This procurement seeks to establish one or more contracts for capacity services at varying capacities across the GÉANT Network. It is being conducted under the 2006 Regulations in the form of an Open Procedure and DANTE is seeking solution proposals and pricing for multiple, point to point, layer 2 circuits (1 Gbps through 10 Gbps up to 100 Gbps) in order to refresh connectivity contracts across the network.

DANTE seeks routes into its GÉANT PoPs that do not share the same path into or out of a specific PoP. This is in order to ensure resilience and preserve the integrity of the ring topology that is designed into the network and provide the DANTE NOC with our own restoration paths in the event of an outage on a specific link. Therefore this procurement will assess the diversity of all offered routes to ensure that the optimum solution for DANTE can be selected in respect of network integrity and price.

DANTE seeks Managed Network Links (lambda services) between two points with a range of interface and characteristics as set out in the tender documentation. Contracts for multiple, unprotected 1Gbps, 10 Gbps and 100 Gbps Lambda Services across Europe (to support the GÉANT Network) are envisaged. Each route is set out as a specific Lot and Bidders are invited to respond to one or more Lots.

Contracts that may be awarded from this procurement will run for a maximum term of 3 years and will allow for incremental increases in capacity over time.