TAA & DoDIN APL Cisco Networking for North Dakota

North Dakota's State Procurement Office, part of the Office of Management and Budget's Shared Services Division in Bismarck, centrally handles both technology and non-technology goods and services for state government, and publishes bid opportunities and state term contracts through its NDBuys system. The office also joins existing NASPO cooperative contracts that were solicited and awarded by other lead states, giving North Dakota agencies and eligible local entities a way to access competitively bid Cisco networking pricing without originating every contract in-state.

Minot Air Force Base supports more than 5,500 active-duty personnel as the only U.S. installation hosting both the 5th Bomb Wing's B-52H fleet and the 91st Missile Wing's Minuteman III system, while Grand Forks Air Force Base's 319th Reconnaissance Wing operates E/RQ-4B Global Hawk unmanned aircraft for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance — both missions carry strict network security requirements that favor Cisco Secure Firewall and ISE-based segmentation for any contractor network touching base infrastructure. The University of North Dakota's partnership with Sanford Health and North Dakota State University's own health sciences programs add a second procurement track, where campus and clinical networks need Catalyst switching and wireless sized for research and student population density rather than base security constraints.