NIGP 12050: Lights, Beacon and Signal

NIGP 12050 Lights, Beacon and Signal (Item) encompasses the fabrication, installation, and supply of signage, traffic signal equipment, and specialized lighting infrastructure at parks, intersections, airports, and transit facilities. State and local governments soliciting under this code include county governments, municipalities, school districts, and special-purpose transit authorities. Recent opportunities show activity split between custom metal sign fabrication for parks and recreation sites, LED lighting supply on an as-needed basis, traffic signal modernization projects involving detection systems and controllers, and aeronautical edge lighting for airport runways. The County of Orange, California appears as a repeat buyer, issuing multiple IFBs for custom sign fabrication services across regional parks and beaches with 5% preferences for certified local small business and disabled veteran business enterprise vendors. School districts and airport authorities round out the issuing-body mix.

Activity concentrates in California, Florida, and Texas, with recent solicitations spanning Orange County parks (IFB for custom sign fabrication due August 14, 2026), Parkway School District in the Midwest (LED lighting RFB due July 30, 2026, estimated $35,000 annually), Cameron County, Texas (traffic signal improvements funded through the Carbon Reduction Program, due July 28, 2026), Pasco County, Florida (four-pole traffic signal installation at State Road 56 and LaJuana Boulevard, due June 16, 2026), the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (aeronautical edge lighting equipment supply contract for Newark, JFK, and LaGuardia, due May 26, 2026), and the City of Brownsville, Texas (multiple traffic signal modernization and communications projects funded through federal STBG-MM grants, with bids due between May 21 and May 28, 2026). Collier County, Florida is soliciting emergency and disaster recovery services for traffic signals and roadway lighting on a cost-plus basis (bid due April 23, 2026, historically approximately $1.5 million). The City of Tallahassee is procuring traffic signal installation at the airport (due May 12, 2026). Cooperative purchasing provisions appear in several Orange County procurements, allowing other governmental entities to use awarded contracts with administrative rebates.