Lumen Unprotected NASPO

The State of Illinois Department of Innovation and Technology awarded a Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) to CenturyLink Communications, LLC (operating as Lumen Technologies) under Master Contract #26-448DOIT-ADMIN-P-83064 for Wavelength-IOC 10 Gigabit Ethernet Local Area Network cloud solutions. The contract, valued at $204,151.04, was procured through a competitive sealed proposal process leveraging the NASPO ValuePoint Cloud Solutions Master Agreement. The period of performance extends from the award date of April 1, 2026, through the completion date of September 15, 2026, with service locations identified as 2335 South Ellis Street in Chandler, Arizona and 900 Walnut Street in Saint Louis, Missouri. Funding is sourced from Fiscal Year 2026 State appropriations.

The deliverables consist of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cloud hosting services combining managed services and system integration to provide secure, scalable, and reliable computing and storage solutions. The contract encompasses four line items totaling 37 units, comprising two circuits with 36-month terms at monthly recurring charges of $2,793.07 each and non-recurring charges of $1,525.00 each, and two additional circuits at monthly recurring charges of $1,250.00 each with identical non-recurring charges. Services include A-Side and Z-Side access with custom routing and circuit diversity requirements in accordance with National Institute of Standards and Technology service models.