibility: Bidders must not fall under Article 14 of the Agency's bidding rules (details in tender documentation). Bidders must have Grade A, B, or C qualification for service provision under the national unified qualification system for fiscal years 2025-2027 or the Agency's own qualification system for the same years. Bidders must be able to contract with the Agency under the draft contract in the tender documentation and meet all specification requirements. Electronic bidding participants must have an IC card issued by an electronic certification authority. Submission locations and deadlines: Bid documents must be submitted by 16:00 on August 6, 2026, by registered mail if mailed. Proposal documents must be submitted by 12:00 on July 16, 2026. Opening date and location: August 7, 2026, 11:00 at the Agency's main office conference room. Language and currency: Japanese and Japanese yen. Bid and contract guarantees are exempted. Bidders must submit technical proposals by the deadline for comprehensive evaluation. The Agency may request explanations regarding proposals before bid opening. Only bids with passing proposals will be considered for award. Invalid bids include those from ineligible bidders or those violating bidding conditions (details in tender documentation). Contract award will be based on comprehensive evaluation of bids meeting minimum technical requirements within the estimated price limit. Negotiations are not conducted. Electronic bidding system participation requires submission of bid documents and proposals by the deadline via the system. Further details are in the tender documentation.
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Business Signal
Business Relevance
May interest companies providing software maintenance and workflow system support services.
Participation fit
Participation is expected to require appropriate Japanese government procurement eligibility, or cooperation with a suitable Japanese partner holding the required qualification. The eligibility requirements have not been fully reviewed and should be verified against the official tender documents.
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