NIGP 80186: Signs, Miscellaneous (Not Otherwise Classified)

NIGP 80186 Signs, Miscellaneous (Not Otherwise Classified), Item tier, covers the design, fabrication, delivery, and installation of custom and standard signage deployed across state and local facilities—including wayfinding systems, entrance and monument signs, directional traffic signage, digital displays, and specialty graphics affixed to various substrates and posts. Recent solicitations show state and local governments buying one-time signage installations for parks, courthouses, transit facilities, and airports; ongoing blanket-purchase arrangements for replacement signs in transportation and public-safety corridors; and integrated design-build packages for campus, stadium, and infrastructure-branded display systems. The issuing bodies are dispersed across county governments (Escambia County, Pinellas County, Broward County, Santa Clara County, Habersham County, Gwinnett County, Mason County in Texas), city procurement offices (Ocala, Dunwoody, Long Beach, Philadelphia, Fort Lauderdale), state universities (Georgia State University, University of Southern Mississippi, Texas State University), state agencies (Georgia Department of Community Improvement, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, California Department of Fish and Wildlife), and special-purpose authorities (Lee County Port Authority, Melbourne Airport Authority, Sarasota County Breeze Transit). No single repeat buyer dominates the recent activity, though Florida county and municipal purchasers (Escambia, Pinellas, Broward, Lee County) and Georgia jurisdictions appear across multiple recent solicitations.

Activity concentrates in Florida, Georgia, California, and Texas, with scattered procurement in Colorado, Mississippi, and other states. Representative recent opportunities include Escambia County Parks Department's July 2026 ITB for custom Athletica aluminum hockey dasher boards and chain-link fencing at Cowley Park (sealed bids due July 29, 2026); Pinellas County's April 2026 ITQ for 52-unit exterior wayfinding and gate signage at Pinewood Cultural Park (response due April 16, 2026); Broward County's May 2026 ITB for 257 interior signs—eight distinct types with Grade II Braille and ADA compliance—at the North Regional Courthouse (bids due June 22, 2026); Gwinnett County's May 2026 sealed-bid competition for 20 post-and-panel wayfinding signs at the Justice and Administration Center (bids due May 13, 2026 with mandatory pre-bid April 22); and the University of Southern Mississippi's June 2026 RFP for comprehensive stadium signage including Highway 49 facing branding, videoboard windscreen replacement, and gate identification (sealed proposals due June 3, 2026). Pricing typically flows on lump-sum bases with all materials, labor, delivery, and installation included. Most opportunities require 5–10 percent bid bonds, 100 percent performance and payment bonds, general liability minimums of $1 million per occurrence, workers' compensation at statutory limits, and ADA compliance certification; many specify three to five years of prior comparable project experience and references. Preference programs vary by jurisdiction—Pinellas County SBE certifications receive priority; Lee County Port Authority procurement includes FAA Buy American and zero-percent DBE goals; Texas General Land Office solicitations designate 1.0 percent VetHUB subcontracting targets.