26-00101-AHAC_ITB.pdf

April 22, 2026

Dear Sir/Madam:

Subject: Sealed Bid No. 26-00101 -AHAC Dedicated AWS Direct Connect Provider Services for Three Years

Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority ("SEPTA") will accept Sealed Bids through its Electronic Procurement System (ePS) website for Dedicated AWS Direct Connect Provider Services for Three Years (hereinafter called (“the Work) as outlined in the Contract Documents until Friday, May 8, 2026 at 10:30 AM, at which time the bids will be made public and read aloud.

The contract duration is for three years from calendar days from the notice to proceed.

The “Work includes but is not limited to Dedicated AWS Direct Connect Provider Services for Three Years to include The vendor must be an authorized vendor for AWS Direct Connect circuits.

This circuit must be extended so that it terminates in the datacenter at facility location A as follows

A. Location A: 1234 Market Street 8th floor, Philadelphia, PA B. 1-10000 Mb/s (10 Gpbs (10GigE)) circuit to an AWS Direct Connect location in (Philadelphia, PA or

Northern VA) AWS Direct Connect location that connects to the AWS Region us-east-1 or 2

Some of the characteristics to include:

A. All circuits must be symmetric (equal upload and download bandwidth) and full duplex.

B. Metro Ethernet is the preferred architecture for circuit.

All equipment must have an Ethernet port hand-off to SEPTA, and the remaining on the statement of work.

No pre-bid meeting will be held.

All questions must be submitted by Friday, May 1, 2026 by 4:30PM (est.) emailed to Heather Casullo, to hcasullo@septa.org to be guaranteed an answer.

Any inquiries regarding this bid and any request for change, modification, or clarification of any aspect of these Contract Documents must be made in writing to SEPTA at least eight (8) calendar days prior to bid opening in order for consideration to be given by SEPTA to affect a change in the Contract Documents.

Any inquiries regarding this bid must be directed to Heather Casullo of the Procurement & Supply Chain Management Department at 1234 Market Street, 11th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19107 or (215) 580-7421. A change, modification, or clarification to the Contract Documents can only by affected by a written Addendum issued by SEPTA via our ePS.

All bids must be submitted through SEPTA’s Electronic Procurement System (EPS). Mailed or hand delivered bids will be rejected. The Bid will be opened electronically on Friday, May 08, 2026 at 10:30AM,the scheduled Opening Date/Time and will be secure and unreadable by SEPTA until that time. Attendance at the Bid Opening meeting is not mandatory.

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No bid will be opened and considered that is submitted later than the time specified.

SEPTA retains the right to reject any and all bids, as determined to be in the best interest of SEPTA.

Each bid submitted shall remain firm for at least ninety (90) days from the date of the Bid Opening and may not be withdrawn in whole or in part during that time. By submitting a bid, the bidder certifies that the bid price is held firm for that time and any extension thereof.

SEPTA, in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 78 Stat. 252, 42 U.S.C. 2000d to 2000d-4, and Title 49,Code of Federal Regulations, Department of Transportation, Subtitle A, Office of the Secretary, Part 21, Nondiscrimination in Federally-Assisted Programs of the Department of Transportation issued pursuant to such Act, hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively insure that in regard to any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation, and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, sex, color, or national origin in consideration for an award.

Contractor will be required to comply with all applicable Equal Employment Opportunity laws and regulations.

All bidders will be required to certify compliance with Executive Order 12549 (ineligible contractors).

Any contract issued as result of this solicitation is subject to a financial assistance contract between SEPTA and U.S. Department of Transportation.

Sincerely, Heather Casullo

Sr. Contract Administrator Procurement & Supply Chain Management Dept.

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