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58 -- JAPAN: CHROMATIC DISPERSION METER. DUE 080795. POC NTT America, Inc., Head Office, 101 Park Avenue, 41st Floor, New York, NY 10178, 212/661-0810 also NTT America, Inc., Pacific and Western Division, 800 El Camino Real West, Suite 103, Mountain View, CA 94040, 415/940-6565. This public notice is to request suppliers to provide NTT with general referential information on similar products or technology prior to procurement of the intended product (mentioned below) by NTT. This public notice is also to request that any suppliers wishing to participate as a subcontractor in the procurement program of this product should declare their intentions to that effect. This public notice is not intended to guarantee public notification of procurement of the product. (1) Name: Chromatic dispersion meter. (2) Overview: This test equipment is introduced to measure chromatic dispersion that is given by merging material dispersion with wave guide dispersion, they cause difference of propagation time when different wavelength propagate through the optical fibers. (3) Contents of RFI: Applicants are requested to supply NTT with the following information on similar products, or on technology relating to the product mentioned above. (All supplied information will be regarded as non-secret information and may be disclosed to third parties in the form of, for example, inclusion in the corresponding Procurement Documentation, or may become available to third parties. In any case, NTT will not assume any responsibilities for possible disclosure or use of the supplied information.) (I) Technical information (a) Main feature (b) Main directions for use (c) Service function list (d) Reference standards (e) Outside interface (remote (ex. RS-232C, GP-IB), optical connectors (ex. SC, FC)) (f) Electrical characteristics and physical characteristics (g) Reliability (h) Environment (temperature, humidity, power supply voltage, outlet form) (i) Physical dimensions (j) Weights (k) Display scale (1) Measuring distance range (Fiber length) (II) System Prices (a) Unit price, optional component prices (III) Standard period from order to delivery (IV) Others (a) Records of sale and installations (including similar products) (b) Plan for enhancement (c) Maintenance (D) Active proposal likely to become useful for increasing the business of NTT (4) Request for Declaration of the Intention of Subcontracting. Any suppliers wishing to participate as a subcontractor in the product procurement program of NTT, is requested to supply NTT with the information listed below. After preparing a list of supplied information, NTT will provide the list to applicants who request the list; those who have responded to the request for supply of the information listed in Item 2; and to those who have purchased the Procurement Documentation relating to procurement of the product. NTT, however, will not assume any responsibility for outcomes arising from supply of the list. (i) Name of the applicant (ii) Place of contact (Address, name of the person in charge, telephone number, and facsimile number) (iii) The products and/or services that the applicant can supply as a subcontractor. (5) Deadline for Acceptance of Offers for Supply of Information and Declaration of Intention to Subcontract: 3:00 PM, August 7, 1995. (Mail must arrive no later than this deadline). (6) Language: Japanese or English. (186)

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