Provision of Cloud Environment for Road Geospatial Data System
Open tenderJapanese title: 道路基盤地図情報に係わるシステムのクラウド環境等の提供一式(電子調達対象案件)
Overview
This tender is for the provision of a cloud environment and related services for systems associated with fundamental geospatial data of roads. The contract period is from the day after contract signing until September 30, 2030. Participation requires submission via the electronic procurement system or paper bids, with detailed qualifications and conditions specified in the tender documents.
Key Details
- Source: Kanpo
- Notice type: Open tender
- Publication date: July 1, 2026
- Procuring entity: Hisanobu SATO, Director-General of National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management
- Participation application deadline: August 5, 2026, 16:00 JST (passed)
- Submission deadline: September 9, 2026, 16:00 JST
- Performance period: Until September 30, 2030
- Bid opening: September 10, 2026, 10:00 JST, location: see the official notice
- Award method: Lowest-price award
- Eligibility (from notice): All-ministry unified qualification, 'services', grade A/B, Kanto-Koshinetsu region – verify in the tender documents
- Status: Expired
- Technology relevance: Possible
- Business-action likelihood: Medium – The tender requires specific regional qualifications and experience with government cloud services, and submission via a Japanese electronic procurement system, indicating moderate barriers but a feasible path with local partnership or adaptation.
Procurement Intelligence
Evidence-backed facts extracted from the official Japanese notice. The quoted Japanese text is shown for traceability; the official notice remains authoritative.
Each fact below was reproduced from the stored Japanese source text using its recorded evidence offset.
- Buyer and procurement context: Procuring entity: SATO Hisanobu, Director-General of National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management.
- Buyer and procurement context: Bid and contract bonds are exempted (免除).
- Buyer and procurement context: No negotiation phase — the bid must be final.
- Buyer and procurement context: Contact per the notice: 〒305-0804, phone 029-864-4034.
- Procurement and award facts: Award to the lowest-price compliant bid.
Evidence
2の競争参加資格を全て満たし、当該入札者の入札価格が予算決算及び会計令第79条の規定に基づいて作成された予定価格の制限の範囲内で最低価格をもって有効な入札を行った者を落札者とする。
source - Procurement and award facts: Government item classification: 71、27 (品目分類番号).
- Scope, timing and deliverables: Tender documents are distributed by email request via the notice's designated web form.
Evidence
入札説明書等の交付場所及び交付方法1)入札説明書を電子メール(https:// www.nilim.go.jp/lab/adg/koukoku/ chotatsuform.html)により交付する。
source - Scope, timing and deliverables: Tender-document distribution window as quoted (Japanese calendar dates).
- Scope, timing and deliverables: Participation/qualification documents deadline as quoted (Japanese calendar; verify against the tender documents).
- Scope, timing and deliverables: Bid submission deadline as quoted (Japanese calendar; verify against the tender documents).
- Scope, timing and deliverables: Bid opening date, time and venue as quoted (Japanese calendar; verify against the tender documents).
- Scope, timing and deliverables: Performance period as quoted (Japanese calendar; verify against the tender documents).
- Foreign-supplier accessibility: Contract procedures are in Japanese and JPY only — plan for Japanese-language bid documents and local invoicing.
- Participation route: Paper bidding is permitted when the notice's required approval or paper-participation procedure is followed.
Questions to validate before pursuing
These are diligence questions derived from the notice, not statements of fact.
- Can your company obtain (or team with a holder of) the unified government-supplier qualification at the quoted grade before the participation deadline?
- Can you document a delivery that matches the quoted experience clause, in form acceptable to a Japanese contracting officer?
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: July 1, 2026
- Publication: Kanpo, pages 8
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 general competitive tender is announced. Date: July 1, 2026. Responsible officer for expenditure commitment: Hisanobu SATO, Director-General of National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management. Procurement agency number: 020. Location number: 08.
1 Procurement details:
(1) Item classification numbers: 71, 27.
(2) Subject and quantity: Provision of cloud environment and related services for systems related to the fundamental geospatial data of roads (electronic procurement target case).
(3) Specifications: According to the tender documents.
(4) Performance period: From the day after contract signing until September 30, 2030.
(5) Performance location: According to the tender documents.
(6) Tender method: The bid must state the total price. The successful bid price will be the bid amount plus 10% of that amount (fractions less than 1 yen are rounded down). Bidders must state in the bid the amount equivalent to 100/110 of the estimated contract amount regardless of tax status. The number of tender executions is limited to two times in principle. If no successful bidder is decided within these attempts, the contract will not move to a discretionary contract based on Article 99-2 of the Budget and Accounting Act.
(7) Use of electronic procurement system: This case requires submission of certificates for qualification confirmation and bidding via the electronic procurement system. If electronic bidding is difficult, paper bids may be submitted.
2 Qualification for participation:
(1) Must not fall under Articles 70 and 71 of the Budget and Accounting Act.
(2) Must have grade A or B in 'service provision' category for Kanto-Koshinetsu region in the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's unified qualification for fiscal years 2025-2027.
(3) Must not be under corporate reorganization or civil rehabilitation procedures unless necessary procedures to maintain qualification have been completed.
(4) Must not be under suspension by the Director-General of the National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management during the period from certificate submission to bid opening.
(5) Must have electronic certification (IC card) if using electronic procurement system.
(6) Must have received the tender documents directly.
(7) Must not be excluded due to organized crime group control requests by police authorities.
(8) Must have experience providing cloud services for systems operated by national or local governments since April 1, 2015.
(9) Must have a maintenance system for the service.
3 Submission location etc.:
(1) Electronic procurement system URL and contact: https://www.p-portal.go.jp/pps-web-biz/ Address: 1 Asahi, Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture 305-0804, National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management, General Affairs Department, Accounting Section, Survey Section, Tel: 029-864-4034.
(2) Paper bid submission location, contract terms, tender document distribution location and contact same as above.
(3) Tender document distribution method:
(1) Tender documents will be distributed by email from July 1 to August 5, 2026.
(2) If email distribution is not possible, electronic data will be provided on CD-R (USB not accepted) by hand or mail to the above contact.
(4) Deadline for submission of application documents via electronic or paper methods: August 5, 2026, 16:00.
(5) Deadline for bid submission via electronic or paper methods: September 9, 2026, 16:00.
(6) Bid opening date and location: September 10, 2026, 10:00, National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management, General Affairs Department, Accounting Section, Tender Room.
4 Other:
(1) Language and currency for contract procedures: Japanese and Japanese currency only.
(2) Bid and contract guarantees are exempted.
(3) Requirements for bidders:
(1) Those wishing to participate electronically must submit application documents by the deadline via the URL above.
(2) Those wishing to participate by paper must submit necessary documents by the deadline to the location above. In either case, bidders must respond to inquiries about application documents from the expenditure commitment officer before bid opening.
(4) Invalid bids include those by unqualified participants or those violating bid conditions.
(5) Contract document preparation requirements: Yes.
Show verified Japanese source excerpts
Verified Japanese source excerpts from the official notice are shown below. Each excerpt is tied to an evidence-backed fact or diligence question on this page; the linked official notice remains authoritative.
国土技術政策総合研究所長佐藤
入札保証金及び契約保証金免除入札者に要求される事項1電子調達システムによ
交渉の有無無詳細は入札
〒305-0804茨城県つくば市旭1番地国土技術政策総合研究所総務部会計課調査係電話029-864-4034
2の競争参加資格を全て満たし、当該入札者の入札価格が予算決算及び会計令第79条の規定に基づいて作成された予定価格の制限の範囲内で最低価格をもって有効な入札を行った者を落札者とする。
品目分類番号71、27
入札説明書等の交付場所及び交付方法1)入札説明書を電子メール(https:// www.nilim.go.jp/lab/adg/koukoku/ chotatsuform.html)により交付する。
交付期間は令和8年7月1日から令和8年8月5日までとする。
申請書等)の受領期限及び紙入札方式による申請書等の受領期限令和8年8月5日16時00分電子調達システムによる入札書の受領期限及び紙入札方式による入札書の受領期
入札書の受領期限及び紙入札方式による入札書の受領期限令和8年9月9日16時00分開札の日時及び場所令和8年9月10日
開札の日時及び場所令和8年9月10日10時00分国土技術政策総合研究所総務部会計課入札室その他契約手続において使用する言語及び通貨日本語及び日本国通貨に限る。
履行期間契約の翌日から令和12年9月30日まで (5) 履行場所入札説明書による。
使用する言語及び通貨日本語及び日本国通貨に限る。
なお、電子調達システムによりがたい場合は、紙入札方式参加願を提出するものとする。
(2) 令和07・08・09年度国土交通省競争参加資格(全省庁統一資格)において「役務の提供等」においてA又はB等級に格付けされ、関東・甲信越地域の競争参加資格を有する者であること。
平成27年4月1日以降に、国及び地方公共団体が保有するシステムを運用するためのクラウドサービスの提供を行った実績を有すること。
Business Signal
Business Relevance
May interest companies providing cloud infrastructure and system integration services for government geospatial data systems.
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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