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

58 -- JAPAN: OPTICAL FIBER CABLES AND FIBER JOINTING FOR USER DISTRIBUTION NETWORK Due 012596. POC NTT America, Inc., Head Office, 101 Park Avenue, 41st Floor, New York, NY 10178, 212/661-0810 also NTT America, Inc., Pacific and Wetern Division 800 El Camino Real West, Suite 103 Mountain View, CA 94040, 415/940-6565. (1) Name of Product: Optical fiber cables and fiber jointing for user distribution network. (2) Characteristics: These products will be used in the both portions where are the optical fiber cable dropping portion and the inside wiring portion for customer premises. These portions require quick response for user's demand and low cost. In the optical fiber cable dropping portion for single-lot hluses, te both methods dropping from underground cable and aerial cable should be considered, but in case of multi-lots buildings not6 be considered. The inside wiring for customer premises includes that for both single-lot houses and multi-lots buildings. (3) Scheduled quantity: Prototype; Cables for single-lot houses-800 km fiber, Cables for multi-lot buildings-1,200 km fiber, Fiber jointing-16 sets, Optical fiber unit enclosure connection-8 sets, Optical fiber feeding equipment-8 sets. Commercial model; Cables for single-lot houses and multi-lot buildings-about 250 km/year, Fiber jointing-quantities to be later determined, Optical fiber unit enclosure connection-quantities to be later determined, Optical fiber feeding equipment-quantities to be later determined (4) Delivery period: Prototype; Around May, 1996 Commercial model; After December, 1996 According to circumstances, the delivery period and the quantity may change. (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 procurement procedure. (7) Unit of Proposal: The complete set of products for development enlisted and any partial proposal will be deemed invalid. (8) Number of suppliers to be selected: Four suppliers will be selected (9) Time-limit for the submission of application and proposals: 3:00 p.m. January 25, 1996 (10) Procurement explanation session: NTT will hild a session to explain the details of the procurement related to this announcement from 2:00 p.m. on December 15, 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 fasimile, mail, etc. to the contact point specified in Item (11) by 3:00 p.m. on December 13, 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. (11) Address from which necessary documents ad 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. (339)

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