TAA & DoDIN APL Cisco Networking for New Hampshire

The NH Department of Administrative Services, Bureau of Purchase and Property, runs the state's centralized contracting, publishing statewide contracts open not just to executive agencies but to municipalities, political subdivisions, and the University System of New Hampshire. A public buyer specifying Catalyst switching or Wi-Fi for a town hall, school, or USNH campus works through this same bureau rather than a separate IT-only office, which means procurement staff are often generalists juggling technology alongside facilities and fleet contracts — a reason to bring fully scoped, TAA-documented Cisco quotes rather than assume deep pre-existing network specs.

Portsmouth Naval Shipyard overhauls and modernizes the Navy's nuclear attack submarine fleet, and the adjacent Pease Air National Guard Base flies KC-46A tankers for the 157th Air Refueling Wing — both draw contractor and support-vendor traffic that needs secure, segmented infrastructure meeting federal acquisition rules. Contractors and integrators serving that base community, along with USNH campuses in Durham, Manchester, and Plymouth, need networking gear that clears TAA compliance for any work touching federal or federally adjacent funding, which is where Cisco Secure Firewall and ISE-based segmentation fit naturally into a bid.