Optune Lua and Service Provision Package

Sole-source notice

Japanese title: オプチューンルア及びサービス提供一式

Medical Healthcare
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This page is based on the official tender notice and presents information processed, translated, and edited by JBID.

Overview

This procurement concerns the purchase and provision of the Optune Lua system and related services as a single tender. The contract is planned for September 24, 2026, awarded without competition due to technical reasons to Novocure Ltd.

Key Details

  • Source: Kanpo
  • Notice type: Sole-source notice
  • Publication date: September 1, 2026
  • Procuring entity: Tatsuo KATO, Director of the National Hospital Organization Nagara Medical Center
  • Planned contract date: September 24, 2026
  • Intended vendor: Novocure Ltd.
  • Status: Active
  • Technology relevance: Possible
  • Business-action likelihood: Low – Single tendering to Novocure Ltd. due to absence of competition for technical reasons indicates a sole-source situation limiting business opportunities.

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: 随意契約に関する公示 / Notice of single tendering procedures
  • Publication date: September 1, 2026
  • Publication: Kanpo, pages 59

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 announced as follows. Date: September 1, 2026. Accounting Officer: Tatsuo KATO, Director of the National Hospital Organization Nagara Medical Center. Procurement agency number: 597. Location number: 21. No. 06606.
1 Procurement details:
(1) Classification codes 22, 31.
(2) Subject and quantity: Optune Lua and service provision package.
2 Scheduled date of single tender contract:
September 24, 2026.
3 Reason for single tendering under the Agreement on Government Procurement:
b Absence of competition for technical reasons.
4 Name of the party scheduled for single tender contract:
Novocure Ltd.
5 Contact department:
Planning Division, National Hospital Organization Nagara Medical Center, 1300-7 Nagara, Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture 502-8558. Contact person: Kiyofumi Hisakata, phone 058-232-7755 ext. 1260.
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9月1日経理責任者独立行政法人国立病院機構長良医療センター院長加藤達雄◎調達機関番号597 ◎所在地番号21〇第06606号(No06606) 1 調達内容 (1)品目分類番号　22、31 (2)購入等件名及び数量　オプチューンルア及びサービス提供一式2 随意契約の予定日令和8年9月24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 b「技術的理由による競争不存在」 4 随意契約を予定している相手方の名称ノボキュア(株) 5 担当部局 〒502-8558岐阜県岐阜市長良1300番地7独立行政法人国立病院機構長良医療センター企画課長久方清文電話058-232-7755内線1260

Business Signal

Business Relevance

May interest companies providing advanced medical device systems and related service packages, especially in oncology treatment technologies.

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.

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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