Commodity Internet Services

The Quilt leverages the collective purchasing power of its participants to enable The Quilt community to purchase advanced network services at a lower cost. Towards this goal, The Quilt screens and qualifies CIS vendors who meet the community’s requirements through a Quilt RFP process and then negotiates favorable pricing with Quilt-approved CIS vendors.

Specifically, The Quilt looks for vendors who, through their IP transit Internet service offerings, are willing and able to be partners in the delivery and development of research and education networks throughout the United States and who are agreeable to offer pricing discounts appropriate for the significant levels of bandwidth consumed by Quilt participants and their users. The Quilt Community has collectively purchased 4.1Tbps of committed commodity bandwidth from Quilt Approved Providers established from The Quilt’s 12th RFP effort in 2026.

2026 IP Transit Internet Service RFP – Awarded

The Quilt issued the 2026 IP Transit Internet Service RFP on Monday, Jan. 5, 2026 and all responses were due February 25, 2026.
The Quilt has made the awards. Details to follow as contracts are signed.

• The 2026 CIS RFP Process Summary can be found here.
• The 2026 CIS IP Transit RFP can be found here.

For questions, please contact Jennifer Griffin at griffin@thequilt.net.