NIGP 95929: Buoys and Light Services Including Maintenance and Repair (Including Lighthouses, etc.)

NIGP 95929 Buoys and Light Services Including Maintenance and Repair (Including Lighthouses, Etc.), an Item code, encompasses coastal construction, shoreline protection, environmental restoration, and lighting infrastructure projects that state and local governments solicit to protect waterfront assets, habitat, and public amenities. Recent solicitations under this code reflect work spanning beach and marsh restoration, erosion control through living shorelines and rubble mound structures, habitat protection for rookery islands, and modernization of architectural and public lighting systems in downtown districts. Issuing bodies include state natural resource agencies—the Texas General Land Office and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department—and municipal governments such as the City of Orlando and DeKalb County. These jurisdictions procure design-build and turnkey construction services bundled with environmental compliance, permitting, surveying, and long-term maintenance protocols. Respondents must typically hold coastal construction or engineering credentials, demonstrate relevant experience with shallow-water fill placement or living shoreline design, and carry performance and payment bonds; many solicitations require VetHUB Subcontracting Plans or evaluate Veteran Business Enterprise participation as a scoring factor.

Texas dominates recent activity under the code, with the Texas General Land Office posting two major coastal protection RFPs—the Laguna Vista Spoil Island Protection project (RFP8710BST, due August 28, 2026, estimated cost $3,331,320 to $3,664,452) and the Indian Point Causeway Shoreline Protection project (RFP8652, due August 27, 2026)—both involving rubble mound and beach fill construction to protect habitat and control erosion. The City of Orlando, Florida solicited design-build services for the Downtown Accent Lighting System Integration Project (RFP26-0366, due August 4, 2026, total budget $1,700,000) to install and integrate programmable RGBW LED fixtures and unified control systems across sixteen downtown structures including City Hall, sculptures, and fountains, with mandatory pre-proposal conferences and Davis-Bacon prevailing wage compliance. DeKalb County, Georgia issued an ITB for reconstruction of the DeKalb Tennis Center (ITB 2026-076-ITB, due July 13, 2026) including IT and low-voltage infrastructure installation. Evaluation criteria across these opportunities weight cost between 40 and 50 percent, emphasize demonstrated coastal construction or relevant technical experience and past performance at 25 percent or higher, and score technical approach, responsiveness, safety record, and proximity or prior working relationships at 5 to 25 percent.