NIGP 65529: Cameras, Digital Type (incl. Digital Network Cameras)

NIGP 65529 Cameras, Digital Type (Including Digital Network Cameras) is an Item code that encompasses sealed-bid and RFQ procurements for network camera equipment—including fixed dome, PTZ, panoramic, and specialized thermal units—supplied and, in some cases, installed for K-12 schools, county sheriff and jail facilities, water authorities, city departments, and county parks and recreation. State and local buyers are acquiring brand-specific equipment (UniFi, Axis, Verkada, Bullard thermal units) as standalone hardware purchases, often excluding installation and configuration, though some school districts and public-safety agencies bundle installation labor within a single procurement. The code sees consistent activity across multiple issuing-body types: school districts (Liberty County Schools in Georgia; Bartow County Schools in Georgia; New London Board of Education in Connecticut) are renewing and refreshing classroom surveillance licenses and procuring new camera arrays; county sheriff and jail operations (Catoosa County in Georgia; Harris County in Texas) are deploying brand-specific systems to detention and public-safety facilities; municipalities (City of Pembroke Pines, Florida; City of San Mateo, California; City of Green Bay, Wisconsin) are upgrading end-of-life surveillance infrastructure for facility security; and regional purchasing cooperatives (Region 7 in Texas) are establishing catalog-discount vehicles for camera and network-systems supply across multiple member agencies. Brand-name equipment requirements dominate: Verkada for sheriff and jail use; Axis for municipal facilities; UniFi for school applications; and thermal units (Bullard) for fire departments. Recent solicitations lean heavily toward equipment-only procurement (no installation, configuration, or programming by vendors), though county school systems and municipal security upgrades occasionally bundle installation labor within the same bid.

Recent activity spans Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Texas, California, and Wisconsin. Representative opportunities include the New London Board of Education (Connecticut) RFP for UniFi camera equipment (sealed-bid, response due May 19, 2026, four school locations, brand-specific mandate); the City of Pembroke Pines (Florida) RFQ for Axis network camera equipment (response due July 23, 2026, 67 cameras total, equipment-only scope); Catoosa County Board of Commissioners (Georgia) IFB for 118 Verkada cameras at sheriff and jail facilities (sealed-bid, response due July 23, 2026, installation included); Harris County (Texas) RFI for AI-powered camera monitoring and analytics solutions (information-gathering phase, response due July 24, 2026); and the County of San Mateo Treasurer-Tax Collector's Office (California) RFP for high-definition IP-based surveillance system design and installation (response due April 1, 2026, mandatory pre-proposal site walk-through on March 10, 2026, five percent local-business preference available). Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative (Texas) issued a catalog-discount bid for network systems and supplies with estimated expenditures of $12.011 million over a two-year award period (August 20, 2026 through August 20, 2028). School districts dominate recent volume for camera-license renewals and classroom-system refresh; public-safety and detention facilities are the primary end-user for large, installed systems; and cities are consolidating aging infrastructure upgrades under single procurements with modest estimated awards.