Major construction company Shimizu Corp., already linked to bid rigging involving the Defense Facilities Administration Agency, won contracts worth nearly 9 billion yen from the agency without undergoing public tenders, documents show.
An agency official confirmed the deals but defended them, saying the agency gave the contracts to Shimizu or Shimizu-led joint ventures in consideration of the confidentiality of the work and the contractor’s expertise.
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