The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Japan District (POJ) is providing notification of current and projected FY2027-FY2028 projects for informational planning purposes only. The following requirements will only be solicited to local sources in Japan through the utilization of full and open competition procedures, unless otherwise specified. This notice does not constitute a commitment by the Government for any follow-on announcements, solicitation, or award. This notification is NOT a solicitation. Information contained in this notice is subject to change. Please continue to monitor SAM.gov for individual project solicitation issuance and updates.Any information that conflicts between this notice and a solicitation (if issued), the terms and conditions of the solicitation shall govern. Project magnitudes are estimates for planning purposes and may change at solicitation.Industry may submit comments or concerns regarding these projections to the Points of Contact identified in Section 12 for consideration in the Governments acquisition planning. Industry may submit any comments or concerns regarding these projections to the point of contacts identified below for consideration in Government acquisition planning. See separate attachments for the following informational slides. 1. PIEE New Vendor Getting Started (For vendors that do not have a PIEE account). 2. Create Supplier Performance Risk System (SPRS) Vendor User Role.SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT (SAM) All interested companies, including joint ventures, shall be registered in the SAM database in order to be eligible for award of Government contracts. https://www.sam.gov. LOCAL SOURCES / ELIGIBILITYContracts will be performed in its entirety in the country of Japan and is intended only for local sources, unless otherwise specified. Only local sources will be considered. Local sources are sources (e.g. corporations, partnerships, or Joint Ventures [For a Joint Venture, the Joint Venture as an independent entity must satisfy the local source requirements or, in the alternative, each member of the Joint Venture must individually satisfy the local source requirements]) that are physically located in Japan and authorized (i.e. licensed and registered) to perform construction in Japan. Specifically, a prospective offeror must be duly authorized to operate and conduct construction business in Japan and must fully comply with all applicable laws, decrees, labor standards, and regulations of Japan during the performance of the resulting contracts.In addition, offerors/bidders must possess a Japanese civil construction (doboku isshiki koji)) license or Japanese architectural construction (kenchiku isshiki koji)) license by the proposal/bid due date and time. The U.S. Government will verify that the offeror/bidder has the license through the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) website at https://etsuran2.mlit.go.jp/TAKKEN. It is the responsibility of the offeror/bidder to ensure that it has the license (Japanese civil construction or Japanese architectural construction), and that it is accurately shown on the MLIT website, by the proposal/bid due date and time. Failure to comply with this requirement will be cause for rejection of your offer/bid.The U.S. Government will not offer United States Official Contractor status under Article XIV of the US-Japan Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) to U.S. contractors normally resident in the United States; nor will the U.S. Government certify employees of such contractors as Members of the Civilian Component under Article I(b) of the SOFA.JOINT VENTURE. In the event the bidder/offeror is a joint venture, the bid/offer must be signed by an authorized representative of each participant in the joint venture. The joint venture as an entity shall also have an active System for Award Management registration See FAR 52.204-7 System for Award Management. For a Joint Venture, the Joint Venture as an independent entity must satisfy the local source requirements or, in the alternative, each member of the Joint Venture must individually satisfy the local source requirements that are physically located in Japan and authorized (i.e. licensed and registered) to perform construction in Japan (see above local source/eligibility). ELECTRONIC BID/PROPOSAL SUBMISSIONThe US Army Corps of Engineers Japan District (POJ) has transitioned to Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) Solicitation Module for bid and proposal submission (unless otherwise specified in the solicitation), to replace DOD SAFE. It is highly recommended that contractors create their PIEE Solicitation Module account as soon as possible and not wait till bid/proposal due date, as access may take time. The following information is provided for reference. Step 1: Complete vendor registration on https://piee.eb.mil/. Instructions for registration can be found through: https://www.acq.osd.mil/asda/dpc/ce/cap/docs/piee/PIEE_Solicitation_Module_Vendor_Access_Instructions.pdfStep 2: Upload offer in the Solicitation Module through https://piee.eb.mil/. Instructions for uploading an offer can be found through: https://pieetraining.eb.mil/wbt/xhtml/wbt/sol/solicitation/proposals.xhtml
