NIGP 93674: Signs, Message Centers, Scoreboards, etc. (Including Sign Making Equipment), Maintenance and Repair (see 968-81 for Traffic Sign Maintenance)

NIGP 93674 Signs, Message Centers, Scoreboards, Etc. (Including Sign Making Equipment), Maintenance and Repair is an Item code under which state and local governments procure design, fabrication, installation, repair, and replacement services for a broad range of signage—from directional and wayfinding signs to LED message centers, digital displays, monument signs, marquee signs, ADA-compliant signage, and related infrastructure. Recent activity spans county and municipal procurement offices, special-purpose districts, school boards, and airport authorities across the Southeast and beyond, with multiple jurisdictions in Florida and Georgia posting opportunities in the past three months. Collier County issued an Invitation for Qualifications (IFQ) on October 7, 2026 (response due November 6, 2026) to establish a pre-qualified contractor pool for county-wide signage design, fabrication, installation, repair, and replacement, with WBE/MBE certification and local-contractor preference credits weighting evaluation. Hillsborough County Public Schools released an RFP in September 2026 for marquee sign installation across multiple school sites, structured on hourly labor rates plus material markups capped at 15 percent, with small-business enterprise utilization generating bonus points. The Lee County Port Authority solicited bids in May 2026 for overpass signage replacement at Southwest Florida International Airport, encompassing demolition, fabrication of illuminated channel lettering, and electrical integration on a federally funded project subject to Davis-Bacon and DBE requirements.

Issuing bodies active under this code include county governments (Collier, Hillsborough, Pasco, Sarasota, Okaloosa, Lee in Florida; Columbia County in Georgia; Gwinnett County in Georgia), school districts (Hillsborough County Public Schools, School Board of Sarasota County), municipalities (Sarasota, Tampa, Gainesville, Arlington, Columbus, Brownsville, Long Beach, Temple, Detroit, Madison), and special-purpose authorities (Lee County Port Authority, Orange County). Several jurisdictions have posted multiple solicitations—Pasco County issued three opportunities (traffic signal installation, aluminum sign blanks, and intersection modifications) across May through October 2026, and Hillsborough County Public Schools released duplicate marquee sign RFPs in August and September with identical response dates, indicating either a reissue or parallel solicitation tracks. Geographic concentration includes Florida (dominant through October 2026), Georgia, Texas, California, and Wisconsin. Representative recent opportunities include Collier County's two-year IFQ with three optional one-year renewals establishing a sign services contractor pool with project award thresholds at $15,000; Sarasota County's IFB for wayfinding sign repair and installation in the Englewood Main Street District under disaster-grant funding terms; the School Board of Sarasota County's rebid for five distinct scoreboard configurations (baseball, football, soccer, basketball models) ranging 9 feet by 5 feet to 26 feet by 10 feet with hurricane wind compliance (160 mph, 3-second gust), which rejected all four initial bids as non-responsive and indicated reissuance; Pasco County's IFB for four-pole, box-span traffic signal installation with pedestrian signals and lighting at the Eiland Boulevard intersection (bids due October 27, 2026); and the City of Gainesville's ITB for pedestrian signal installation, flexible paving, and related signalization work at the Waldo Road and NE 3rd Avenue intersection (bids due August 18, 2026, Buy America provisions applied). Evaluation commonly weighs experience and qualifications (typically 30–45 percent), specifications and scope compliance (20–35 percent), cost or best value (10–35 percent), and utilization of certified small or minority business enterprises (5–10 percent). Contract terms typically range one to two years with renewal options, and insurance minimums cluster around $1 million general liability per occurrence.