JPMC - Cass Cable Metro Ethernet

The State of Illinois, Department of Innovation and Technology (DoIT), awarded a blanket competitive sealed bidding contract (26-448DOIT-TELEC-P-97345) to Cass Cable TV, Inc., a Virginia, Illinois-based telecommunications provider, for the delivery of Metro Ethernet transport services. The contract was executed on June 17, 2026, with a five-year initial term extending through June 16, 2031, and is available to all governmental units and qualified not-for-profit agencies throughout Illinois. The contract encompasses fiber-based Metro Ethernet services across five Illinois counties—Brown, Cass, Mason, Pike, and Schuyler—with bandwidth capacities ranging from 100 Megabits per second to 1 Gigabit per second. Services are structured on a monthly recurring charge (MRC) basis with pricing varying by county, bandwidth tier, and service term length (12-month or 36-month).

The Metro Ethernet services provide wide area network connectivity between designated state locations and Illinois Century Network points of presence, as well as site-to-site connections with stringent service level requirements including 99.98% availability, latency not exceeding 18 milliseconds, guaranteed synchronous bandwidth, and continuous 24/7/365 operation. Pricing is all-inclusive with no additional charges or telecommunications-related fees permitted. Service deployment must achieve full operational capability within 180 calendar days of order acknowledgment. The contract value is estimated as indefinite in quantity, with specific pricing contained in purchase orders issued on an as-needed basis. Cass Cable TV, Inc. is required to own fiber assets within Illinois and may supplement capacity through third-party leasing arrangements but cannot depend entirely on leased infrastructure.