Please take a look at the New Year's Special Column written by Mr. Tanabe, Managing Director of the…
In Japanese procurement, Prior Information Notices (PIN) are called "Notices of request for submission of materials" and are one of the steps before an actual tender. A government entity is requesting information from the market necessary to draft specifications for a tender. Japanese government entities publish relatively few PINs to an international market, they are often issued for lease contracts.
