International Procurement Office, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, 1-6, Uchisaiwai-cho 1 chome Chiyodaku, Tokyo 100, Japan

58 -- JAPAN: GROUP 3 TYPE FACSIMILE. Sol IPO. 07-211. 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. Product outline: The Group-3-type facsimile equipment referred to here shall conform to the provision of ITU-T Recommendations. The equipment is to connect to telephone lines and a facsimile communications network. Quantity: First procurement, G3 type 1: about 30,000 units; Type 2: about 30,000 units; type 7: about 500 units; type 8: about 1,000 units; type 9: about 500 units. Second procurement, type 2: about 10,000 units; type 5: about 7,000 units; type 6: about 1,000 units. Third procurement: type 4: about 8,000 units. Track II procedures. Delivery site: NTT will separately specify the place(s) in Japan as delivery site(s). Basic Conditions of Participation: Applicants are allowed to participate in this procurement procedure by itself or jointly with other suppliers. In the case of joint participation, participants have to decide on a representative who will contact NTT at every state, including application, selection and contract negotiations. Although NTT will contact and negotiate with chosen representative, all joint participants shall assume every obligation and liability related to this procurement regardless of their status. However, suppliers who fall under any of the following conditions cannot participate in the procurement: (i) suppliers adjudicated to be an incompetent or quasi-incompetent; (ii) suppliers adjudicated to be bankrupt, and who have not yet been reinstated; (iii) suppliers under arrangement, composition, corporate reorganization, bankruptcy or liquidation proceedings; (iv) suppliers who, within the last two years, or suppliers who employed person(s) who, within the last years: (a) intentionally or by a gross mistake did poor or faulty work in the manufacturing, supplying and delivery of any product or in the provision of any services when performing a contact with NTT, or committed any unfair act with respect to the quality and/or quantity of any product supplied thereunder; (b) conspired with other supplier(s) or applicant(s) in making any application or obtaining or interfered with other supplier(s) making an application or entering into or performing a contract with NTT to obtain unfair profit; (c) interfered with other supplier(s) making an application or entering into or performing a contract with NTT; (d) interfered with, or refused or failed to cooperate with NTT personnel when they performed an inspection or supervision duty; (e) failed or refused to enter into or to perform a contract with NTT without justifiable reasons; (f) made a false report or misrepresentation in the application procedure or in concluding or performing a contract with NTT; (g) violated the confidentiality obligation prescribed in Procurement Documentation; (h) misused Procurement Documentation; (i) committed any unfair act in NTT tenders to interfere with other supplier(s) in competition; (v) suppliers who are deemed to have gained unfair competitive advantages as a result of their direct involvement in the preparation of the final Procurement Documentation and/or technical specifications for this procurement. Please note: A charge will be made for furnishing interested persons with copies of the application form and application documents. The deadlines for the receipt of application are follow: the first procurement: November 29, 1995. The second procurement: March 1, 1996. The third procurement: August 20, 1996. The language used for application shall be Japanese or English. (283)

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