JPMC - AT&T Metro Ethernet

AT&T Enterprises LLC, a Dallas, Texas-based telecommunications provider, was awarded a Statewide Joint Purchase Master Contract by the State of Illinois Department of Innovation and Technology on September 29, 2026, under contract number 26-448DOIT-TELEC-P-97336. This indefinite quantity blanket competitive sealed bidding contract establishes fiber-based point-to-point and last-mile Metro Ethernet Transport Services available to all governmental units and qualified not-for-profit agencies throughout Illinois. The contract is administered by the Chief Procurement Officer for General Services and was procured through an Invitation for Bid process (Bulletin B-49624).

The Metro Ethernet services offered under this agreement provide bandwidth capacities ranging from 100 Megabits per second to 1 Gigabit per second to support statewide wide area network connectivity. Service delivery must meet stringent performance standards including 99.98% availability, 24/7/365 operation, latency not exceeding 18 milliseconds one-way, jitter not exceeding 12 milliseconds one-way, guaranteed synchronous bandwidth, and Quality of Service tagging. AT&T is responsible for complete service delivery to designated demarcation locations, with services becoming billable upon customer acceptance testing and written confirmation. The initial contract term is five years from final execution on September 28-29, 2026, with a maximum total term not to exceed ten years. Service provisioning must occur within 180 calendar days from acknowledgement, with pricing structured on an all-inclusive basis and orders issued on an as-needed basis throughout the contract term.