In a case in which a ward assembly member and a former manager of Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, were arrested for leaking bidding information on construction projects ordered by the ward to contractors, one of the targeted construction projects had a successful bid rate of over 99%. I found out that

The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the actual situation of collusion by conducting searches of ward offices and other measures.

Hidehiko Shimazaki (64), a former chairman of the Chiyoda Ward Assembly, who resigned as a member on the 24th, and Itsumi Yoshimura (61), a former director of Chiyoda Ward, committed the crime four years ago (2020). He was arrested on suspicion of violating the Government Collusion Prevention Act for informing two contractors in advance of the number of bidders participating in the bidding and the price close to the minimum price limit regarding bidding for renovation work at a local elementary school and kindergarten.



Investigations so far have revealed that former councilor Shimazaki, who received a request from the contractor, obtained bidding information through former manager Yoshimura and passed it on to the contractor, but one of the two projects targeted was A consortium including the contractor made the successful bid for approximately 669 million yen, 99.8% of the planned price.



The Metropolitan Police Department believes that they learned in advance that no other bidders would be participating based on information from members of the Diet, and that they won the bid at a price close to the planned price.



Meanwhile, three consortiums participated in the bidding for the other project, but the successful bid was approximately 685 million yen, which is believed to be very close to the minimum price for the project. Masu.



On the night of the 24th, the Metropolitan Police Department will search the ward office and investigate the actual circumstances of the collusion, including whether there was anything in return from the vendor.



The Metropolitan Police Department has not disclosed the identity of the two men.