Microsoft Software Upgrade Services for Kyushu Polytechnic College and 4 Facilities
Sole-source noticeJapanese title: Microsoft社製ソフトウェアのアップグレード役務(九州能開大外4施設)
This notice concerns a single tender contract for software upgrade services of Microsoft products at Kyushu Polytechnic College and four other facilities. The contract is planned for August 6, 2026, and the single tendering procedure is justified by the need for interchangeability. Fuji Electric IT Solutions Co., Ltd. is the intended contractor.
Key Details
- Source: Kanpo
- Notice type: Sole-source notice
- Publication date: July 16, 2026
- Procuring entity: Ichiro Baba, Director of Contracting, Japan Organization for Employment of the Elderly, Persons with Disabilities and Job Seekers
- Planned contract date: August 6, 2026
- Intended vendor: Fuji Electric IT Solutions Co., Ltd.
- Status: Active
- Technology relevance: Medium
- Business-action likelihood: Medium – The contract is a single tender to a specified vendor due to interchangeability requirements, limiting open competition but allowing some potential for partnership or subcontracting.
Business Relevance
May interest companies providing software upgrade and maintenance services for Microsoft products, especially those experienced with institutional or educational facility IT environments.
Participation fit
This procedure is classified as sole-source and is not an open competitive tender. Direct participation is not applicable, but the notice may indicate existing government demand and active relevant vendors in Japan.
Official Source
This opportunity is based on a tender notice published in Kanpo, the official gazette of the Government of Japan.
- Source: Kanpo, Government Procurement Notice Edition
- Official category: 随意契約に関する公示 / Notice of single tendering procedures
- Publication date: July 16, 2026
- Publication: Kanpo, pages 39
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.
Notice of single tendering procedures is hereby published as follows. Date: July 16, 2026. Procuring entity: Japan Organization for Employment of the Elderly, Persons with Disabilities and Job Seekers. Contracting officer: Ichiro Baba. Procurement agency number: 617. Location number: 12.
1. Procurement details:
(1) Classification codes 71, 27.
(2) Procurement subject and quantity: Software upgrade services of Microsoft products (Kyushu Polytechnic College and 4 other facilities).
2. Scheduled date of single tender contract: August 6, 2026.
3. Reason for single tendering under the Agreement on Government Procurement: c) Interchangeability.
4. Name of the party scheduled for the single tender contract: Fuji Electric IT Solutions Co., Ltd.
5. Contact: Contract Division, Accounting Department, Japan Organization for Employment of the Elderly, Persons with Disabilities and Job Seekers, 3-1-2 Wakaba, Mihama-ku, Chiba City, Chiba 261-8558. Phone: 043-213-6439.
Show original Japanese notice
随意契約に関する公示
次のとおり随意契約について公示します。 令和8年7月16日独立行政法人高齢・障害・求職者雇用支援機構契約担当役理事馬場一郎
◎調達機関番号617 ◎所在地番号12
1 調達内容
(1) 品目分類番号71、27
(2) 調達件名及び数量 Microsoft社製ソフトウェアのアップグレード役務(九州能開大外4施設)
2 随意契約の予定日令和8年8月6日
3 随意契約によることとする「政府調達に関する協定」の規定上の理由 c「互換性」
4 随意契約を予定している相手方の名称富士電機ITソリューション株式会社5問い合わせ先 〒261-8558千葉県千葉市美浜区若葉3-1-2経理部契約第二課契約第二係電話043-213-6439
Disclaimer
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