Based on the results of the fiscal 2022 fact-finding survey based on the Public Works Tender Contract Regulation Act (Contract Act) announced last month, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism organized items that particularly need to be improved, and notified the ordering agencies of the national and local governments on the 5th. reported. If the necessary information is not made public based on the Enrollment and Contract Act, it will be illegal, so he appealed, "There is a need to rectify it immediately." We request that ordering organizations that do not take into consideration securing holidays such as two days off a week in setting the construction period should immediately review. It is a sign of a sense of crisis that it is urgent to improve the environment, including municipalities, in anticipation of the upper limit of overtime work with penalties approaching one year from now.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism alone sent notifications to national ministries and special corporations, while the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications jointly sent notifications to prefectures and ordinance-designated cities. The following items were listed as items in need of improvement: ▽Disclosure of information on bidding contracts ▽Strengthening and thorough implementation of dumping countermeasures ▽Setting of appropriate construction period ▽Proper operation of sliding clauses. In addition to this, it called for a general response based on the Contract Act and the Guidelines for Appropriation.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism takes seriously the fact that the disclosure of information required by the Contract Law is not being thoroughly disclosed. A list of specific matters to be announced along with the notification document was made public. It has been confirmed that some local governments did not disclose the results of bidding after the construction contract was signed. In many cases, we only respond to individual requests for disclosure of information. In both cases, he requested that the publication procedures be revised in line with legal provisions.
Regarding the method of setting the construction period, we urged them to take measures based on the guidelines for optimization and the "standards for construction period." Only 48.1% of municipalities set the construction period in consideration of securing holidays such as two days off a week and national holidays. It is difficult to say.
It also warned that if a contract is concluded with a construction period that falls under the "prohibition of extremely short construction period" stipulated in the Construction Business Act, the ordering party will be subject to recommendations.
Regarding dumping countermeasures, we request that the Central Public Works Contract System Management Liaison Council (Chuo Kokenren) model for low bidding price survey standards be revised last year. In order to promote smooth pass-through of prices, we have formulated operational standards for sliding clauses in advance and urged construction companies to share them with us.
