Public Notice

Kikkawa Masahiro
Accounting Manager
Government Pension Investment Fund
August 19, 2024
Notice is hereby given for the following proposal competition.
1. Details of Procurement(1) Title:(2) Specification:

(3)
(4)

Term:
Place of performance:

Legal Advisory Service
As specified in the Competitive Request for Proposal -Instructions(“Instructions for Proposal Competition”) and Specifications to beprovided separately
From April 1, 2025 through March 31, 2028
Place designated by Government Pension Investment Fund

2. Qualifications to Participate in the Proposal Competition.
(1) Not come under Article 70 and 71 of the Cabinet Order concerning the Budget Auditing andAccounting.
(2) The participant must satisfy either of the following: (i) Have Grade A, B, C or D on “offer ofservices, etc. “in terms of the qualification for participating in tenders by Single qualification forevery ministry and agency(Kanto and Koshinetsu Region) , or (ii) the participant will designate as
its responsible person for this matter a lawyer, or a person whose professional duties are theprovision of legal services in a foreign jurisdiction and who is equivalent to a lawyer, who provides
similar legal advice in Japan or abroad.
(3) Other qualifications are as per the Instructions for Proposal Competition.
3. Details regarding Proposal Submission(1) Location for submission of proposals, display of contract terms, distribution of the Instructions for
Proposal Competition, and inquiries related to the announcement
1-23-1 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo Japan,
105-6377
Procurement Division, Accounting Department, Government Pension Investment Fund, Japan
Tel: +81-3-3502-2485(2) Delivery of Instructions for Proposal Competition
Instructions for Proposal Competition will be available, from the date of this Public Notice until
17:00, September 20, 2024 (Japan standard time, hereinafter the same), to any candidate whowishes to participate in the Proposal Competition .
Any request for delivery of the Instructions for Proposal Competition by e-mail should be sent,by e-mail, to the e-mail address below, setting out the name of the organization, the name,department and contact information (address, phone number and email address, hereinafter thesame) of the contact person, and that the candidate is requesting for the Instructions for Proposal
Competition regarding Legal Advisory Service.
E-mail Information:
Attn: Procurement Division, Accounting Department, GPIF
Email:
Note that the materials will be sent by e-mail as a ZIP file with encryption, so if you cannot receive
or decrypt the file, please let us know. We will respond separately.
(3) Date, time, and location of the briefing session
15:30, August 26, 2024 GPIF
Information of the briefing session will be provided only to the candidates who wish toparticipate in the Proposal Competition and to which the Instructions for Proposal Competition aredelivered.
The briefing sessions will be held using a web conferencing system. If you wish to attend thebriefing session, please send e-mail to the e-mail address in (2) above by 15:00, August 23, 2024,
specifying the name, organization, department and contact information of the participant, and thatthe candidate will attend the briefing session for Legal Advisory Service. If two or more participants
are attending the briefing session, please specify the name, department and contact information ofeach participant. Web conference access information will be provided by return.
(4) Due Date for Submission of Proposal
17:00, September 24, 2024
4. Other(1) Language and Currency of Contract
Language: Japanese, as a general rule, but English will be accepted.
Currency: JPY or currency approved by GPIF
(2) Contract Guarantee
Fully exempted(3) Execution of Contract
Required(4) Invalidation of the Proposal
Any proposal submitted by any participant who does not satisfy the qualifications set forth in
this Public Notice, any proposal submitted by any participant who fails to fulfill any obligations
applicable to participants and any proposal which does not satisfy other terms applicable to theProposal Competition will be void.
(5) Selection of Contract Candidates
Participants that receive high valuation, following comprehensive evaluation of the proposal andother documents submitted, shall be selected as candidates for formal contract.
(6) Note on Use of E-mails
GPIF does not accept emails using cloud services, such as free emails, which can be used only
by agreeing to uniform terms and conditions. When sending and receiving emails, you should use
an email address that includes, for example, the domain name of the participant.
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