Planning Group Procurement and Supply Department NTT. Tokyo Opera City Tower Bldg 26F 3-20-2 Nishi-shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 163-14, JAPAN

47 -- PLIABLE CONDUIT FOR PROTECTION OF CABLES Sol Shizai 8-4. Due 011097. POC NTT America, Inc., Corporate Headquarters, 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, 415/940-1414. Product outline. This product is utilized for protecting underground communication cables. Quantity: about 2,600 km/year. Public Notice concerning invitation to submit proposal under Track II procedures. Delivery site; NTT will separately specify the place(s) in Japan as delivery site(s). Basic Condition of Participation; Applicants are allowed to participate in this procurement procedure by itself or jointly with other suppliers. In the case of joint participation, participants have to decide on a representative who will contact NTT at every stage, including application, selection and contract negotiations. Although NTT will contact and negotiate with the chosen representative, all joint participants shall assume every obligation and liability related to this procurement regardless of their status. However, suppliers who fall under any of the following conditions cannot participate in the procurement; (1) suppliers adjudicated to be an incompetent or quasiincompetent; (2) suppliers adjudicated to be bankrupt, who have not yet been reinstated; (3) suppliers under arrangement, composition, cooperate reorganization, bankruptcy or liquidation proceedings; (4) suppliers who, within the last two years, (a) intentionally or by a gross mistake did poor or faulty work in the manufacturing, supplying and delivery of any product or in the provision of any services when performing a contract with NTT, or committed any unfair act with respect to the quality and/or quantity of any product supplied thereunder. (b) conspired with other supplier(s) or applicant(s) in making any application or obtaining or performing any contract with NTT to obtain unfair profit; (c) interfered with other supplier(s) making an application or entering into or performing a contract with NTT; (d) interfered with or refused or failed to cooperate with NTT personnel when they performed an inspection or supervision duty; (e) failed or refused to enter into or to perform a contract with NTT without justifiable reasons: (f) make a false report or misrepresentation in the application procedure or in concluding or performing a contract with NTT; (g) violated the confidentiality obligation prescribed in Procurement Documentation; (h) misused Procurement Documentation; (I) committed any unfair act in NTT tenders to interfere with other supplier(s) in competition; (5) suppliers who are deemed to have gained unfair competitive advantages as a result of their direct involvements in the preparation of the final Procurement Documentation and/or technical specifications for this procurement. Please note: A charge will be made for furnishing interested persons with copies of the application form and application documents. The language used for application shall be Japanese or English. (318)

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