NIGP 80109: Blanks, Sign, Metal (see 801-71, 89, and 97 for Other Sign Blanks)

NIGP 80109 Blanks, Sign, Metal is an Item code under which state and local governments procure aluminum and steel sign blanks—unfinished or minimally finished sign panel stock in standard configurations (rectangles, diamonds, octagons, pentagons, stop signs, street name signs, railroad crossing signs) and structural sign-support components (square tube signposts, anchor bolts, post base plates, drive caps). Recent solicitations show cities and counties using this code to source traffic control sign blanks meeting MUTCD and state transportation standards, steel signpost and anchor assemblies for municipal sign shops, and extruded aluminum panels for highway and regulatory signage. The mix of issuing bodies spans state transportation departments (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts statewide procurement division procuring on behalf of transportation use), county purchasing offices (Collier County, Pinellas County, Hillsborough County, Pasco County), municipal procurement agencies (City of Phoenix, City of Detroit, City of Houston, City of Dallas), and special-purpose districts (South Dakota State University via the State of South Dakota). Detroit's Department of Public Works sign shop and Hillsborough County have appeared multiple times in recent months, signaling sustained operational demand for replacements and inventory replenishment.

Geographic activity concentrates in Texas, Florida, and the upper Midwest. The Texas Comptroller's statewide aluminum sign blank IFB (127 line items, approximately 141,000 units) and the City of Dallas sidewalk-replacement project (which includes sign and curb work, estimated $2.2 million) represent the largest recent volumes in the Southwest. Florida counties—Pinellas, Hillsborough, Collier, and Pasco—have issued multiple sign-blank and sign-fabrication RFQs and ITQs between June and October 2026, reflecting ongoing infrastructure maintenance cycles. The Hillsborough County ITB for regulatory road and street signs material and parts (estimated $3.452 million over three years, due August 13, 2026) is the largest single contract identified. Detroit's repeated RFQs for anchor bolts, post base plates, drive caps, and square tube signposts (RFQ 547916 due August 12, requiring Detroit-based business certification and 50% Detroit-resident workforce) and the City of Phoenix's five-year aluminum traffic sign blank contract (IFB-26-0332, commencing December 2, 2026) show sustained municipal procurement. The State of Maine's MDOT extruded aluminum sign panel purchase (199 units, four commodity lines, due August 18, 2026) and South Dakota's annual cast aluminum exterior building letters contract for SDSU represent smaller but recurring state-level activity. Across all jurisdictions, delivery timelines typically run 10 to 45 calendar days from purchase order, firm pricing is standard for the initial contract year, and price adjustment mechanisms using the Producer Price Index are common in multi-year agreements.