⑴ Contracting entity : Satoshi Hoshino, Director of Contract Management Division, RIKEN.

⑵ Classification of the products to be procured : 24

⑶ Nature and quantity of the products to be rent : Lease (Rental) of ultra-high vacuum low-temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscope 1 set

⑷ Rent period : From 15, Feb, 2023 through 31, Mar, 2030

⑸ Rent place : RIKEN.

⑹ Qualifications for participating in the tendering procedures : Suppliers eligible for participating in the proposed tender are those who shall ①not come under Article 5 of the Regulation concerning the Contract for RIKEN ②have the Grade A, Grade B or Grade C qualifications during fiscal year 2022 in manufacturing, selling business or services for participating in tenders by RIKEN, or in tenders by Single qualification for every ministry and agency ③prove to have the ability to rent the products concerned by themselves and by a third party, should the products requested through this notice be rent by a third party, prove to have prepared a system to provide maintenance for the rent products.

⑺ Time limit of tender : 3 : 00 PM, 8, Aug, 2022

⑻ Contact point for the notice : Yasushi Takahashi, Contracts Section I, Contract Management Division RIKEN. 2-1, Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan, TEL 050-3500-6484