NIGP 55082: Traffic Counters, Monitors, and Accessories

NIGP 55082 Traffic Counters, Monitors, and Accessories is an Item code tracking state and local procurement for pole-mounted and in-pavement vehicle and bicycle detection equipment, data management systems, and associated monitoring infrastructure deployed at signalized intersections and corridor segments to support traffic engineering analysis, signal operations, and safety improvements. State and local governments are actively soliciting under this code for radar-based count stations with cellular connectivity and cloud hosting, inductive-loop and piezoelectric sensor systems, LED signal heads and detection accessories, and maintenance and data services supporting existing installations. Counties, cities, state departments of transportation, and regional transit authorities are the primary issuing bodies, with recent activity concentrated in Florida (Collier County, Brevard County, Hillsborough County, Marion County, Orange County), Texas (Fort Worth and Houston TxDOT districts, City of Brownsville, City of Dallas), Georgia (Atlanta Beltline, Sandy Springs), and other states including Utah, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Kansas. Representative recent opportunities include Collier County Board of County Commissioners issuing two ITBs for 22 and 23 vehicle count station bundles with five-year cellular data plans and cloud hosting (ITB 26-8649R and ITB 268649, bids due August 3 and August 26, 2026), Orange County Transportation Authority requesting proposals for bicycle screen-line counts at approximately 100 locations (RFP 250219, proposals due March 11, 2026), Fort Bend County soliciting bids for traffic count services (solicitation B26059, due August 11, 2026), and the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet seeking count station maintenance across four regions (RFB 2600000627, due July 2, 2026).

Activity under the code ranges from turnkey equipment procurement with vendor operation and maintenance (Town of Farragut's automated traffic enforcement program RFP 202628, due June 3, 2026, with vendor bearing all installation and citation-processing costs under a no-cost model) to as-needed maintenance agreements (Forsyth County Department of Engineering traffic signal maintenance and repairs, due September 10, 2026) and grant-funded detection-system deployments tied to signal modernization and carbon-reduction initiatives (City of Brownsville Carbon Reduction Program traffic signal synchronization project IFB 17426EPWIFB, due May 21, 2026; City of Brownsville traffic monitoring and management of signalized roads IFB 14326EPWIFB, due May 28, 2026; and Cameron County light synchronization project, due July 28, 2026). Recent solicitations emphasize integration with existing signal control software systems, compliance with federal Buy America and BABA provisions on federally funded projects, and data ownership and export rights retained by the procuring jurisdiction. Some jurisdictions are conducting re-solicitations to test sole-source designations—Marion County's re-solicitation for TRAX Apollyon counters (April 29–May 6, 2026) and the City of Sandy Springs' notice of intent to award Sensys Networks FlexMag2 sensors to Intelligent Transportation Services sole source (due September 1, 2026)—indicating incumbent provider relationships and potential competitive opportunity windows where alternative technologies can be demonstrated.