NIGP 96881: Traffic Sign Maintenance and Repair

NIGP 96881 Traffic Sign Maintenance and Repair, an Item code, encompasses the supply, installation, maintenance, and repair of traffic control infrastructure—primarily traffic signal systems, pedestrian signals, mast arms, LED signal heads, detection equipment, controllers, and associated electrical and conduit work—that state and local governments procure to modernize intersection capacity and safety. Recent solicitations show this code capturing comprehensive intersection and corridor-level signal modernization projects rather than isolated device replacement; state and local buyers are upgrading aging systems to advanced detection, GPS synchronization, video analytics, and connected-vehicle platforms while integrating ADA compliance, pavement markings, and pedestrian facilities as bundled scopes.

Activity spans county departments of transportation, city public works and traffic engineering divisions, and regional authorities across Florida, Georgia, Texas, Colorado, and Connecticut, with particularly dense recent posting volume from Hillsborough County (Tampa), Orange County (Orlando), Broward County, City of Brownsville, and Pasco County—suggesting sustained federal and surtax funding for signal modernization in high-growth metros. Hillsborough County Engineering and Operations posted intersection improvements at Bearss Avenue and Florida Avenue (IFB-26-00354, estimated $1,263,856.86, bids due October 7, 2026) and East County Line Road at Grand Hampton Drive (IFB-26-00398, estimated $1,239,930.07 with 5% SBE goal, bids due November 10, 2026); Broward County solicited miscellaneous roadway construction including signalization on an indefinite-quantity vehicle (25% CBE goal, bids due June 30, 2026); the City of Brownsville issued multiple IFBs for 12th Street traffic signal improvements ($720-day completion, TxDOT prequalification required, bids due May 26, 2026), International Boulevard signal modernization, traffic monitoring and management of signalized roads (191 Econolite Cobalt controller replacements, 205 CCTV units, 215 Cyberlock devices, bids due May 28, 2026), and a Carbon Reduction Program light synchronization project across 33 intersections (radar detection, NEMA TS2 cabinets, GPS sync, bids due May 21, 2026). Orange County (Florida) solicited ITS design services for John Young Parkway across 19 intersections (estimated $1,017,000, design proposals due September 15, 2026, FDOT 6.3.1 or 7.3 prequalification required). Geographic activity clusters in Florida's I-4 corridor and Tampa Bay region, southeast Georgia (Columbia County, Union City, Douglasville), South Texas (Brownsville, Cameron County), and scattered Colorado and Connecticut municipalities; federal funding (STBG-MM, Carbon Reduction Program, FHWA) and state/local surtax proceeds dominate large projects. Bidders typically face mandatory TxDOT or FDOT prequalification filters, 5% bid bond and 100% performance/payment bond requirements, liquidated damages in the $1,000–$7,400 per-day range, and 90–720 day completion windows; DBE, SBE, CBE, and HUB subcontractor participation goals are common on federally funded work. Activity is current and substantial—multiple large-city corridors modernizing aging systems in parallel.