NIGP 96884: Traffic Control Services (to Include Placement and Removal of Control Devices)

NIGP 96884 Traffic Control Services (To Include Placement And Removal Of Control Devices), an Item code, encompasses the placement, maintenance, and removal of barricades, traffic signals, pedestrian beacons, pavement markings, and related control devices to support temporary street closures, events, and permanent traffic infrastructure upgrades in state and local jurisdictions. State and local governments currently procure this work through a mix of cities, counties, transit authorities, and special-purpose districts, with issuing bodies ranging from municipal transportation departments to county commissioners' offices and independent school districts and universities. Recent solicitations reveal two main service tracks: temporary traffic control for special events and street closures (barricade deployment, traffic management for festivals and parades, event security coordination), and permanent traffic infrastructure installation and maintenance (signal system upgrades, pedestrian beacon installation, pavement-marking application and maintenance). The City of Atlanta Department of Transportation, City of Tampa, Okaloosa County Florida, and multiple Texas municipalities (Fort Worth, San Antonio, Tucson) appear repeatedly as active buyers. Work is geographically dispersed across Florida, Georgia, Texas, Arizona, Connecticut, California, and New York, with particular concentration in Texas and Florida.

Representative recent opportunities include the City of Atlanta Department of Transportation's barricade deployment and traffic-control services for the Atlanta Streets Alive event series (IFB due October 27, 2026); the Town of Manchester, Connecticut on-call traffic signal maintenance contract covering 53 town-owned and 44 state-owned intersections with emergency response availability 24/7 (ITB due November 6, 2026); the City of Tampa's pedestrian barricade (bicycle rack) management services for parade routes and special events with a 5% small-business discount (bid due October 30, 2026); and the City of Douglasville, Georgia intersection improvements at Brightstar Road with mast-arm signal installation, video detection, and LED signal heads (RFB due October 26, 2026). Federal funding mechanisms appear regularly: the City of Brownsville, Texas traffic signal improvement project is funded through Surface Transportation Block Grant–Metropolitan Mobility; the City of Tucson's Sahuara and Copper/Flower Bicycle Boulevard project is FHWA-funded with Davis-Bacon and Build America Buy America Act compliance requirements; and Collier County, Florida's request for information on adaptive traffic control systems carries grant-funded status. Prevailing wage, DBE participation, and Section 3 employment requirements are common across federally funded work. Prequalification for traffic signal installation and asphalt paving is often mandatory, and bonds typically run 5–10 percent of bid amount with performance and payment bonds at 100 percent. Contract terms range from one-year on-call arrangements to multi-phase projects extending 24–36 months including landscape establishment periods.