To establish a Public Internet VPN tunnel with Ford Motor Company, the following assumptions must be understood by the Supplier/Trading Partner:

1. Supplier/Trading Partner understands that the Public Internet VPN solution uses the Public Internet as the transport network. There is no SLA covering performance, availability or access. It is the Supplier/Trading Partners responsibility to provide Public Internet access, monitoring and support to protect against transport network problems.
2. Supplier/Trading Partner must have the expertise necessary to configure and bring the tunnel up on their end.
3. Supplier/Trading Partner is responsible for configuring and troubleshooting the IPSec device at the end of the connection.
4. Supplier/Trading Partner must provide Global Supplier Connectivity Team with their IT contact list and communicate any updates. This ensures successful communication of any network infrastructure changes that could impact the connectivity.

Requirements

1. Supplier/Trading Partner must already have a high-speed Public Internet connection
2. Supplier/Trading Partner must have publicly routable IP address space. Requests with private / RFC1918 or RFC6598 addressing will not be accepted
3. An IPSec IKEv2 compatible device which supports site to site tunnels using Public IP Addresses
4. This connection is strictly for Gateway-Gateway VPNs. We do not allow client VPN connections
5. Ford Motor Company does not currently support Cisco Meraki based VPN tunnel endpoints

Tasks necessary to establish service	Responsible Organization
Open a Network Supplier Connection Request ticket	Ford Motor Company Business Sponsor
Complete the Supplier/Trading Partner Connectivity Form Please have your firewall or network administrator fill this form out.	Supplier/Trading Partner
Exchange with the Supplier/Trading Partner the default VPN security parameters to configure their side of the tunnel It is the Supplier/Trading Partner's responsibility to configure any network devices on their end	Global Supplier Connectivity Team
Confirm or propose alternative allowed parameters	Supplier/Trading Partner
Raise required change request to implement the tunnel at Ford Motor Company end and communicate completion to the supplier	Global Supplier Connectivity Team
Consolidate required access for supplier and reach out to the relevant application teams for them to submit the firewall request via a Network Supplier Access Request ticket. Global Supplier Connectivity Team can help Ford Motor Company Business Sponsor to identify the relevant application teams if required. A Network Supplier Consultation Request ticket can be raised for that purpose.	Ford Motor Company Business Sponsor
Obtain necessary user ID's and passwords for Supplier/Trading Partner (if applicable)	Ford Motor Company Business Sponsor