NIGP 19550: Program Clocks, Bells, Lights, and Chimes

NIGP 19550 Program Clocks, Bells, Lights, and Chimes, an Item code, covers decorative and functional lighting installations, LED lighting supplies, and traffic signal control equipment that state and local governments procure for municipal infrastructure, municipal facilities, and school operations. Recent solicitations show demand spanning holiday lighting and decorations services for municipal grounds, LED lighting products for school districts, and traffic signal modernization systems including detection equipment, control cabinets, and GPS synchronization hardware. Issuing bodies include city procurement offices, county governments, and school districts. Cities solicit both seasonal lighting services and infrastructure-scale traffic signal projects; school districts buy LED lighting supplies on an as-needed basis. The work ranges from temporary seasonal installations managed through RFP or IFB to multi-year capital projects with federal funding and extensive technical specifications.

Activity concentrates in Texas and Florida. The City of Cooper City, Florida posted back-to-back solicitations for holiday lighting and decorations services (IFB2026-5 due July 23, 2026, and RFP2026-4 re-solicitation due August 24, 2026), requiring $1 million general liability coverage and performance bonds. Parkway School District solicited LED lighting supplies on an as-needed basis (IFB 275, due July 30, 2026) with estimated annual spend of $35,000 over a twelve-month term beginning September 26, 2026. The City of Brownsville, Texas issued a federally funded traffic signal modernization IFB (IFB#174-26-EPW-IFB, due May 21, 2026) deploying radar-based detection, NEMA TS2 control cabinets, and GPS synchronization across 33 intersections, with TxDOT prequalification required, HUB subcontracting opportunities available, and Build America, Buy America compliance mandatory. Cameron County posted a similar light synchronization project (IFB 27126EPW, due July 28, 2026) under the Carbon Reduction Program. Traffic signal work requires professional references, financial capability verification, and compliance with federal wage and material sourcing rules.