Procurement And Supply Department, NTT Mobile Communications Network Inc., Shin-nikko Bldg., East tower, 10-1, Toranomon 2-Chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105, Japan

61 -- JAPAN: VALVE REGULATED MEDIUM-SIZED SEALED LEAD-ACID BATTERIES FOR TELECOMMUNICATION APPLICATION SOL DoCoMo.06-I02 due 092195. 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, 800 El Camino Real West, Suite 103, Mountain View, CA 94040, Telephone 415/940-1414. This public notice invites potential suppliers to supply NTT DoCoMo with general information on technologies or products similar to the below-mentioned product prior to the procurement of the product. This notice also invites potential suppliers to express an interest in subcontracting the said product. Please note that, however, a procurement notice will not necessarily follow this public notice. (1) Product name; Valve regulated Medium-Sized Sealed Lead-Acid Batteries for Telecommunication Application (2) Product description; These valve regulated lead-acid batteries are designed so as not to require additional water by absorbing the gas. These valve regulated lead-acid batteries are used in telecommunication. a) Ambient temperature -10 to 40 degrees Celsius, relative humidity 30 to 90% b) Battery capacities are from 2V200Ah to 2V3000Ah c) Floating or trickle charging voltage is 2.230 (V/cell) d) Estimated procurement quantity, about 10,000 batteries (This quantity is the current estimate; however, it may change during public notification of procurement) (3) Contents of RFI; NTT DoCoMo 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. a) Technical information (including product) (i) Capacities (including maximum unit cell capacity) (ii) Electrical Characteristics rated capacity (20 HR, 10HR, 8HR, 5HR, 3HR, 1HR, 30MIN), low temperature discharge capacity, lifetime, characteristics of thermal run away, overcharge, charge retention rate, gas recombinating efficiency, maintenance of charging capacity (iii) Battery construction appearance outside dimension weight plate (materials of grid and active materials), materials of container and cover, and flammability ratings, specific gravity of electrolyte, construction of terminals (iv) Accessories supplied (v) Electrical/physical characteristics environmental conditions (temperature, humidity, charging voltage and regularity, etc.), installation (vertical or horizontal position, structure of assembled battery earthquake resistance, etc.) b) Prices (Price per unit) c) Standard time of delivery after ordering d) Sales records e) Others (Active proposals likely to become useful for increasing the businesses of NTT DoCoMo) (i) Demonstrating the manner and the period of dealing with equipment breakdown, and the manner and the period of maintenance (ii) Spontaneous proposals that will be of interest to NTT DoCoMo (4) Invitation of expressions of interest in subcontracting; NTT DoCoMo also invites the following information from potential suppliers who are interested in subcontracting concerning this procurement. Please note that NTT DoCoMo will provide a list of information submitted by potential subcontractors only to potential suppliers who have requested the list, responded to the RFI specified above, and purchased the Procurement Documentation concerning this procurement. NTT DoCoMo will not be responsible for any consequence that might result in the provision of the list. (i) Name of supplier (ii) Contact (address, person in charge, telephone and facsimile numbers) (5) Deadline for responding to RFI and/or expressing an interest in subcontracting; September 21, 3:00 pm 1995. (6) Accepted language; Japanese or English. (220)

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