Notification

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 DOCOMO at every stage, including application, selection and contract negotiations. Although DOCOMO 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) Those who have been adjudged to be placed under guardianship pursuant to article 7 of the Civil Code of Japan, or who have been adjudged to be placed under curatorship pursuant to article 11 of the same code.
• (2) suppliers adjudicated to be bankrupt, and who have not yet been reinstated;。
  
• (3) suppliers under composition, corporate reorganization, bankruptcy or liquidation proceedings;
  
• (4) suppliers who, within the last two years, or suppliers who employed person(s) 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 DOCOMO (hereinafter referred to as "Contract"), 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) to obtain unfair profit in making any application (hereinafter referred to as "Application") or entering into or performing any contract with DOCOMO for the procurement of a product;
  • (c) interfered with other supplier(s) making an application or entering into or performing a contract with DOCOMO;
  • (d) interfered with, or refused or failed to cooperate with DOCOMO personnel when they performed an inspection or supervision duty;
  • (e) failed or refused to enter into or to perform a contract with DOCOMO without justifiable reasons;
  • (f) made a false report or misrepresentation in the application procedure or in entering into or performing a contract with DOCOMO;
  • (g) violated the confidentiality obligation prescribed in Procurement Documentation;
  • (h) misused Procurement Documentation;
  • (i) committed any unfair act in DOCOMO 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 involvement in the preparation of the final Procurement Documentation and/or technical specifications for this procurement.