NIGP 03527: Beacons, Visual and Runway Lights

NIGP 03527 Beacons, Visual And Runway Lights is an Item code covering specialized lighting fixtures and components that state and local governments—predominantly airport authorities and regional aviation agencies—procure to maintain, upgrade, and rehabilitate runway and taxiway lighting systems. The work solicited under this code includes elevated runway edge and threshold light fixtures, in-pavement taxiway centerline lighting fixtures (LED-based, rated for high runway visual range), replacement lamps and lead assemblies (such as Crouse Hinds A-2 assemblies), and complete runway lighting system overhauls as part of larger pavement rehabilitation projects. Issuing bodies are primarily regional and municipal airport authorities, with occasional state agency procurement; the Heart of Georgia Regional Airport Authority, the City of Camarillo, and the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority appear as recent buyers, alongside state-level acquisitions from Texas.

Recent activity spans Texas, Georgia, and Washington, D.C.–area jurisdictions. Representative opportunities include the Heart of Georgia Regional Airport Authority's sealed bid for High Intensity Runway Lighting (HIRL), signage, and windcone replacement at Eastman Regional Airport (due March 4, 2026), the City of Camarillo's Runway 8-26 Pavement Rehabilitation Project (IFB, due May 7, 2026) which incorporates removal and reinstallation of 61 elevated runway edge and threshold fixtures plus 7 in-pavement fixtures, and the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority's RFP 25-22537 through RFxPremier establishing Master Agreements for Airfield Lighting Products available to all participating states (proposals due August 7, 2026). Texas state procurement for A-2 Lamp assemblies (100 units) occurred in May and June 2026 under informal procurement. The code also captures related pedestrian safety lighting—Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacons (RRFBs) appeared in the City of College Station's Welsh Crosswalk Improvements project and Atlanta's Cleveland Avenue pedestrian mobility improvements, both incorporating beacon installations into broader traffic safety infrastructure.