TAA & DoDIN APL Cisco Networking for Louisiana

OSP, part of the Division of Administration, procures or administers procurement of the equipment, goods, and services state agencies need, covering technology goods and services as well as non-technology categories. The office maintains multiple microcomputer and peripherals contracts and works with NASPO ValuePoint agreements from vendors including Dell, Lenovo, and Insight, giving agencies and eligible political subdivisions a cooperative route to networking hardware. For a Catalyst switching or wireless project that doesn't map cleanly to an existing statewide contract, OSP also runs RFP development and policy guidance for agencies building their own solicitation.

Barksdale Air Force Base in Bossier Parish, home to the 2nd Bomb Wing and its B-52 Stratofortress fleet, anchors Louisiana's strategic airpower mission and the demanding, always-on networks that come with it. NAS JRB New Orleans in Belle Chasse supports Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Army, and Coast Guard reserve units under one roof, meaning its network has to segment traffic across five services. On the civilian side, LSU Health New Orleans and Ochsner Health — Louisiana's largest nonprofit academic health system, with dozens of hospitals across the Gulf South — increasingly partner on medical education and research, favoring Secure Firewall and ISE-based segmentation across clinical, research, and administrative zones.