UNSPSC 43222612: Network switches

Network device that filters, forwards, and floods frames based on the destination address of each frame. The switch operates at the data link layer of the OSI model.

UNSPSC 43222612 Network switches, a Commodity code, covers the procurement of enterprise and campus network switching equipment—including core switches, edge switches, access points, and related infrastructure—that state and local governments deploy across facilities, campuses, traffic management systems, airports, and data centers. Recent state and local solicitations show active demand for both brand-specific equipment (Cisco Catalyst and Meraki platforms, Juniper, HPE Aruba, Palo Alto firewalls, and EtherWAN traffic switches) and full-service installations with professional services, configuration, and extended support. School districts represent the largest share of recent activity, driven by E-Rate federal funding for technology infrastructure upgrades; airports, counties, and city transit authorities also solicit regularly under this code. Issuing bodies include independent school districts (Hillsborough County Public Schools in Florida at $10.3 million estimated budget; Tacoma School District No. 10 in Washington; Bibb County and Fayette County Public Schools in Georgia; Grosse Pointe Public Schools in Michigan), county governments (Jackson County in Georgia; Seminole County in Florida; Houston County in Georgia), municipal aviation authorities (Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport; Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport), regional transit and traffic agencies (City of Palo Alto Office of Transportation; Broward County traffic control), and state procurement offices (California Department of Education; Texas Department of Information Resources). Geographic concentration is heaviest in Georgia (Bibb County, Fayette County, Gordon County, Houston County, Jackson County school districts and government bodies), Florida (Hillsborough, Sarasota, and Pinellas County school districts; Orange County; City of Jacksonville; Broward County), and Washington (Tacoma School District). Secondary activity appears across Connecticut (Norwich Free Academy), Michigan (Grosse Pointe Public Schools; Royal Oak), Texas (Northside Independent School District via cooperative; Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative), Oregon (City of Eugene), North Carolina (Wake County IT Department), and California (Long Beach Department of Public Works fiber expansion; Palo Alto Office of Transportation).

Representative recent opportunities include Wake County IT Department's Cisco equipment procurement for the Sommerset 2 Building Site (ITB 26074, due July 10, 2026, with mandatory Cisco Channel Partner certification and no substitutions allowed); Hillsborough County Public Schools' Cisco Meraki Enterprise License Agreement (ITB 26045ITBDST, due February 22, 2026, covering 5,842 MS300 network licenses and 20,737 MT/MR Essentials licenses across a 36-month term with $10.3 million estimated value); Fayette County Public Schools' E-Rate wired and wireless access layer network solutions (RFP 26-018-073, due March 16, 2026, for HPE Aruba switches, 790 access points, and managed services); Jackson County Board of Commissioners in Georgia's replacement of Cisco switching and routing infrastructure with new enterprise-class Catalyst 9300 series switches and professional services (RFP PE67800NONST2026000000046, due July 2, 2026, with $1.5 million performance bond required); and Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport's Cisco IT switches procurement (ITB ITB2026CISCOITSWITCHESNOALTERNATIVESALLOWED, due July 28, 2026, with no alternatives permitted). E-Rate funding dominates school district activity, with multiple concurrent procurements posted in January–March 2026 for network lifecycle replacements, cabling upgrades, and firewall infrastructure. Cooperative purchasing vehicles (Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative NET2628 for network systems and supplies catalog discount bid, due July 28, 2026, with $12.011 million estimated expenditures; City of Eugene utilizing NASPO cooperative for Juniper switches) appear regularly. Municipal broadband and fiber expansion projects (City of Long Beach fiber optic expansion, City of Palo Alto traffic signal communication switch replacement) show infrastructure-level demand. Pricing is typically firm-fixed on specialized Cisco or HPE Aruba equipment but negotiable on services; response windows are tight (two to four weeks standard), and brand-locked specifications are common, limiting substitution opportunities.