Specifications include, but are not limited to: The Illinois Department of Innovation and Technology (“DoIT”, “Agency” or “State”) is purchasing reliable and efficient non-fiber-based Metro Ethernet services to provide connectivity between various site locations in Illinois. The site locations (“Identified Service Locations”) are listed as “A Location” and “Z Location” in Attachment A – Pricing and Site Locations. The “A” and “Z” locations in one row of Attachment A represent the end points of a connection. If the “Z Location” states Illinois Century Network Point of Presence (“ICN POP”), Vendor can consider any of the ICN POPs listed in the 2nd tab of Attachment A as an available location. This contract is in conjunction with a Universal Service Fund Schools and Libraries Program E-rate Form 470 pursuant to the DoIT Consortium, and Vendor is required to have a valid Service Provider Identification Number (“SPIN”) from the Universal Service Fund’s Schools and Libraries Program. As part of the contract, Vendor is required to complete and adhere to the E-Rate Supplemental Terms and Conditions included as Attachment B . SUPPLIES AND/OR SERVICES REQUIRED: DoIT is purchasing non-fiber-based services with speeds between 20Mbps to 10Gbps for the locations listed in Attachment A. 1.2.1 Vendor will comply with the following.: DoIT requires non-fiber-based metro-ethernet point-to-point transport services between Identified Service Locations and between Identified Service Locations and the ICN POPs. At the time of order, Vendor must specify if Vendor’s solution has a copper or optical handoff at the Identified Service Location. The service must offer 99.98% availability or better, based on a 30-day average. The service must be guaranteed symmetrical bandwidth. The service must remain in service 7x24x365 with <=80 milliseconds delay one way. Vendors must maintain and honor Quality of Service (“QoS”) tagging between the Customer Premise Equipment (“CPE”) and the ICN interconnect point. Vendor is responsible for monitoring and maintaining connections as well as proactively responding to network issues that may negatively impact connectivity.