Shiogama City in Japan has advertised a procurement for JCB Gift Cards to support residents with disabilities facing higher living costs. The September 29 notice seeks a supplier under a contract priced per set, with delivery required by November 27. [S01] [S04]

Each set must contain five new ¥1,000 JCB Gift Cards and one usage guide, packed and sealed in an individual card case. The specification anticipates distribution to about 3,300 residents holding disability certificates, using November 1 as the reference date. [S02]

That design gives each intended recipient ¥5,000 in gift-card face value. At the stated estimate, the programme would require about 16,500 cards carrying ¥16.5 million in total face value. Those totals are calculations from the city’s estimated scope, rather than a confirmed order quantity or contract value. [S02]

A separate contemporaneous Shiogama procurement for residents aged 65 or over specifies three ¥1,000 cards per intended recipient, compared with five in the disability-support scheme. The separate specifications illustrate how the city packages the same instrument for different benefit programmes. They do not establish whether eligibility overlaps or whether any person receives both benefits. [S02] [S05]

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Shiogama specifies different gift-card sets for two support programmes

Face value per intended recipient in the separate 2026 municipal specifications.

JPY face value per intended recipient
Sources
Disability-support specification; Older-resident specification

Different eligibility programmes; overlap and combined entitlement unknown. Not a universal JPY8,000 benefit, awarded supplier confirmation or measured redemption.

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Shiogama specifies different gift-card sets for two support programmes (JPY face value per intended recipient)
CategoryJPY face value per intended recipient
Disability-certificate support5,000 JPY face value per intended recipient
Separate age-65-plus support3,000 JPY face value per intended recipient

The documents separate the face value of the benefit from the cost of supplying it. The bid form fixes the gift-card component at ¥5,000 per set and provides a separate field for packaging and other charges. The specification requires the quoted unit price to include all necessary costs, including delivery. [S02][S03]

The cards must be handled by JCB itself or a business with a consignment or purchase-sales agreement with JCB. The tender also requires an eligible supplier with a business location in Miyagi Prefecture. [S01][S02]

The notice schedules bidding for October 13 at 9:50 a.m. at city hall. It provides for selection of the lowest-priced eligible bid within the city’s estimated price, followed by qualification checks. The contract period runs from signing through March 31, 2027. [S01]

The procurement sets out how a local welfare programme plans to obtain and package a branded gift-card benefit. The published documents describe a purchasing process and intended distribution; they do not establish an awarded supplier or completed delivery.