⑴ Contracting entity : Jun, Nakamura Director of Harima Administrative Division, RIKEN.

⑵ Classification of the products to be procured : 14, 71, 27

⑶ Nature and quantity of the products to be rent : Lease and maintenance of firewall for external connection 1 set

⑷ Rent period : 1, Sep, 2022 through 31, Aug, 2027

⑸ Rent place : RIKEN Harima Campus

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 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, 4, Jul, 2022

⑻ Contact point for the notice : Noriko Yamaguchi, Harima Contracts Section, of Harima Administrative Division, RIKEN Harima Branch. 1-1-1, Kouto, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo, 679-5148, Japan, TEL 0791-58-0063.