NIGP 83987: Telephone Systems (2-60 Stations)

NIGP 83987 Telephone Systems (2–60 Stations), an Item code, covers voice telecommunications services and equipment procured by state and local government to support operations across multiple facilities. State and local agencies are actively buying primary rate interface (PRI) and plain old telephone service (POTS) lines, SIP trunks, T1 tie lines, analog line capacity, cloud-based phone system migrations, hardware, software configuration, implementation, training, and 24/7 support. The issuing bodies include school districts and junior colleges, which dominate recent activity under this code; these educational institutions treat voice telecommunications as core infrastructure spanning dozens to hundreds of facilities and thousands of lines.

Hillsborough County Public Schools in Florida (813-area code) released RFP 26365RFPMST on September 7, 2026, due September 25, seeking voice telecommunications services—local, IntraLATA, InterLATA, and long-distance—across approximately 280 facilities serving 225,000 students, with existing inventory of 4,225 telephone lines (83 PRI, 14 SIP, and 8 coaxial), and capacity to provision approximately 5,094 analog lines on demand. Wharton County Junior College in Texas released RFP 2600002 on July 1, 2026, due July 8, seeking a cloud-based phone system migration with design, implementation, hardware, and three-year support across five campus locations (Wharton, Sugar Land, Richmond, Bay City, and El Campo), covering approximately 550 existing devices. Both solicitations emphasize E-Rate eligibility, Enhanced 911 and Kari's Law compliance, 99.9–99.99% uptime guarantees, cybersecurity, FERPA or institutional data protection, and 24/7 technical support. Evaluation weightings favor qualifications and experience (20–30%), technical specifications and compliance (15–25%), and price (25–35%).