International Procurement Office, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, 1-6, Uchisaiwai-cho 1-chome, Chiyodaku, Tokyo 100-19 JAPAN

58 -- COMPUTERS FOR ADVANCED SOFTWARE SYSTEMS Sol IPO.07-03. Due 082195. 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: These products are to supply common environments mainly intended for developing various software systems and operating various operating systems. Quantity: Personal computers Type 1: Personal computers with mounted Windows About 8000 units (undetermined:the year 1999 onward) Type2: Personal computers with mounted Kanji Talk 7 About 2400 units (undetermined: the year 1999 onward) Public Notice concerning invitation to submit proposal under Track IIA procedures. Delivery site; NTT will separtely specify the place(s) in Japan as delivery site(s). Basic conditions 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, who fall under any of the following conditions cannot participate in the procurement: (i) suppliers adjudicated to be an imcompetent or quasi-incompetent; (ii) suppliers adjudicated to be bankrupt, and who have not yet been reinstated; (iii) suppliers under arrangement, composition, corporate reorganization, bankruptcy or liquidation proceedings; (iv) suppliers who, within the last two years, (a) intertionally or by a gross mistake did poor or faulty work in the manufacturing, supplying and delivery of any product performing a contract with NTT, or comitted any unfair act with respect to the quality and/or quantity of any product supplied thereunder; (b) conspired with any other supplier(s) or supplied applicant(s) in making any application or obtaining or performing any contract with NTT with to obtain unfair profit; (c) interfered with any other supplier or suppliers 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) made 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 interface with other supplier(s) in competition; (v) suppliers who are deemed to have gained unfair advantage in competition as a result of their direct involvement 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 tender documents. The language used for application shall be Japanese or English. (180)

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