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58 -- JAPAN: BIDIRECTIONAL CONVERTER SYSTEM SOL IPO.07-437 DUE 012696. 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. NTT is issuing this notice as a Request for Comments (RFC) only. The purpose of this RFC is to obtain comments regarding NTT's procurement program, including draft specifications prior to procurement of the intended product outlined below. Details of the procurement program and format for supply of comments are described in the RFC DOCUMENTATION distributed separately by NTT at the office listed above (POC). Outline of product: THIS EQUIPMENT IS BIDIRECTIONAL CONVERTER FOR BATTERY-BASED ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM. THIS CONVERTER CONVERTS AC TO DC WHEN IT CHARGES BATTERIES, AND CONVERTS DC TO AC WHEN IT SUPPLIES POWER FROM BATTERY TO LOADS CONNECTING WITH COMMERCIAL POWER IN PARALLEL. Estimated procurement quantity: Prototype: 1 set (around November, 1996), Commercial model: Undecided (After fiscal 1999) NTT will accept comments on all aspects of the procurement program, for example, (i) Research and development specifications draft, (ii) Applicable technology, (iii) Related products, (iv) Period of commercialization, (v) Development costs. All supplied comments 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 it may become available to third parties. Even in such cases, NTT will undertake no responsibility for any outcomes arising from management, disclosure, or use of supplied comments. Any suppliers wishing to be a subcontractor of any suppliers to NTT in the procurement program of the product instead of supplying products directly to NTT are requested to supply NTT with the information about (a) Name of the applicant. (b) Place of contact (Address, name of the person in charge, telephone number, and facsimile number), (c) The products and/or services that the applicant can supply as a subcontractor. Subcontractor mentioned above means any supplier that supplies parts, products, and/or services to any suppliers to NTT. After preparing a list of supplied information, NTT will provide the list to applicants interested in obtaining such a list; to those who have responded to the request for comments; and to those who have purchased the PROCUREMENT DOCUMENTATION relating to procurement of the product. However, NTT will not assume any responsibility for possible outcomes arising from supply of the list. Comments and the declaration of the intention to subcontract must be based on the instructions provided in RFC Documentation. (7) RFC Documentation is available at the offices listed above (POC) and Comments and Declaration of the Intention of Subcontracting are accepted at POC. The time limit of acceptance of comments and the declaration of the intention of subcontracting is 15:00, JANUARY 26, 1996. All written comments and declaration must arrive no later than this deadline. Either Japanese or English shall be used when completing the Request for Comments and the Request for Declaration of the Intention of Subcontracting. (362)

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