ISP-R074 Carlock - Scale Eastbound Metro Ethernet SP

The Illinois Department of Information Technology (DoIT) is procuring fiber-based point-to-point Metro Ethernet transport services to establish wide area network (WAN) connectivity between the Illinois State Police Carlock Scale facility located at Interstate 74 Eastbound Mile Post 122 in Carlock, Illinois and an Illinois Century Network (ICN) Point of Presence site. The required service must deliver guaranteed synchronous bandwidth between 100MB and 1GB as specified in individual BidBuy items, with 99.98% availability or better based on a 30-day average, operating 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, 365 days per year. Service delivery must be fiber-based exclusively, with copper and wireless services explicitly prohibited, and must be terminated on a vendor-provided switch within the DoIT-designated telecom room at both the A end location (Carlock Scale) and Z end location (ICN POP). The Carlock Scale site requires 100 megabits per second of bandwidth as its primary specification. Bidders must submit electronic proposals through BidBuy by the April 14, 2026 deadline, with award determination based on total cost of ownership calculated as the monthly recurring charge multiplied by the service term plus non-recurring installation costs per site location. All pricing must be all-inclusive and final, with no additional taxes, fees, surcharges, or pass-through charges permitted after award, including regulatory recovery fees, universal service fees, gross receipts taxes, or telecommunications-related surcharges. Bidders are required to complete each OPTION line item for additional bandwidth tiers to submit a responsive bid, though OPTION items will not factor into award determination except in cases of a tie.

The solicitation does not specify set-aside designations or restrictions limiting the types of organizations that can respond. There is no incumbent vendor currently providing services at the Carlock Scale site, as this represents a new initiative. Vendors with an executed contract with DoIT within the past twelve months for similar products or services will have the negotiated terms and conditions from that existing contract apply to this solicitation without further negotiation. The procurement also references fifteen designated endpoint locations across Illinois where fiber-based point-to-point metro-ethernet connections will terminate, including major state facilities such as the Central Computing Facility in Springfield, the Michael A Blandich Building in Chicago, the University of Illinois in Champaign, and Southern Illinois University Carbondale, though the primary focus is establishing connectivity from the Carlock Scale location. The solicitation documents do not disclose specific budget ranges or award values within the available materials. The primary site contact for technical inquiries is Jaibin Babu, reachable at jaibin.babu@illinois.gov or 217-649-5457.