UNSPSC 43223308: Network system equipment rack

UNSPSC 43223308 Network system equipment rack (Commodity) spans the procurement of enclosed or open-frame mounting infrastructure, cabling management systems, and supporting hardware that state and local governments acquire to organize and house network switches, routers, fiber optic distribution panels, and related telecommunications equipment in data centers, server rooms, network closets, and traffic management facilities. Recent solicitations show that jurisdictions are buying racks as part of larger infrastructure refresh projects—often bundled with switches, cabling, power management, and installation labor—rather than as standalone line items. The code captures both the physical rack enclosure and associated mounting, cooling, cable trays, and power distribution components that accompany active network hardware deployments.

Activity under this code reflects broad issuing-body participation across state departments, county school districts, municipal utilities, and regional transit authorities, with school systems and county governments dominating recent solicitation volume. Representative recent opportunities include the City of Eugene's cooperative procurement for Juniper Network Switches and support (July 2026, RFQ through NASPO), the City of Atlanta Department of Aviation's replacement of end-of-life network switches at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport (August 3, 2026, IFB for labor and materials), Seminole County Public Works' Advanced Traffic Management System hardware upgrade (July 22, 2026, IFB for network switches, optics, and antennas), Wake County IT's Cisco equipment bid for the Sommerset 2 Building Site (July 10, 2026, competitive sealed bid), and the Palo Alto Firewall Equipment procurement by the City of Philadelphia (June 9, 2026, quote submission). Geographic activity concentrates in California, Florida, Georgia, and Texas, with significant E-Rate-funded school district procurements across the Southeast. The code also captures infrastructure projects at transportation and utility authorities, as evidenced by Dalton Utilities' procurement of optical network terminals and WiFi mesh routers in Georgia, and the City of Palo Alto's traffic signal network switch replacement across 102 signalized intersections. Most recent opportunities are posted as competitive IFBs, RFPs, and RFQs with response windows of two to eight weeks, often contingent on E-Rate federal funding approval for educational buyers and frequently structured as demand-usage or cooperative purchasing agreements to serve member agencies over multi-year terms.