NIGP 80197: Signs, Wood (Including Blanks)

NIGP 80197 Signs, Wood (Including Blanks) is an Item code under which state and local governments solicit custom-fabricated signage, sign blanks, and related installation and repair services. Recent opportunities show procurement extending well beyond wood stock to encompass aluminum sign blanks, marquee signs, wayfinding signage, banners, digital displays, and LED electronic message signs—with work spanning design, fabrication, delivery, installation, repair, removal, and disposal. Issuing bodies include county procurement offices, school districts, municipal governments, and special-purpose districts; repeat buyers include Collier County (Florida), Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida), and Sarasota County (Florida). Scope ranges from as-needed supply contracts for raw sign blanks through pooled pre-qualified contractor rosters for flexible project assignment to fixed-scope installations and turnkey banner programs with fixed pricing for specified configurations and catalog discounts for non-standard items.

Activity concentrates in Florida, where five of seven recent solicitations originate, with secondary activity in Georgia (Gwinnett County) and California (Santa Clara County). Representative opportunities include Collier County Board of County Commissioners' Invitation for Qualifications for county signage services with response due November 6, 2026, seeking a pre-qualified pool of contractors for interior and exterior identification, directional, safety, monument, marquee, LED, and ADA-compliant signs under a two-year term with three optional renewal periods; Hillsborough County Public Schools' RFP 26369-RFP-MST for marquee sign installation with response due September 11, 2026, structured on hourly rates for standard and non-standard labor plus a capped materials markup with small business enterprise bonus-point evaluation; and Altamonte Springs' ITB 26-072-KY for customized banners and signs on as-needed basis, reflecting approximately $110,000 in five-year historical spending. Sarasota County issued an Invitation for Bid for wayfinding sign repair and installation in the Englewood Main Street District funded through a disaster grant; Pasco County solicited as-needed aluminum sign blanks; and Gwinnett County posted an RFP for digital signage, scoreboards, video walls, and LED displays. Collier County requires Florida Certified General Contractor or Specialty Contractor (Signs) licensing and local contractor preference verification; Hillsborough County enforces Jessica Lunsford Act background screening for school-site work and foreign-country-of-concern compliance affidavits.