International Procurement Office, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, 1-6, Uchisaiwai 1-chome Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-19, Japan

58 -- JAPAN: SM OPTICAL FIBER WB CABLE Due 120495. 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. (a) Name of Product: SM optical fiber WB cable. (2) Characteristics: This waterblocking, multifiber optical cable meets ITU-T G650 and IEC793-1, 794-1 standards and is used in feeder and distribution sections installed in underground conduits. The maximum number of fibers is 300. There are two types: non-connectorized cable and one end pre-connectorized cable. In addition, group A has less than 100 fibers, and group B has more than 160 fibers. (3) Scheduled quantity: Group A: about 5,300 km/year, Group B: about 1,900 km/year (4) Delivery period: June, 1996 (5) Delivery site: NTT will separately specify the places in Japan as delivery sites. (6) Procurement Procedure: This procurement program shall be conducted in accordance with the Track III-A procurement procedure. The Track III-A procurement procedure covers the procedures for the repeated procurement of the same products already procured under Track III or III-A. To add suppliers, NTT will publish an announcement in Kampo and conduct selection based on the Track III procurement procedure. (7) Time-limit for the submission of application and proposals: December 4, 1995 (8) Procurement explanation session: NTT will hold a session to explain the details of the procurement related to this announcement from 10:00 a.m. on October 31, 1995 at the conference room on the 22nd floor of the Yamato Seimei Building (1-1-7 Uchisaiwai-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo), People who would like to attend the session should submit in writing a list of up to attendees by facsimile, mail, etc. to the contact point specified in Item 9 a by 3:00 p.m. on October 20, 1995, NTT will promptly notify the applicants of the receipt, NTT cannot guarantee admittance to the session for applicants who do not receive NTT's notification. (9) Address from which necessary documents and further information may be requested: 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. (284)

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