Japan's Government Procurement: Policy and Achievements
Annual Report (FY 2008 version)
Toward Government Procurement Open to the World





Contents

Chapter I - Stipulations on Japanese Government Procurement and Voluntary Measures on Government Procurement
1.Stipulations on Japanese Government Procurement
2.Voluntary Measures on Government Procurement
　(1)The Action Program for Improved Market Access (Outline)
　(2)The Action Program on Government Procurement
3.Voluntary Measures by Individual Sectors
　(1)Supercomputers
　(2)Non R&D Satellites
　(3)Computer Products and Services
　(4)Telecommunications and Medical Technology Sectors
4.Others
　(1)System of Complaint Review Procedures for Government Procurement Grievances
　(2)Construction Sector

Reference Material
1-1 The System of Finance Related Laws and Regulations
1-2 Organization of the Committee for Drawing Up and Promoting the Action Program
1-3 List of ordinances, etc. related to government procurement (AP)
1-4 Trends in items related to the Action Program for Government Procurement to the present
1-5 Entities Covered by the Voluntary Measures on Government Procurement
1-6 Japanese Government Complaint Review System

Chapter II - Products and Services Covered by the Government Procurement Survey
　( 1)Total Value and Number of Government Procurement Contracts
　( 2)Breakdown of Procurements by Type of Goods or Service, and by Contract Type
　( 3)Trends in Procurement Breakdown by Type of Contract
　( 4)Grounds for Selective Tendering Procedures
　( 5)Breakdown of Grounds for Single Tendering Procedures
　( 6)Ratio of Foreign Supplier's Awards
　( 7)Percentage of Foreign Suppliers' Tenders and Awards
　( 8)Ratio of Foreign Goods and Services
　( 9)Breakdown of Foreign Goods and Services by Place of Origin
　(10)Procurement Value by Product Categories and Foreign Ratios
　(11)Procurement Value by Service Type and Foreign Ratios
　(12)Procurement Contracts by Product Categories and Foreign Ratios
　(13)Procurement Contracts by Service Type and Foreign Ratios
　(14)Utilization of Overall-Greatest-Value Evaluation Method (OGV)
　(15)Response to Requests for Comments
　(16)Average Period for the Receipt of Tenders
　(17)Government Procurement Seminars
　(18)Entities with Large Ratios in Procurement Values and the Number of Contracts

Chapter III - Recent Trend around Government Procurement
1.Measures Related to the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement
　(1)Current Status of the Number of Countries and Regions Participating in the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement
　(2)The Working Group on Transparency in Government Procurement
2.Economic Partnership Agreement
　(1)Japan-Singapore Economic Agreement for a New Age Partnership
　(2)Japan-Mexico Economic Partnership Agreement
　(3)Japan-Chile Economic Partnership Agreement
　(4)Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement
　(5)Others
3.Action Program Measures
　(1)Government Procurement Seminar
　(2)Voluntary Review Meeting
　(3)Action Program Committee
　(4)Thresholds

Reference Material
3-1 World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement
3-2 Organizational Diagram of the WTO (as of January 2009)
3-3 Results of the Inquiries to Suppliers (2008)
3-4 Initiative on Future Management of Government Procurement
3-5 Answers to Opinions and Requests about the Voluntary Measures on Government Procurement
3-6 Standard SDR Values and Yen Conversion for Government Procurement (Action Program)
3-7 Overview of the Thresholds Applied under the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement

Attachments
1.Understandings on Government Procurement in General
　(1)Understanding on Government Procurement (19 November 1991)
　(2)Action Program on Government Procurement (3 February 1994)
　(3)Procedures for Government Procurement on Products (Operational Guidelines) (28 March 1994)
　(4)Understanding on Government Procurement in the Service Sector (11 December 1995)
2.Understandings on Government Procurement in Specific Areas
　( 1)Measures on Japanese Public Sector Procurement of Telecommunications Products and Services (28 March 1994)
　( 2)Operational Guidelines with Respect to "Measures on Japanese Public Sector Procurement of Telecommunications Products and Services" (7 October 1994)
　( 3)Measures Related to Japanese Public Sector Procurement of Medical Technology Products and Services" (28 March 1994)
　( 4)Operational Guidelines with Respect to "Measures Related to Japanese Public Sector Procurement of Medical Technology Products and Services" (7 October 1994)
　( 5)Measures Related to Japanese Public Sector Procurements of Computer Products and Services (20 January 1992)
　( 6)Introduction of the Overall Greatest Value Evaluation Methodology to Procurement of Computer Products and Services (27 March 1995)
　( 7)Standard Guide for the Overall Greatest Value Evaluation Methodology Concerning Procurement of Telecommunications Equipment and Services (28 March 1995)
　( 8)Standard Guide for the Overall Greatest Value Evaluation Methodology Concerning Procurement of Medical Technology Products and Services (28 March 1995)
　( 9)Standard Guide for the Overall Greatest Value Evaluation Methodology Concerning Procurement of Computer Products and Services (28 March 1995)
　(10)Procedures to Introduce Supercomputers (19 April 1990)
　(11)Revision of the Coverage of Procedures to Introduce Supercomputers (27 March 1995)
　(12)Partial Revision of the Procedures to Introduce Supercomputers (26 April 1999)
　(13)Partial Revision of the Procedures to Introduce Supercomputers (25 April 2000)
　(14)Partial Revision of the Procedures to Introduce Supercomputers (25 April 2005)
　(15)Procedures for the Procurement of Non-R&D Satellites (14 June 1990)
3.Other Relevant Materials
　Contact Points on Government Procurement
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