⑴ Contracting entity : Kenji Kurabayashi, Vice President, Financial Affairs Department, National Printing Bureau, Incorporated Administrative Agency.

⑵ Classification of the services to be procured : 71, 27

⑶ Nature and quantity of the services to be required : Standardization of official Gazette characters and construction of character code conversion programs and other 1 : 1 set

⑷ Fulfillment period : 20 April 2028

⑸ Fulfillment place : Head Office

⑹ Qualifications for participating in the tendering procedures : Suppliers eligible for participating in the proposed tender are those who shall :

① Not come under Article 6-1 of the National Printing Bureau's regulation concerning the contract procedures. Furthermore, minors, person under conservatorship, and person under assistance, who have obtained the consent necessary for concluding a contract, may come under this qualification in cases involving special reasons within the said article.

② Not come under Article 6-2 of the National Printing Bureau's regulation concerning the contract procedures.

③ Have Grade A or B in terms of the qualifications for participating in tenders for offer of service by the Ministry of Finance Japan (all ministries/agencies) or the National Printing Bureau, Incorporated Administrative Agency, in the fiscal years 2022, 2023, and 2024.

⑺ Time-limit for tender : 4 : 00 P.M. 6 July 2022

⑻ Contact point for the notice : Keiko Sawada, Procurement Contract Division, Financial Affairs Department, National Printing Bureau, Incorporated Administrative Agency, 2-2-5 Toranomon Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8445 Japan TEL 03-6893-4620

⑼ Acquire the electric certificate in case of using the Electric Bidding System

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