NIGP 83935: Cellular Telephones (All Types)

NIGP 83935 Cellular Telephones (All Types) is an Item code under which state and local governments procure mobile phones and related handsets for agency operations, employee use, and field staff communications. The scope spans all cellular phone types — smartphones, basic phones, ruggedized devices, and legacy models — purchased as individual units or in bulk quantities for departmental deployment. Issuing bodies soliciting under this code include state agencies, county governments, municipalities, and school districts; the code also sees activity from transit authorities and special-purpose districts acquiring phones for field operations and public-facing roles. Procurement typically occurs through RFPs, RFQs, and cooperative purchasing vehicles when agencies seek volume pricing or standardized device portfolios across multiple departments or jurisdictions.

The source provides no recent state and local contract opportunities posted under NIGP 83935, indicating limited current solicitation activity under this Item code. This absence may reflect procurement consolidation under broader telecommunications or information-technology vehicle contracts, direct purchasing from established state or regional cooperative agreements, or bundling of phone hardware with managed-services agreements classified under different NIGP codes. Business development professionals evaluating this code should monitor state purchasing bulletins and cooperative-purchasing platforms (such as state-approved vehicle lists) rather than expect standalone RFPs or RFQs for cellular phones to appear regularly in public notice channels.