Status and verification date
Checked on 17 October 2026. Daito, Osaka Prefecture, published a sounding survey for the former Hojo Kindergarten on 8 October. This is consultation to inform disposal or reuse terms, rather than a competition to select an operator.
Dates below are the announced timetable as checked on 17 October 2026. The passage of a date does not confirm publication of answers, completion of dialogue or that deadlines are unchanged. Check the official page and supplements before participating.
Whole-site proposals and available approaches
Section 3 of the implementation guidelines requires proposals covering the entire site; partial-site proposals are excluded. Section 2 records 2,130 square metres of registered land and 818.39 square metres of building floor area. Section 2 notes that the buildings are unregistered and that the stated floor area was not calculated under the rules required for registration.
Respondents may propose rental, sale of the land and buildings, or another approach with reasons. The city asks for desired terms and prices, rather than announcing a final disposal method. Ideas conditional on relaxing planning restrictions do not mean that relaxation has been approved.
Return obligations and unknown site conditions
| Condition in the guidelines | What to check when preparing a proposal |
|---|---|
| Handover is generally as-is for rental or sale | Differences between records and the site, deterioration not visible on inspection, and expected repairs or removal |
| A land lease requires cleared-site return at the end of its term | Treatment of existing and new buildings, and how the proposer would provide for demolition costs |
| The site is in a sediment-disaster warning area (debris flow) | Effects on the intended use and necessary measures |
| Soil-contamination and buried-object investigations have not been conducted | Timing of investigations and allocation of costs and responsibility if something is found |
| A disused septic tank and other equipment remain | Their location, condition and treatment on removal |
Cleared-site return is a land-lease condition, not a universal condition for sale proposals. An uninvestigated condition does not establish that contamination exists or that every cost allocation has been settled. For a lease using the existing building, assess renovation during use and costs at the end of the term separately.
Separate deadlines
All times below are Japan Standard Time. These dates were checked against the official announcement and section 4 of the guidelines.
| Procedure | Deadline or planned date |
|---|---|
| Site-visit registration | By 17:00 on 22 October 2026 |
| Site visit | 14:00 on 29 October, approximately one hour |
| Questions | By 17:00 on 29 October |
| Publication of answers | Planned for 6 November |
| Dialogue registration and proposal submission | Both by 17:00 on 8 December |
| Dialogue | 18–24 December |
| Results summary | Planned from January 2027 onward |
Eligible participants are corporations or groups of corporations intending to use the site. Site-visit and dialogue registration are separate procedures. Both the entry sheet and proposal are due on 8 December; check the guidelines for the required documents and submission method. Section 5 states that participation will not count toward evaluation in any subsequent call for proposals.
Related reading and the next step
Use the sounding design template, zero-response guide and market-research guide for general methods. The zero-response link does not imply that this survey has received no proposals.
Use the attached official site plan as a starting point for a whole-site proposal. Its note identifies it as a drawing from the 2013 major renovation works. Compare it with current conditions during the site visit and with the guidelines, and turn any differences into questions rather than assuming the drawing shows the present site. Compare rental and sale using separate entries for renovation, demolition, site investigations, disaster measures and end-of-term obligations, not just desired prices. Treat unspecified cost allocation as an open question. Dialogue will take place individually and in private. The city plans to publish a summary of the results and will not publish participants’ names (section 4). This page will be updated when the official answers and the results summary are published. Any later call for proposals should be checked against its own documents.
Next verification
| When | What to check | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Before 17:00 on 22 October | Site-visit registration method and any deadline changes; the visit itself is on 29 October | Official notice and guidelines section 4 |
| At the planned answer publication on 6 November | Clarifications on whole-site scope, cleared-site return, investigation, demolition and disaster-measure costs | Official questions and answers |
| Before the 17:00 registration and proposal deadlines on 8 December | Required documents, submission methods and any deadline changes | Official notice, guidelines and supplements |
| When the summary is published, planned from January 2027 | Results summary and any changes to terms; a later operator-selection process requires separate documents | City results summary and later call-for-proposals documents |
Verification log
- 17 October 2026: checked the notice updated on 8 October, the guidelines and attached site plan against the conditions and timetable recorded here.
- 11 October 2026: verified whole-site proposal scope, cleared-site return for a land lease and procedure-specific dates in the 8 October notice and guidelines.
References
Sounding survey for the former Hojo Kindergarten — City of Daito (2026). Official announcement
Implementation guidelines: former Hojo Kindergarten sounding survey — City of Daito, Asset Management Division (2026). Implementation guidelines
Former Hojo Kindergarten site plan — City of Daito (2013). 2013 drawing; 2026 consultation attachment
