NIGP 96883: Traffic Signal Maintenance and Repair

NIGP 96883 Traffic Signal Maintenance and Repair is an Item code covering emergency and routine maintenance, repair, and installation of traffic control infrastructure—including signal heads, controllers, detection systems, pedestrian signals, mast arms, cabinets, and related electrical and communications equipment—that state and local governments procure on both on-call and project-specific bases. State and local issuing bodies soliciting under this code include city departments of transportation, county public works divisions, towns, and transit authorities across multiple states; recent activity shows repeat procurement from Texas cities (Dallas, Fort Worth), Georgia jurisdictions (Fayette County, City of Villa Rica, City of Douglasville), Florida municipalities (Town of Manchester, City of Gainesville, Pasco County), and regional transit or state DOT offices. The work being solicited ranges from comprehensive two-year or multi-year on-call maintenance contracts with emergency-response requirements and unit pricing for labor and materials, to single-intersection signal installations with mast arms, video detection, pedestrian accommodation, and fiber-optic connectivity. Maintenance contracts typically require IMSA-certified technicians, 24/7 emergency availability, and response-time guarantees (commonly one to four hours depending on failure severity), while construction projects specify equipment brands, control standards, and integration with existing city systems.

The code sees concentrated recent activity in the Southeast (Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee dominate the posting timeline) and Southwest (Texas) regions. Representative current opportunities include the Town of Manchester, Connecticut's ITB for on-call traffic signal maintenance across 53 town-owned and 44 state-maintained intersections (response due November 6, 2026), with prevailing wage, DBE participation, and federal Davis-Bacon compliance required; the City of Scranton, Pennsylvania's RFP for two-year maintenance of traffic signalization (response due October 27, 2026); Orange County, Florida's two-phase traffic signal upgrade project valued at approximately $10.97 million (response due October 22, 2026, under the Florida Department of Transportation Local Agency Program); and the City of Long Beach, California's ITB for LED traffic modules on an as-needed basis (response due November 24, 2026), offering a 10% local-vendor preference and 30-day delivery requirement to support 649 traffic signals. Contract terms typically run one to three years with optional renewals; prevailing wage, Buy America, and set-aside compliance (SBE, DBE, MBE, WBE) apply when federal funds flow through State DOT or HUD sources.