Public Notice

Kikkawa Masahiro
Accounting Manager
Government Pension Investment Fund
August 2, 2024

The following procurement is submitted for proposal competition.

1. Procurement Details(1) Procurement Title: Collection of investment information on alternative assets andprovision of aggregated information(2) Specifications of the procurement: As specified in detail on the Instructions forProposalCompetitionandSpecification
Document provided separately(3) Performance period: From the date of contract execution to March 31, 2026
(4) Place of performance: Place designated by the Government Pension Investment Fund.
2. Qualifications required for participants in the proposal competition(1) Not come under Article 70 and 71 of the Cabinet Order concerning the Budget Auditingand Accounting.
(2) (i) Have Grade A, B, C or D on “offer of services, etc.” in terms of the qualification forparticipating in tenders by Single qualification for every ministry and agency, or (ii) havesufficient knowledge and know-how in the procurement services and have a track recordof providing information to domestic or overseas institutional investors for more than threeyears.
(3) Other qualifications are as per the Instructions for Proposal Competition andSpecification Document.
3. Submission of Proposals, etc.
(1) Location for submission of proposals, display of contract terms, distribution of theInstructions for Proposal Competition, and inquiries related to the announcement
1-23-1 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-6377
Procurement Division, Accounting Department, Government Pension Investment Fund
Phone: +81-3-3502-2485(2) Method of distribution of the Instructions for Proposal Competition
From the date of this announcement until 5:00 PM on September 27, 2024 (JapanStandard Time, hereafter “JST”), the "Request for The Instructions for ProposalCompetition and Pledge of Confidentiality Letter" (downloadable from the website ofGPIF - in Japanese: https://www.gpif.go.jp/info/procurement/other.html, in English:
https://www.gpif.go.jp/en/info/procurement.html) will be exchanged via email uponrequest to those willing to participate in the proposal competition.
To receive the distribution, provide the name of the corporation and the name,department, and contact information (address, phone number, and e-mail address; thesame below) of the person in charge of the project. The applicant must send thecompleted “Request for The Instructions for Proposal Competition and Pledge ofConfidentiality Letter" to the address below, clearly stating that the applicant wishes toreceive the briefing form for the above-mentioned procurement subject.
Recipient: Government Pension Investment Fund, Accounting Department,
Procurement Division
Mail:
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
The briefing session will be held three times on the following dates and languages:
First session:
August 22, 2024, at 9:00 JST(Language: English)
Second session: August 22, 2024, at 11:00 JST(Language: Japanese)
Third session:
August 22, 2024, at 17:00 JST(Language: English)
Invitations to the briefing session will only be sent to those who have received theInstructions for Proposal Competition.
The briefing will be conducted via a web conferencing system. If you wish to attend
the briefing session, send your name, corporate name, department name, contact
information, and a statement of intent to attend the briefing session related to theprocurement title by 3:00 PM on August 20, 2024 (JST), to the address mentioned in(2) above. If there will be additional attendees, also include their names, department
names, and contact information. We will contact you with details on how to access theweb conferencing system.
(4) Proposal submission deadline
September 30, 2024, at 5:00 PM JST
4. Other(1) Language and currency to be used in contract procedures
Language: Japanese or English
Currency: Japanese Yen, United States Dollar, or other currencies accepted by theGovernment Pension Investment Fund
(2) Contract guarantee
Totally exempted(3) Necessity of creating a contract document:
Required(4) Invalidity of proposals

Proposals submitted by those who do not have the qualifications to participate in the
proposal competition as indicated in this announcement, those who have not fulfilled
the obligations required of participants, or those that violate other conditions will bedeemed invalid.
(5) Selection of contract candidates
After evaluating the content of the proposals submitted by the participants in the
proposal competition, the candidate with the highest evaluation will be selected as thecontract candidate.
(6) Notes on sending and receiving emails
The Government Pension Investment Fund does not support the sending and receivingof emails using cloud services that can be used by agreeing to uniform terms andconditions such as free email services. Therefore, when sending and receiving emails,
use an address associated with the participant's domain.
(7) Confidentiality
Any information obtained from Government Pension Investment Fund in connection
with the proposal competition shall be kept confidential and shall not be disclosed to
any third party and may not be used for any purpose other than for the purpose of the
proposal competition.