UNSPSC 43201404: Network interface cards

An adapter circuit board installed in a computer to provide a physical connection to a network. Also called adapter cards or NIC cards.

UNSPSC 43201404 Network interface cards (Commodity) represents hardware components state and local governments procure as part of broader network infrastructure modernization, data center upgrades, and traffic management system replacements. Recent solicitations show these cards being acquired primarily as subordinate line items within larger networking equipment bundles—integrated into managed switch orders, server peripheral packages, and converged network system deployments—rather than as standalone catalog purchases. The issuing bodies span county IT departments, independent school districts, state transportation agencies, municipal utility systems, and special-purpose authorities, with repeat activity from Gwinnett County, Texas DOT, and various Florida municipalities.

Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners is pursuing file servers and peripheral equipment including network cards on an annual contract (IFB, due October 29, 2026), requiring authorized HP resellers with five years' mid-to-large-company or government experience and firm pricing tied to Georgia state contract discounts. The City of Orlando is designing and installing a 66,000-seat stadium converged network system with redundant uplinks and Category 6A cabling (RFP26-0578, due October 27, 2026), structured as turnkey design-build with 1 Gbps minimum per port and SBE/VBE participation criteria scoring 12 of 100 evaluation points. Bergen Community College is soliciting on-call Category 6 network cabling moves, adds, removes, changes, and repairs across three New Jersey campuses (RFP, due November 4, 2026), with termination using Panduit RJ45 jacks meeting Gigabit Ethernet specifications. Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia, Texas, Florida, and the Northeast, with secondary presence in California, Oregon, and the Mid-Atlantic. Wake County IT (North Carolina) is bidding Cisco equipment for the Sommerset 2 Building (IFB, due July 10, 2026) requiring authorized Cisco Channel Partners; Jackson County (Georgia) is seeking Cisco switching and routing replacement with professional services including Catalyst 9300 series hardware (RFP, due July 2, 2026). The code shows steady state and local demand tied to network modernization cycles and infrastructure compliance refresh rather than spike-driven procurement, with most opportunities embedding network interface cards as component-level line items within broader managed infrastructure contracts.