The State of Maryland's Department of Information Technology (DoIT) is seeking a Master Contractor to provide data telecommunications services for various State locations. The contractor will be responsible for providing connectivity to State locations served by a State data aggregation facility. The services will include last mile access data services, and the contractor must meet the technical requirements described in the Data Telecommunications Services Master Contract RFP No. F50B4400028. The contract will be for a period of 2 years, and the contractor will be required to provide maintenance support on a 24x7x365 basis. Key points to consider: • The contractor must be a Master Contractor awarded a contract under the Data Telecommunications Services Master Contract. • The contractor must provide services that meet or exceed the technical requirements described in the Master Contract. • The contractor will be required to provide a project manager who will create a transition-in and transition-out plan. • The contractor will be required to maintain end-to-end network availability at a 99.7% uptime for each installed circuit. • The contractor will be required to provide invoices that identify "networkMaryland" as the recipient and contain specific information. • The contract will be awarded to the Master Contractor that submits the most advantageous offer.