About canceling bids

We are pleased to inform you that the Hokkaido Regional Head Office of East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd. has canceled the bid for the following construction.

At our company, the Japan Highway Public Corporation is properly implementing the measures to prevent rigging and other illegal acts that were compiled on August 9th last year, and is working to prevent illicit and illegal acts such as rigging and to execute fair and highly competitive bids. is.

In the bid for the following construction work, we have examined the unit price list submitted by bidders before the bid opening, and as a result, the unit price items of some companies are almost the same. Was found to be.

Therefore, we conducted hearings with all the bidders and ensured a fair bid as a result of deliberation by the Fair Bid Survey Committee based on the opinion of a third party with a fair and neutral academic background. We decided that there was a risk that we would not be able to do so and decided to cancel this bid.

In the future, if it is determined that the bid cannot be fairly conducted due to the fact that it is suspicious of rigging, etc., we will strictly implement measures such as withdrawal of the bid and announce it appropriately.

1 Construction name

Road construction for the Hokkaido Crossing Shiranuka area construction
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2 Ordering organization

East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd. Hokkaido Regional Head Office Kushiro Construction Office

3 Contract method

Conditional open competitive bidding (contract limit price advance announcement)

4 Construction overview

1,088m in length, 4m in width, 8,000m in earthwork necessary for construction of main line construction of Expressway ³ Construction of new construction road

5 Date until bidding

Tender announcement date: December 5, 2005
Bid execution date: January 5, 2006
Prior Release Date of Contract Limit Price: December 26, 2005

6 Contract limit price

96,491,000 yen (excluding tax)