MDTA’s FY 2027–2032 Draft CTP adds a Network Hardware Replacement project with 2,000,000 in construction funding. The work will replace network hardware that services the MDOT/MDTA network backbone and ancillary network devices at various MDTA facilities, indicating a planned refresh of core routing, switching, and related network infrastructure. Because this is cast as a capital project across multiple facilities, it suggests a coordinated, multi-site hardware upgrade that may need careful design, staging, and cutover planning, along with security hardening. Network OEMs, integrators, and cybersecurity partners have an opportunity to shape standards (e.g., vendor stack, segmentation, monitoring) before procurement and to pursue the eventual hardware and integration contracts.

Project covers both backbone and ancillary network hardware; likely intersects with enterprise cyber...