NIGP 68087: Surveillance Cameras and Counter-Surveillance Equipment and Supplies

NIGP 68087 Surveillance Cameras and Counter-Surveillance Equipment and Supplies, an Item code, covers network IP cameras, thermal imaging equipment, body-worn cameras, license plate recognition systems, night vision optics, and integrated video management platforms that state and local governments procure for law enforcement operations, facility security, transit fleet monitoring, school safety, detention centers, and public infrastructure protection. Recent solicitations show mixed deployment scales—from compact onboard transit systems to large-scale facility upgrades—with vendors competing on image quality (4K/5MP specifications), storage capacity (ranging 16 TB to 264 TB), integration with existing ecosystems (Genetec, Avigilon, exacqVision, Axon), and turnkey installation and warranty support.

State departments, county sheriffs' offices, city transit authorities, school districts, housing authorities, and correctional agencies dominate the issuing-body mix, with standout repeat buyers including the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (BCCE cabling and video surveillance across 80 facilities statewide), the City of Santa Monica Department of Transportation (onboard bus surveillance modernization), and North Carolina State Security Applications and Technologies Department (pre-qualification of system integrators). Geographic activity spans Florida, Texas, California, North Carolina, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, South Carolina, and Minnesota, with particularly dense recent solicitation volume in Florida and California. Representative opportunities include the City of DeBary, Florida's RFP for 4K network camera replacement at city hall (response date July 24, 2020; ultimately awarded Lane Technology Solutions at $31,499); the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's RFP for broadband cabling and IP video surveillance systems across correctional facilities statewide (proposals due November 9, 2026); the City of Santa Monica's RFP for onboard bus video surveillance system modernization covering 173 buses (proposals due November 5, 2026); Dorchester County, South Carolina's informal quote for ten dual-tube night vision goggles for the Sheriff's Office (responses due October 20, 2026); the City of Charlotte's RFP to replace the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department's license plate recognition system (proposals due October 5, 2026); and Bristol Community College's RFP for solar-powered wireless security cameras integrated with Avigilon Alta cloud platform (proposals due August 11, 2026, subject to Massachusetts prevailing wage requirements). The code sees sustained activity across RFP, RFQ, IFB, and ITB notice types, with contracts typically ranging $31,000 to $130,000 for discrete facility projects and extending to multimillion-dollar statewide or multi-facility scopes like TDCJ. Prevailing wage requirements apply to many public works components, and federal Davis-Bacon compliance, E-Verify, and cybersecurity standards (CJIS, SOC 2 Type II) are common constraints.