NIGP 80160: Signs: Construction (Including Roll-Up Type Message Signs)

NIGP 80160 Signs: Construction (Including Roll-Up Type Message Signs) is an Item code that captures state and local procurement of custom-designed, fabricated, and installed signage for public infrastructure, monuments, wayfinding, and messaging—ranging from large gateway and entrance signs to specialized trail markers, LED displays, and roll-up message boards. State and local governments buy under this code when they commission structural sign systems with integrated lighting, custom graphics, or specialized materials for parks, airports, streets, fire stations, cultural facilities, and transportation corridors. The issuing-body mix spans city departments of business administration and public works, county parks and administration offices, airport authorities, school districts, and transit authorities, with recent activity concentrated in Florida (Orange County, Pinellas County, Seminole County, Lee County Port Authority), Georgia (Gwinnett County, City of Dunwoody, City of Woodstock, Henry County), and scattered solicitations in Texas, California, Pennsylvania, and Colorado. Scope varies from straightforward single-sign projects to portfolios of 50+ units across multiple locations, with specifications often incorporating ADA compliance, LED backlighting, MUTCD standards, and aluminum or synthetic materials on concrete foundations.

Recent representative opportunities include the City of Scranton Department of Business Administration ITB for West Scranton Gateway Signage (sealed bids due July 16, 2026), an 18-foot-tall aluminum structure with LED uplighting and custom graphics requiring sealed bids and Pennsylvania prevailing wage compliance; Escambia County Parks Department ITB for outdoor hockey dasher boards and chain-link fencing at Cowley Park, Pensacola (sealed bids due July 29, 2026); the City of Dunwoody ITB for trailway wayfinding monument signs and landscaping at 13 primary locations with a 180-calendar-day completion window (sealed bids due July 16, 2026); and Pinellas County ITQ for 52 wayfinding and gate instruction signs at Pinewood Cultural Park with small-business-enterprise preference (quotations due April 16, 2026). Activity is geographically dispersed across the Southeast and Southwest, with steady volume in metropolitan Florida counties and Georgia municipalities. Bid structures commonly feature 5–10 percent bid bonds, 100 percent performance and payment bonds, commercial general liability insurance minimums of $1,000,000, and completion windows of 120–180 calendar days; many solicitations mandate pre-bid conferences or site visits and apply liquidated damages of $250–$500 per day for delays.