Q4-CY23 - Metro Ethernet Service

The Illinois Department of Innovation and Technology (DoIT) is seeking bids for Fiber-Based Point to Point Metro-Ethernet Transport Service with speeds between 20 MB and 1GB for various agency locations throughout the state. The contract will have an initial term of 6 years, with an option to renew for an additional 4 years. DoIT anticipates making multiple awards, with each site evaluated and awarded separately to the vendor submitting the lowest responsive and responsible bid per site location. Successful bidders must provide reliable and efficient Metro Ethernet services with 99.98% availability or better, guaranteed synchronous bandwidth, and 24/7/365 availability. The bid opening date has been extended to July 9, 2024 to allow time for site surveys and clarification of questions.

The contract opportunity is subject to the Small Business Set-Aside Program, and bidders must be qualified by the program at the time bids are due. The contract may be partially or totally funded with federal funds. Vendors who hire qualified veterans and certain ex-offenders may be eligible for tax credits. The current incumbent providers are not specified, though the attachment indicates that new service will be provided at many of the locations, replacing existing providers like Metro CC and Frontier. The total award value or budget range is not provided in the available documentation.