NIGP 83833: Communications: Networking, Linking, Fiber Modems, Power Over Ethernet, Wireless

NIGP 83833 Communications: Networking, Linking, Fiber Modems, Power Over Ethernet, Wireless, an Item code, encompasses fiber-optic infrastructure, metro ethernet transport, broadband connectivity, wireless access points, network switches, cellular modems with service, and enterprise licensing for network management platforms that state and local governments procure to build and operate internal communications systems and wide-area networks. State universities, school districts, counties, cities, transit authorities, and state departments issue RFPs, RFQs, and IFBs under this code with moderate frequency and significant dollar exposure ranging from hundreds of thousands to tens of millions of dollars per award.

Issuing bodies include state departments of information technology and transportation, county boards and water authorities, city public-works and library departments, independent school districts, transit planning organizations, and regional purchasing cooperatives. Recent solicitations show activity across universities (University of Mississippi, University of Georgia, Texas A&M University), school districts (Columbia, Amory, and West Jasper in Mississippi; Sarasota and Hillsborough in Florida; Marion County in Florida), state agencies (Texas Department of Transportation, Illinois Department of Innovation and Technology, Georgia Technology Authority, North Carolina agencies), counties and municipalities (Orange County Florida, Montgomery County Pennsylvania, City of Royal Oak Michigan, City of Long Beach California, City of Thomasville Georgia), and cooperative purchasing vehicles (Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative Texas, Sourcewell Minnesota, Purchasing Cooperative of America). Recent opportunities span fiber construction and restoration contracts, metro ethernet and point-to-point ethernet services, wireless access point and network switch upgrades funded through E-Rate, VoIP telephone system replacements, network cabling installations, cellular modem procurement with service plans, and enterprise licensing agreements for centralized network management. Geographic activity concentrates in Texas (TxDOT Tyler District cell modems, Region 7 network systems cooperative, Columbia County fiber construction), Florida (Orange County SCADA upgrades with fiber, Sarasota and Hillsborough school districts network equipment, Marion County Internet Services), Mississippi (multiple school districts wireless access point E-Rate projects), Illinois (Department of Innovation and Technology metro ethernet and cloud router procurement, IHDA network services), Georgia (Columbia County fiber infrastructure, Georgia Technology Authority wireless services), and Pennsylvania (Montgomery County voice and data cabling). Texas, Florida, Mississippi, and Illinois show the strongest recent concentration. Representative recent opportunities include Orange County Florida's $14,314,240.85 sealed-bid procurement (IFB) for SCADA upgrades with fiber and PLC replacements at the East Water Reclamation Facility with responses due July 28, 2026; Texas Department of Transportation's RFQ for cell modems with service for the Tyler District with responses due July 10, 2026; Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative's catalog-discount-bid RFP for network systems and supplies (NET2628) with responses due July 28, 2026 and estimated annual expenditures of $12.011 million across two-year term; Columbia County Georgia's RFP for fiber construction, maintenance, and emergency restoration services for 398 miles of fiber infrastructure with responses due April 30, 2026; School Board of Hillsborough County's 36-month enterprise license agreement ITB for Cisco Meraki platform with estimated budget of approximately $10,300,000 and responses due February 22, 2026; and the Georgia Technology Authority's eRFP for wireless communication services and equipment supporting approximately 259,000 connected devices with responses due May 15, 2026.