The Department of Information Technology (DoIT) intends to purchase Fiber-Based Point to Point Metro-Ethernet Transport Service to provide wide area network (WAN) (e.g. last mile) connectivity between an agency location and an Illinois Century Network (ICN) Point of Presence (POP) site. Please see attachment titled RFQ Supplemental Information for additional information.
The vendor must provide Metro Ethernet services with speeds between 100MB and 1GB, delivered via fiber, with point-to-point transport between State offices and ICN POPs. The service must offer 99.98% availability or better, guaranteed synchronous bandwidth, and remain in service 24/7/365 with <=18 ms delay and <=12 ms jitter. The vendor must deliver service inside the building to the DoIT designated telecom room at A and Z end locations, terminating on a vendor-provided switch. The vendor is responsible for monitoring and maintaining connections, performing bandwidth upgrades within 30 business days, and notifying DoIT upon installation completion.
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