Cisco Switch Upgrade

The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts is procuring network infrastructure upgrade services consisting of two primary components: hardware replacement and security optimization for the U.S. Court of International Trade. The first component involves replacing existing Cisco 3850 access switches with new Cisco 9300 switches (17 x 48-port and 3 x 24-port models) across ten IDF closets, including switch stacking, cable management, labeling, port diagrams, DNA Center integration, and a two-phase cutover process. The second component focuses on optimizing the existing Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) to implement a comply-to-connect enforcement strategy with 802.1x and MAC Authentication Bypass authentication for up to 110 endpoints on the wired network. The vendor must provide post-cutover support including eight hours of knowledge transfer to the customer's engineering team. Responses to this solicitation are due September 15, 2025, with the original posting date of September 8, 2025. The evaluation criteria are not specified in the available documentation.

This procurement does not utilize any set-aside designations and no incumbent contractors are identified in the solicitation materials. The contract does not specify award values or budget ranges, though it requires the vendor to provide all hardware listed on page 15 of the statement of work as part of their proposal. The performance period extends from June 24, 2025, to March 31, 2026, with no additional travel expenses to be billed to the government. All work must be performed at the U.S. Court of International Trade facility located at 1 Federal Plaza, New York, NY 10278. The project involves working with an existing two-node ISE cluster consisting of one physical and one virtual appliance, and includes requirements gathering, design planning, software upgrades, wired network policy implementation, and phased deployment with monitoring support.