NIGP 94085: Tower Construction

NIGP 94085 Tower Construction, an Item code, encompasses design, construction, and installation of fixed structures including cooling towers, air traffic control towers, radar towers, cell/wireless towers, and associated site work and infrastructure. State and local governments solicit under this code for replacement and upgrade of utility-serving towers at facilities, new airport and airfield navigation infrastructure, wireless communications infrastructure on public property, and decommissioning and equipment relocation on existing tower sites. Issuing bodies span county commissions and public utilities (Pasco County, Orange County), airport authorities and aviation departments (Kissimmee Gateway Airport, Peachtree City Airport Authority), school districts (Hillsborough County Public Schools, Atlanta Public Schools), state military departments (Oregon Military Department), and municipal governments (Cibolo, Bartow). Recent activity shows state and local procurement offices treating tower construction as capital infrastructure with multi-million-dollar price tags and complex federal compliance overlays when federal funding is involved.

Recent opportunities cluster in Florida, Georgia, Oregon, Texas, and Wisconsin. Representative solicitations include Pasco County Board of County Commissioners' cooling tower replacement at the Pasco Facility (NOAKM27014, ITB due December 16, 2026); Kissimmee Gateway Airport's new airport traffic control tower and site work construction (RFP2026011, sealed bids due April 14, 2026, FAA AIP and FDOT funded); Atlanta Public Schools' Center for Learning and Leadership building systems upgrade including cooling tower replacement (PE76110NONST2027000000148, design-build RFP due September 15, 2026, $4,000,000 lump-sum with 30-point experience criterion); Hillsborough County Public Schools' district-wide cell tower leasing for wireless communications infrastructure design, permitting, construction, and maintenance (26359RFPMST, RFP due September 23, 2026, 20% Small Business Encouragement Program participation required); Ozaukee County's radio tower decommissioning and equipment relocation (IFB 20263, sealed bids due August 20, 2026); and the State of Oregon Military Department's Camp Rilea Gryphon Radar Tower design and construction (ITB 250030C001, due June 16, 2026, prevailing wage and 10% bid security required). Federal compliance requirements including Davis-Bacon prevailing wage, Buy American preferences, and DBE/MBE participation appear frequently in airport and federally funded projects; state and local set-asides and local-vendor preferences appear in school district and county procurements.