2324-001 - ORION RFQ #2334-001 DIA IP Transit

ORION is a not-for-profit organization supporting Ontario’s progress with essential digital infrastructure. Since 2001, we’ve facilitated new discoveries by connecting research and education institutions, regions, and people across the province, enabling collaboration, learning, forging partnerships, and providing our community with the digital tools and expertise they need to make the world a better place.

The key objectives of ORION are to facilitate collaborative research across disciplines and regions and between public and private sector partners; facilitate development of innovative research tools and methodologies and act as a catalyst for development of next-generation Internet technologies and applications.

ORION is seeking DIA/IP Transit Vendor(s) to provide the following service(s) indicated below. Vendors may respond to providing Quotation(s) for either a Transit 1 location and/or a Transit 2 location.

Transit 1 location:
ORION’s PoP located at 151 Front Street West, Toronto, ON, MMR1
100G Optical Ethernet Access/handoff, 50G subscribed bandwidth, burstable to 100G.
Vendor’s DIA/IP Transit must be located at 151 Front.

Transit 2 locations:
100G Optical Ethernet Access/handoff, 50G subscribed bandwidth, burstable to 100G.
Vendors responding to providing DIA/IP Transit services for both Transit 1 and Transit 2 must also ensure their services are utilizing diverse IXPs.

ORION has identified 5 optional ORION PoP locations for Transit 2 connectivity below.
Vendors may provide solutions for any of the PoP locations, but ORION will choose just one location.