International Procurement Service Counter, Planning Department, NTT Power and Building Facilities Inc., Granparktower, 3-4-1 Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106 Japan

61 -- HIGH VOLTAGE GAS TURBINE ENGINE GENERATOR WITH SELF EXAMINATION FUNCTION FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS POWER SOURCE SOL NTT-F.8-3 DUE 022097 POC NTT America, Inc., Head Office, 101 Park Avenue, 41st Floor, New York, NY 10178, Telephone (212) 661-0810 also NTT America, Inc., Pacific and Western Division 700 El Camino Real West, Suite #200, Mountain View, CA 94040, Telephone (415) 940-6565. This p~ublic notice is to request suppliers to provide NTT Power and Building Facilities Inc. (hereinafter referred to as `NTT Facilities') with general referential information on similar products or technology prior to procurement of the intended product (mentioned below) by NTT Facilities. 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 future procurement of the product. (1) Product name; High Voltage Gas Turbine Engine Generator with Self Examination Function for telecommunications power source (2) Estimated procurement quantity; some sets/year (This quantity is the current estimation; however, it may change during public notification of procurement) (3) Product description: The RFI product is installed in the telecommunication buildings. In case of commercial power failure, it is used as stand-by power source for the telecommunication power equipment such as thyristor rectifier, switched mode rectifier, and for incidental facilities of the building. It is used also as an emergency power supply system of fire fighting facilities. (i) Ambient (4) temperature is 5~∼40 degrees (indoor) (ii) Ambient temperature is 0∼40 degrees (outdoor) (iii) Ambient temperature is -15∼40 degrees (for cold district. outdoor) (iv) Output voltage is 3,300/6,600(v) (2 kinds) (v) Rated capacities is 375~∼10,000(kVA) (vi) Continuous operation time is 48(h) and over Description of the RFI; Applicants are requested to supply NTT Facilities with the following information on similar products, or on technology relating, to the product previously-mentioned above. However, entire supplied information 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 may become available to third parties. Regardless in such cases, NTT Facilities will not assume any responsibility for possible outcomes arising from the management, disclosure, or use of the supplied information. (i) Technical information (a) Capacities (b) Electrical Characters (c) Technical characteristics (d) Construction (appearance, outline dimension, weight) (e) Accessories supplied (f) Electrical/physical characteristics (g) Operation condition (h) Installation condition (ii) Prices per unit (iii) Standard time of delivery after ordering (iv) Sales record (v) (a) Active proposals likely to become useful for increasing the NTT Facilities's businesses (b) Organization that deal with equipment trouble and offer follow up service (5) Request for Declaration of the Intention of Subcontracting; Any suppliers wishing to participate as a subcontractor in the product procurement program of NTT Facilities are requested to supply NTT Facilities with the information listed below. After preparing a list of supplied information, NTT Facilities will provide the list to applicants interested in obtaining it; to those who have responded to the request for supply of the information listed in responded to the RFI specified above, and to those who have purchased the Procurement Documentation relating to procurement of the product. However, NTT Facilities will not assume any responsibility for possible outcomes arising from supply of the list. (i) Name of the applicant (ii) Location of contact (Address, name of the person in charge, telephone number, and facsimile number) (6) The products and/or services that the applicant can supply as a subcontractor (7) Time Limit of Acceptance of the Offers for Supply of Information and for Declaration of the Intention of Subcontracting; March, 24, 3:00 pm 1997 (8) The language used for application shall be Japanese or English. (0059)

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