I think the damn law got in the way...

Most government contracts in the US, to battle inflated contracts for friendly contractors, are sent to the lowest bidder by law.

This doesn't dismiss the government for being knuckleheads, with a contract that large you better have Cisco on board for training at the very least.

I like Cisco stuff, but it doesn't last long enough. My entire Fortune 15 company just switched to HP Curves. Nice products, but they have a few bugs to work out.