Complete Remote-Controlled Surgical System

Request for comments

Japanese title: 遠隔操作型手術システム一式

Kobe University is requesting comments on draft specifications for the procurement of two complete remote-controlled surgical systems. The draft specifications are available from August 3 to September 7, 2026, with a briefing session scheduled on August 7, 2026.

Medical

Key Details

  • Source: Kanpo
  • Notice type: Request for comments
  • Publication date: August 3, 2026
  • Procuring entity: Moriyama Mutsumi, Contracting Officer, Kobe University
  • Comment deadline: September 7, 2026, 17:00 JST
  • Opportunity stage: Request for comments / pre-tender
  • Status: Active
  • Technology relevance: Possible
  • Business-action likelihood: Unknown – The notice is a request for comments on draft specifications with no details on procurement conditions or participation, making business action likelihood unclear.

Business Relevance

May interest companies providing advanced medical robotics and remote surgical systems technology.

Participation fit

This is a request for comments on draft specifications, not a tender notice. The public notice does not provide tender eligibility requirements. Eligibility, bidding conditions and participation requirements should be reviewed if and when a formal tender notice is published.

Official Source

This notice is a request for comments on draft specifications published in Kanpo, the official gazette of the Government of Japan.

  • Source: Kanpo, Government Procurement Notice Edition
  • Official category: 意見招請に関する公示 / Request for comments
  • Publication date: August 3, 2026
  • Publication: Kanpo, pages 65

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.

Public Notice Regarding Request for Comments: The draft specifications for the procurement of the following items have been completed, and comments on the draft specifications are hereby solicited. Date: August 3, 2026. Procuring entity: National University Corporation Kobe University, Contracting Officer Moriyama Mutsumi. Procurement agency number: 415. Location number: 28.
1. Procurement details:
(1) Item classification numbers 22, 31;
(2) Items and quantities: two complete remote-controlled surgical systems.
2. Method of submitting comments:
(1) Deadline for submission of comments: September 7, 2026, 17:00 (must arrive by this date if sent by mail);
(2) Submission address: 7-5-1 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe City, 650-0017, Kobe University Medical School Administration Section, Hospital Contract Division, Miki Matsuoka, Phone 078-382-5120.
3. Distribution of draft specifications:
(1) Distribution period: August 3, 2026 to September 7, 2026;
(2) Distribution location: same as submission address above.
4. Briefing session on draft specifications:
(1) Date and time: August 7, 2026, 15:30;
(2) Location: Kobe University Medical School Administration Building, Bidding Room 5.

Show original Japanese notice

意見招請に関する公示

次のとおり調達物品の仕様書案の作成が完了したので、仕様書案に対する意見を招請します。 令和8年8月3日国立大学法人神戸大学契約担当役理事森山睦
調達機関番号415 所在地番号28
第6号

1 調達内容

(1) 品目分類番号 22、31

(2) 購入等物品及び数量遠隔操作型手術システム一式

2 意見の提出方法

(1) 意見の提出期限令和8年9月7日17時00分(郵送の場合は必着のこと。)

(2) 提出先 〒650-0017神戸市中央区楠町7-5-1神戸大学医学部管理課病院契約係松岡未樹電話078-382-5120

3 仕様書案の交付

(1) 交付期間令和8年8月3日から令和8年9月7日まで。

(2) 交付場所上記2
(2)に同じ。 4仕様書案の説明会

(1) 開催日時令和8年8月7日15時30分

(2) 開催場所神戸大学医学部管理棟入札室

Disclaimer

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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