ISP-R122 Carlock - Scale Westbound 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 Logistics Bureau and Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Unit (CVEU) Carlock Scale Westbound facility located at Interstate 74 Westbound Mile Post 122 in Carlock, Illinois 61725, and fifteen designated Illinois Century Network (ICN) Points of Presence (POP) sites distributed across the state. The service must deliver guaranteed synchronous bandwidth ranging from 100MB to 1GB with point-to-point transport connectivity, maintain 99.98% or greater availability based on a 30-day average, and operate continuously 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, 365 days per year. Vendors must provide fiber-based service only—copper and wireless services are not acceptable—and are responsible for delivering service inside designated telecom rooms at both locations and terminating service on vendor-provided switches. All pricing submissions must be all-inclusive and final with no additional taxes, fees, surcharges, or pass-through charges permitted after award. Bidders must submit electronic responses through the BidBuy platform only and complete pricing for all option line items representing additional bandwidth tiers to be considered responsive. Award will be determined based on total cost of ownership, calculated as monthly recurring charges multiplied by the service term plus non-recurring installation costs per site location. The request for quotations was posted on April 7, 2026, with a due date of April 21, 2026.

The solicitation documentation does not specify set-aside designations or restrictions limiting the types of organizations that can respond, nor does it identify any incumbent vendor currently serving the Carlock Scale Westbound location, as this represents a new initiative requiring connectivity service with no existing service provider. If a vendor has executed a contract with DoIT within the preceding twelve months for similar products or services, the negotiated terms and conditions from that existing contract will automatically apply to this solicitation without further negotiation. The site contact for this procurement is Jaibin Babu of the Illinois State Police, reachable at jaibin.babu@illinois.gov or 217-649-5457, with QSITE ID ISP-R122. The contract document provided does not include detailed information regarding specific pricing terms, funding sources and amounts, contract term length and renewal options, or detailed technical specifications, which would typically be found in the complete RFQ documentation and individual BidBuy item specifications.