Verification Pending
The University of Southern Mississippi has an open procurement for Cisco Smartnet Maintenance, RFP 27-14, RFx 3160008272. The Mississippi procurement record and USM current-bids page show a response deadline of October 7, 2026 at 2:00 PM. The available official pages do not state a time zone for this solicitation, so Atlas will not infer one.
The controlling RFP requires sealed proposals, the RFP/bid coversheet, one signed original and one signed copy, plus an electronic copy. Electronic submission through the Mississippi MAGIC portal is permitted. USM seeks a three-year agreement with possible two one-year renewals. Pricing must be included, the University requests one lump-sum invoicing, and the response must address each requirement in the mandatory Appendix A spreadsheet in the same order with the requirement identifiers preserved.
Publication hold: Appendix A is mandatory and has not yet been reliably inspected through the available official document path. Atlas will not infer Cisco service levels, device counts, serials, contract entitlements, renewal dates, technical requirements, or pricing structure from incomplete materials. Substantive scoring, direct-vendor classification, CRM pursuit activity, and outreach remain blocked until Appendix A is reviewed.
Official sources: University of Southern Mississippi Procurement and Contract Services current-bids page, official RFP 27-14 PDF, and Mississippi DFA procurement record for RFx 3160008272. Atlas checkpointed September 18, 2026.