NIGP 80112: Brackets and Holders, Sign

NIGP 80112 Brackets and Holders, Sign (Item) covers the supply of sign posts, structural components, mounting hardware, and related infrastructure for permanent and temporary signage installations across state and local jurisdictions. State and local governments procure galvanized steel sign posts, U-channel posts, telespar posts with associated brackets and clips, post caps, bolts, hinges, and base systems to support wayfinding signage, directional signs, traffic control signage, and gateway installations. The issuing bodies soliciting under this code span county governments, cities, transit authorities, and special-purpose district administrations. Repeat buyers include Pinellas County, which has issued multiple ITQs for sign construction and installation services within community redevelopment areas and cultural parks; Santa Clara County, which procures guardrail and sign infrastructure as part of expressway and bridge projects; and the Kansas Turnpike Authority, which purchases telespar posts and mounting hardware for roadside signage and maintenance applications.

Recent activity concentrates in California, Georgia, Florida, Kansas, and Texas. The Kansas Turnpike Authority issued RFQ 8216-T on May 6, 2026, for multiple sizes and gauges of telespar posts ranging from 2-inch to 4-inch diameters in lengths from 4 to 24 feet, along with associated hardware including heavy bases, slip bases, and barrier brackets, with bid closing on May 25, 2026. Pinellas County issued ITQ 260436 on April 8, 2026, for design, fabrication, delivery, and installation of 52 exterior wayfinding and gate instruction signs at Pinewood Cultural Park, with responses due April 16, 2026; the county offers SBE preference with five percent price credit for certified small businesses. Elbert County, Georgia posted a competitive procurement on February 4, 2026, to establish a one-year agreement for galvanized U-channel sign posts with four optional renewal periods, with proposals due February 23, 2026. Mason County, Texas solicited contractors on May 15, 2026, for design, fabrication, and installation of wayfinding signage throughout the county, with bid closing on June 4, 2026. The City of Temple Streets Department issued ITB BID340327 on June 26, 2026, for sign and traffic control supplies under an estimated $50,000 annual agreement, with bids due July 23, 2026.