NIGP 28029: Communications/Telecommunications Cable and Wire

NIGP 28029 Communications/Telecommunications Cable and Wire, an Item code, encompasses the supply and installation of structured cabling systems—copper (Cat 6A), fiber optic (single-mode and multimode), coaxial, and pole-line hardware—deployed across municipal departments, schools, transit facilities, and regional infrastructure projects on an as-needed basis. State and local governments are actively procuring this code to support office networks, surveillance systems, broadband expansion, traffic management infrastructure, and fiber-backbone telecommunications. Recent solicitations show counties, cities, and school districts acquiring turnkey or time-and-materials cabling services with installation, testing, certification, and maintenance components spanning interior and exterior plant work.

Activity is distributed across multiple issuing body types: county governments (San Mateo County, Hillsborough County, Broward County, Sauk County), cities (Arlington, Charlotte, Wichita, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Austin, Brownsville), school districts (Jones County, Northside Independent), and state departments (California DOT, Florida DOT, California Department of Technology). Representative solicitations include the County of San Mateo RFP for structured cabling and installation services across all county departments (posted July 2026, responses due December 2026, estimated contract value $300,000 to $1,000,000 with per-foot pricing); the City of Brownsville turnkey engineering, procurement, and construction for middle-mile fiber extension (Rings 7–9) totaling approximately 130 route miles of new fiber infrastructure (posted July 2026, responses due August 2026); the Hillsborough County ITB for low-voltage cabling services over five years (posted May 2026, responses due May 2026, estimated value $9.2 million); and the City of Charlotte RFP for citywide on-call cabling services (posted April 2026, responses due May 2026, three-year initial term with optional two-year renewal). Geographic activity concentrates in California, Florida, Texas, Colorado, and the Midwest, with scattered opportunities in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Georgia, and Kentucky. The code's activity level is robust, with regular openings from both cooperative purchasing vehicles and direct government procurements, supporting ongoing infrastructure modernization and broadband initiatives across state and local jurisdictions.