Wide Area Network Services

Overview

IT Support, Hardware & Networking

Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Pickering, Ontario, CanadaPosted about 1 month agoDeadline: April 8th, 2026

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SUMMARY

The City of Pickering, Ontario seeks a contractor to provide a high-availability, high-bandwidth WAN service, including up to 2.5 Gbps secure connectivity and Microsoft cloud integration for a three-year term.

KEY REQUIREMENTS

BUDGET

Estimate

$250,000 – $1,000,000

CONTRACT DURATION

60 months

TIMELINE

Issuance of RFP Documents: March 16th, 2026

Deadline for Respondents to Submit Requests for Clarification/Questions: March 25th, 2026

Issue Response to Questions Document: March 31st, 2026

Last day for issuance of Addenda: April 1st, 2026

Deadline for Submission of Proposals: April 8th, 2026

QUESTION DEADLINE

March 25th, 2026

Issuing Agency

Municipal Property Assessment Corporation

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DESCRIPTION

A government authority in Pickering, Ontario is seeking vendors to provide wide area network (WAN) services that meet high availability and high bandwidth requirements, supporting both current and future voice, video, and data needs. The WAN must be capable of applying rate-limiting guarantees to specific packet types to ensure quality of service (QoS) on the circuits.

Vendors are required to demonstrate the ability to deliver private, secure layer 3 switched Ethernet connectivity up to 2.5 Gbps and describe their status as an ExpressRoute partner with Microsoft, ensuring up to 2.5 Gbps interconnection with redundancy between the network and Microsoft cloud services. The network must allow for converged video and data services. The contract will span a period of three years. All vendor questions regarding this RFP must be submitted by March 25, 2026.

Source attribution

This Settle analysis is based on the issuing organization’s public RFP listing.