Presolicitation
FY27 AFHC Renovate Tower B743 CZ, Camp Zama, Kanagawa, Japan
Dept of Defense · Dept of the Army · Sol. W912HV27BA001-PN
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Japan Engineer District, is giving advance notice of an upcoming prequalification and bid process to renovate Building 743, a nine-story, 68-unit family housing tower at Camp Zama, Japan. The project is valued between ¥10 billion and ¥25 billion and is open only to Japan-based, Japanese-licensed local construction firms; foreign or non-local contractors cannot participate.
Watch out for
- Restricted to Japan-based, Japanese-licensed firms only. U.S. or other foreign small businesses without a Japanese entity and license cannot bid at all; no exceptions are mentioned.
This contract will be performed in its entirety in the country of Japan and is intended only for local sources.
- Missing or unverified license disqualifies you automatically. If your license isn't properly shown on the government's verification website by the due date, you're automatically ineligible, with no cure period mentioned.
Failure to comply with this requirement will be cause for you to be ineligible to be prequalified for this acquisition.
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Full brief
What they want
- Remove and replace failed/failing building systems: roof, windows, exterior doors, railings, ventilation, interior finishes, elevators
- Replace plumbing, HVAC, and HVAC controls
- Replace electrical infrastructure and standby generator with diesel fuel tank
- Replace fire detection/alarm/protection systems and fire pump with standby power
- Replace interior, exterior, and emergency lighting and controls
- Update building access security/video monitoring and communications infrastructure (phone, internet, cable)
- Update the Energy Management and Control System (EMCS)
- Contract type
- Invitation for Bid (IFB) using FAR Part 14 Sealed Bidding procedures, issued to firms that pass prequalification
- Place of performance
- Camp Zama, Kanagawa, Japan
- Estimated value
- Between ¥10,000,000,000 and ¥25,000,000,000 (Japanese Yen)
- Offers due
- October 5, 2026, 2:00 PM Japan Standard Time (prequalification due date)
What to include when you submit
- Must possess a Japanese civil construction (doboku isshiki koji) or architectural construction (kenchiku isshiki koji) license by the prequalification due date, verifiable on the MLIT website
- Only local sources (firms/JVs physically located in and licensed to do business in Japan) may participate; for a JV, either the JV itself or every member must individually qualify
You must have
- Must be duly authorized to operate and conduct construction business in Japan and comply with Japanese laws, decrees, and labor standards
a prospective bidder must be duly authorized to operate and conduct construction business in Japan and must fully comply with all applicable laws
- Must hold a Japanese civil construction or architectural construction license, verifiable via the MLIT website, by the prequalification due date
interested bidders must possess a Japanese civil construction (doboku isshiki koji) license or Japanese architectural construction (kenchiku isshiki koji) license by the prequalification due date
Not in the notice text
- How and where to submit prequalification documents
- The prequalification evaluation criteria
- Detailed schedule/period of performance for design and construction
- Full technical specifications beyond the summary given here
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Key facts
- Response due
- Oct 5, 2026, 5:00 AM UTC
- Posted
- Jul 10, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Solicitation
- W912HV27BA001-PN
- Agency
- Dept of Defense · Dept of the Army
- Office
- W2SN Endist Japan
- NAICS
- 236118
- Product/service code
- Y1FA
- Business type
- Construction & renovation
- Contracting contact
- Charles Qicharles.l.qi.civ@usace.army.mil0464074823
- Versions
- 3 (amended since first posted)
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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