NIGP 83896: Wire and Cable, Telecommunication (Not Otherwise Specified)

NIGP 83896 Wire and Cable, Telecommunication (Not Otherwise Classified), an Item code, encompasses structured data cabling, fiber optic infrastructure, and related installation services for enterprise network deployment across education, government, and transportation sectors. State and local procurement under this code recently includes CAT6A and fiber optic cabling installations for school buildings and municipal facilities, low-voltage data cabling systems for adaptive traffic control and intelligent transportation infrastructure, 5G private wireless network deployment with RF design and integration services, and telecommunications platform systems integrating broadcast automation, live streaming, and government access channels. The mix of issuing bodies reflects broad demand: school districts (Madison County Schools in Georgia, Barrow County Schools in Georgia, Hillsborough County Public Schools in Florida), cities (Brownsville and Charlotte in Texas and North Carolina respectively, Philadelphia), counties (Broward and Hillsborough in Florida, Santa Clara and Montgomery in California and Pennsylvania), and state-level procurement vehicles (Texas Department of Information Resources). Hillsborough County Public Schools appears repeatedly as a buyer of maintenance and repair services for legacy telecommunications infrastructure.

Recent activity concentrates in the Southeast and Southwest. Representative solicitations include the City of Brownsville's 5G Infrastructure Deployment Project (ITB 29426ITIFB, due July 30, 2026), which solicits planning, RF design, installation, testing, and integration of a private 5G network across 82 locations citywide funded through Surface Transportation Block Grant–Metropolitan Mobility; Madison County Schools' low-voltage data cabling RFP (PE55065NONST2026000000082, due July 20, 2026) for structured cabling with 281 total drops across multiple systems serving a school addition and renovation; and the City of Charlotte's on-call cabling services RFP (269-2026-189, due May 18, 2026) for comprehensive low-voltage cabling, fiber, access control, and wireless infrastructure across city facilities with an initial three-year term starting January 1, 2027. The Texas Department of Information Resources cooperative contract for cabling services and related products (COOP2026SOL-00008, responses due June 12, 2026) indicates state-level demand for indefinite-quantity supply and installation services. Geographic concentration in Florida, Texas, Georgia, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania reflects ongoing public infrastructure modernization and educational facility upgrades.