Attachment A - MET9 DOC.xlsx

This is an attachment document for a Metro Ethernet IFB (Invitation for Bid) issued by the Illinois Department of Innovation and Technology for redundant fiber-based point-to-point metro-ethernet transport services at Department of Corrections facilities throughout Illinois. The document lists four primary bid line items for correctional centers and re-entry facilities requiring secondary circuit connectivity with path diversity to support existing primary circuits. The locations include Dixon Correctional Center (Dixon), Graham Correctional Center (Hillsboro), Taylorville Correctional Center (Taylorville), and Kewanee Life Skills Re-Entry Center (Kewanee), with services ranging from 100 MB to 1 GB in speed. Site contacts and technical points of contact are identified for each location, including Kim Fisk at the Michael A Blandic Building in Chicago, Robert Walls at the Central Computing Facility in Springfield, and Louis Elrod in Kewanee, with direct phone numbers and email addresses provided for bidder inquiries.

The secondary circuits are intended to provide redundancy and path diversity to existing primary circuits currently supplied by vendors including Comcast, MCC (Midwest Communications Corporation), FIDIUM, and STRATUS. Each location requires documentation of current provider information and facility details to enable bidders to assess network topology and service requirements. The document emphasizes the criticality of path diversity to prevent single points of failure across the correctional facilities' network infrastructure, indicating these are mission-critical services for state operations.