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Procured Products
NTT West procures telecom equipment and a wide variety of other products, such as office and medical equipment, as you can see below.
| Type | Products To Be Procured | |
|---|---|---|
| Telecom equipment | Network systems (Node) | digital switches, IP equipment for core network, digital transmission equipment, microwave equipment, long distance optical fiber cable |
| Network systems (Access) | transmission equipment, equipment for leased circuit services, local optical fiber and related equipment, IP equipment for access network | |
| User systems | customer premises equipment and products for business users | |
| Operation systems | workstations and servers for operation systems | |
| Other | office equipment, medical equipment | |
Miscellaneous
NTT West procures only finished products, not semi-assembled products or parts. Decisions regarding which parts are to be utilized for finished products will be made by the suppliers.
Type of Procurement Procedures
Procurement procedures are divided as follows, depending on the nature of products. All products are, in principle, procured according to one of these procedures.
| Categories of Products | Procurement Procedure |
|---|---|
| Telecom equipment for domestic services | Request for Proposal (RFP) Process Supplier's Proposal Process Follow-on Purchase Process Purchase Procedure Based on Selection by Customer |
| Non-telecom products | Non-Telecom Products Procurement Procedure |
| Supercomputers | Supercomputer Procurement Procedure |
| Satellites | Satellite Procurement Procedure |