NIGP 20513: Cables: Printer, Disk, Network, etc., Environmentally Certified Products

NIGP 20513 Cables: Printer, Disk, Network, Etc., Environmentally Certified Products (Item) covers network infrastructure cabling and associated connectivity hardware that state and local governments procure for data center, campus, and district-wide communications upgrades. Recent solicitations show active procurement of structured cabling systems, termination hardware, and on-call installation and maintenance services to support voice and data transmission across educational, county government, and community college networks.

State and local issuing bodies pursuing this code include school districts, county governments, community colleges, and cooperative purchasing vehicles. Hillsborough County Public Schools issued an Invitation to Quote in April 2026 for 10-inch Poseidon Celeron Tablets with dock station chargers and 2D scan modules totaling 42 units for educational technology deployment. Bergen Community College released an RFP in September 2026 for on-call network cabling services covering moves, adds, removes, changes, and repairs to its Category 6 cable plant across three New Jersey campuses (Paramus, Lyndhurst, and Hackensack) over a two-year term through December 2028, specifying General Cable GenSpeed 6000 plenum-rated cabling, Panduit RJ45 jacks and faceplates, and 568b termination standards. Bergen County, New Jersey also solicited on-call network cabling services with a proposal deadline of November 4, 2026. Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative in Kilgore, Texas issued a catalog discount bid for network systems and supplies (NET2628) with a two-year contract term from August 2026 through August 2028 and estimated total expenditures of $12.011 million serving multiple member agencies across Texas. Geographic activity centers in Texas, New Jersey, and Florida, with cooperative purchasing extending the reach across multiple states. The Texas Department of Information Resources solicited offers for cellular, wireless, pager, and satellite services including related equipment and infrastructure for the Texas Agency Network in May 2026, with responses due July 23, 2026 and contract award anticipated in October 2026.