MRI High-Resolution Image Analysis System Complete Set
Open tenderJapanese title: MRI高分解画像解析システム一式
Overview
Procurement of a complete MRI high-resolution image analysis system by the National Institutes for Natural Sciences. The contract includes submission of performance, function, and technical documents for comprehensive evaluation. Delivery deadline is March 31, 2027, to the Institute of Physiology.
Key Details
- Source: Kanpo
- Notice type: Open tender
- Publication date: July 13, 2026
- Procuring entity: Nagakawa Masaki, Director of the National Institutes for Natural Sciences
- Submission deadline: August 27, 2026, 17:00 JST
- Bid opening: September 24, 2026, 14:00 JST, location: see the official notice
- Award method: Comprehensive evaluation (price + technical score)
- Eligibility (from notice): All-ministry unified qualification, 'goods sales', grade A–D, Tokai-Hokuriku region – verify in the tender documents
- Status: Expired
- Technology relevance: Possible
- Business-action likelihood: Medium – Open competitive tender with detailed qualification requirements including medical device sales permission and after-sales service capability, requiring local compliance and possible partnership.
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: A bid briefing session is addressed in the notice (see quote).
- Buyer and procurement context: Bid and contract bonds are exempted (免除).
- Buyer and procurement context: No negotiation phase — the bid must be final.
- Procurement and award facts: Government item classification: 22、31 (品目分類番号).
- 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).
Evidence
開札の日時及び場所令和8年9月24日14時00分自然科学研究機構(岡崎)職員会館2階中会議室4 5 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (1) (2)
source - Scope, timing and deliverables: Performance/delivery location as quoted from the notice.
- Technical and staffing requirements: Unified qualification (全省庁統一資格), services category, grade A/B/C/D is required to bid.
Evidence
(5) (6) (7) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) 国の競争参加資格(全省庁統一資格)において令和8年度に東海・北陸地域の「物品の販売」のA、B、C又はD等級に格付けされている者であること。
source - Technical and staffing requirements: The qualification must be held for the 東海/北陸地域 region.
- Foreign-supplier accessibility: Contract procedures are in Japanese and JPY only — plan for Japanese-language bid documents and local invoicing.
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?
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 13, 2026
- Publication: Kanpo, pages 70
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 13, 2026. Procuring entity: National Institutes for Natural Sciences, Nagakawa Masaki. Procurement content:
(1) Item classification numbers 22, 31.
(2) Subject and quantity: Complete MRI high-resolution image analysis system.
(3) Characteristics of the procurement subject: As described in the tender documents.
(4) Delivery deadline: March 31, 2027.
(5) Delivery location: Institute of Physiology, National Institutes for Natural Sciences.
(6) Tender method: The successful bidder will be determined by comprehensive evaluation method, requiring submission of documents related to performance, functions, and technology (hereafter “documents for comprehensive evaluation”). The bid price will be the amount stated in the bid plus 10% of that amount; bidders must state 100/110 of the estimated contract amount in the bid form regardless of tax status.
(7) Eligibility: Must not fall under disqualifications per Article 3 of the contract implementation rules of the National Institutes for Natural Sciences. Must have rapid after-sales service and maintenance system for the purchased goods. Must have medical device sales permission under the Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Act. Must be able to deliver the goods at the specified date and place designated by the Director. Must meet qualifications set by the Director under Article 4 of the contract rules. Must not be under suspension of transactions by the Director.
(8) Submission place and inquiries: Procurement Section, Okazaki Integrated Office Center, National Institutes for Natural Sciences, 38 Nishigo-naka, Myodaiji-cho, Okazaki City, Aichi 444-8585. Contact: Procurement Section Chief Jun Okawa, phone 0564-55-7156. Tender documents available from the date of this notice at the above location or by email request to [email protected] with subject, company name, contact person, and contact details.
(9) Tender briefing: July 24, 2026, 14:00 online; prior contact required.
(10) Bid submission deadline: August 27, 2026, 17:00.
(11) Bid opening: September 24, 2026, 14:00 at National Institutes for Natural Sciences (Okazaki) staff hall 2F meeting room 4-5.
(12) Language and currency: Japanese and Japanese yen.
(13) No bid or contract guarantee required.
(14) Bidders must submit sealed bids with documents proving ability to deliver the specified or equivalent goods, including samples if applicable, by the deadline. Bidders must respond to any requests for explanation before bid opening.
(15) Invalid bids include those from unqualified participants or those failing obligations.
(16) Contract document required.
(17) Successful bidder determined by comprehensive evaluation of performance, function, and technology meeting minimum requirements within price limits set by the Director.
(18) No negotiation in procedure.
(19) Other details per tender documents. Environmental conditions related to procurement must be understood before bidding.
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.
入札説明会の日時及び場所令和8年7月24日14時00分オンライン開催とするため、 参加希望
入札保証金及び契約保証金免除。
交渉の有無無
品目分類番号22、31
入札書の受領期限令和8年8月27日17時00分開札の日時及び場所令和8年9月24日14時00分自然科学研究機構(岡崎
開札の日時及び場所令和8年9月24日14時00分自然科学研究機構(岡崎)職員会館2階中会議室4 5 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (1) (2)
納入場所自然科学研究機構生理学研究所 (6) 入札方法落札者の決定は、総合評価落札方式をもって行うので、提案に係る性能、機能、技術等に関
(5) (6) (7) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) 国の競争参加資格(全省庁統一資格)において令和8年度に東海・北陸地域の「物品の販売」のA、B、C又はD等級に格付けされている者であること。
東海・北陸地域
使用する言語及び通貨日本語及び日本国通貨。
Business Signal
Business Relevance
May interest companies providing advanced medical imaging analysis systems, MRI-related software, and high-resolution image processing technologies.
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.
This page is based on the official Kanpo tender notice, with translation and a preliminary business assessment by I.J. Do. The official Japanese notice and tender documents are binding.
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