Eric Takabayashi wrote:
> Declan Murphy wrote:
> 
>>ou are confusing the requirements of corporation seeking a government
>>tender with the expectations placed on an individual. With a tender
>>there is usually also a presentation required -
> 
> At the same time? That is not what the procedure at the website suggests:
> 
> http://www.expo2005.or.jp/en/commercial/#construction

Pre-Qualification. After which (if the initial application requesting
the opportunity to tender is accepted - screens out the riffraff) there
would be an invitation to tender (in person).

And yes a company representative would need to present in person the
original copies of their CL classification. It would simply not be
possible to tender without at some stage or other being physically on
the ground in Aichi.

>>there will be questions
>>asked and they will need to be answered.
> 
> As soon as someone submits their application by hand, and not during an appointed
> period for presentation and evaluation?

Yes. When you present a tender you explain immediately which document is
which. For that reason if my company applies for a tender for the
Australian pavilion for example, then even though all of the actual work
would be performed here in Aichi I will have no alternative except to
fly down there.

>>I have been looking at several
>>possible tender opportunities for the expo during the past 2 years
>>(having observed two committees through the local chamber of commerce
>>for 4 years now). I have also been looking at tendering for the
>>Australian pavilion (announced 8 weeks ago). In both cases, the
>>requirements are quite different to an individual "looking for work".
> 
> Yes, people bringing in applications for work may be interviewed, and a decision
> made right away.

In the case solely of an individual. It is never the case with a
government tender.

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I am not who you think I am
I am who I think you think I am

...or some such shite.