By Hagai Amit
Publication Date: 2026-11-09 12:34:00
In early 2018, TheMarker published two investigative reports about Cisco winning a large tender from Israel’s Defense Ministry.
Cisco was chosen as the manufacturer and Bynet as the integrator to supply Israel’s defense establishment with about 1 billion shekels worth of servers over five years.
However, the tender they won was flawed. Cisco won even though it was unclear if it met the technical requirements. Competitors were required to submit a technological proposal and a financial proposal separately, and the technological proposal was supposed to be examined first. However, it was unclear if Cisco submitted separate proposals.
The tender was financed by American foreign aid to Israel, and therefore, Israel’s defense delegation in the United States was responsible for it. The announcement of Cisco’s triumph came just two days after the…
