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

58 -- JAPAN: BIDIRECTIONAL CONVERTER SYSTEM SOL IPO.07-304 DUE 041796. 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 procurement product is bidirectional converter for battery-based energy storage system. This converter converts AC to DC when it charges battery, and converts DC to AC when it supplies power from battery to loads connecting with commercial power in parallel. Quantity: Prototype: 1 set, Commercial model: Undecided. The number of suppliers to be awarded: one supplier. Procurement procedures: Track III. Delivery date: Prototype: November 1996. Delivery site(s): NTT will separately specify the place(s) in Japan as delivery site(s). THIS NOTICE IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY. PROCUREMENT DOCUMENTATION IDENTIFIES THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING THE DETAILS ON THE PRODUCT AND QUALIFICATION FOR PROCUREMENT. PROCUREMENT DOCUMENTATION is available for $100 (Excluding sales tax) at NTT America, Inc. NTT only accepts proposals that follow the direction of PROCUREMENT DOCUMENTATION. The language used for application shall be Japanese or English. All responses should be received by 15:00 April 17, 1996. (058)

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