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58 -- JAPAN: INTEGRATED CABLING DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM DUE 050996. 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, 700 E. El. Camino Real, Suite #200, Mountain View, CA 94040, 415/940-6565. This public notice is to request suppliers to provide NTT with general referential information on similar products or technology prior to procurement of the intended product (mentioned below) by NTT. This public notice is also to request that any suppliers wishing to participate as a subcontractor in the procurement program of this product should declare their intentions to that effect. This public notice is not intended to guarantee public notification of procurement of the product. (1) Name: Integrated Cabling Distribution System. (2) Overview: The System is to form a cabling distribution system used for connection of voice terminals and data terminals installed in multiple remote facilities (including permanent and temporary buildings) with their corresponding network equipment, thereby providing a flexible support to modification in each network as well as expansion and migration of the terminal equipment. Major terminal types to be connected include star topology voice terminals (ordinary subscriber telephones, PBX telephones, facsimile terminals, DSUs, etc.) and data terminals composed of token rings and ATM-LANs. Note that data communication equipment items (routers, hubs, MAUs, etc.) for use n the token ring and the ATM-LAN are not included in the System. In addition, the System will be required to satisfy the following conditions. Capabilities are required to provide flexible support to expansion and migration of terminal equipment. Application of safety- and reliability-enhanced systems are required in the cables distributed in crucial terminals. All cabling components comply with Category 5 specifications. Backbone cables use Category 5 UTP cables and optical fiber cables (62.5 micro-meter/125 micro-meter). Performance characteristics of the cables (near-end crosstalk, attenuation, etc.) must comply with EIA/TIA-568 (commercial buildings communication cabling standard in USA). (3) Contents of RFI: NTT is inviting the following types of information on a product or technology similar to the above-mentioned system. This is not, however, a request for suppliers to provide proprietary and/or confidential information, (i) Technical information, Major specifications. Main features (cable types, cabling components, etc.). Standard applicable; Interface conditions (electrical and mechanical),. Reliability, Environmental conditions (ambient temperature, ambient humidity, etc.). Structures, dimensions, and weights, (ii) Prices, Prices for each unit and each component, standard model price, installation work cost, and maintenance cost, (iii) Standard delivery schedule after ordering, (iv) Other information, Sales records including those for similar products, Design (technical studies and preparation of specifications), building or fabricating, and maintenance systems at your firm; Time required for installation work; Other information including any positive and creative proposal that will serve the business operations at NTT. (4) Request for Declaration of the Intention of Participating as a Subcontractor: Any suppliers wishing to participate as a subcontractor in the product procurement program of NTT, are requested to supply NTT with the information listed below. After preparing a list of supplied information, NTT will provide the list to suppliers who wish to be provided with it, to those who have responded to the request for supply of the information listed and to those who have purchased the PROCUREMENT DOCUMENTATION relating to procurement of the product. NTT, however, will undertake no responsibilities for any outcomes arising from supply of the list, (i) Name of supplier, (ii) Place of contact (Address, name of the person in charge, telephone number, and facsimile number). (5) Deadline of submission of materials and comments: 3:00 PM, May 9, 1996 (Mail must arrive no later than the above date). (6) Language: Japanese or English. (099)

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