NIGP 96885: Traffic Counting Services

NIGP 96885 Traffic Counting Services, an Item code, covers traffic data collection and analysis work that state and local governments procure to support transportation planning, safety analysis, and traffic management. Recent solicitations show jurisdictions purchasing automatic vehicle counts (speed, classification, volume), manual turning movement studies, intersection delay analysis, and comprehensive data reporting in formats compatible with traffic engineering software and databases. Issuing bodies span county transportation departments, city traffic engineering divisions, and regional planning authorities. Henry County, Georgia and Collier County, Florida posted prominent recent opportunities: Henry County issued RFP 26-41 for a Freight Cluster Plan (due July 30, 2026) requiring traffic analysis of key intersections and corridors using Highway Capacity Manual methodology as one component of broader transportation planning; Collier County issued ITB 268649 for Vehicle Count Stations (due August 3, 2026), a pole-mounted, radar-based traffic monitoring procurement funded entirely by FDOT grants for 22 units with five-year cellular data service across ten county road segments, with firm fixed pricing and no-subcontractor requirements. The code also includes signal timing studies, speed studies supporting Vision Zero initiatives, and specialized data collection for freight planning and safety applications.

Geographic activity concentrates in Florida, Georgia, Colorado, and Texas, with secondary activity in Arizona, Oregon, Utah, and California. Collier County's vehicle count station procurement and Seminole County's traffic data collection ITB (due May 27, 2026) represent the Florida concentration; Georgia activity includes Henry County's freight plan and City of Decatur's Vision Zero speed study RFP (due March 11, 2026). Texas jurisdictions solicited traffic analysis as components of larger signal modernization and traffic management projects—Brownsville's traffic monitoring and signal controller replacement (due May 28, 2026) and Cameron County's light synchronization project (due July 28, 2026) both embedded traffic counting or data collection requirements. Boulder County, Colorado, issued RFP-277-26 for on-call traffic data collection (due May 1, 2026) including multimodal volume counts and speed classification work. Marion County, Oregon posted RFQ PW1745-26 for traffic counting on safety corridors (due April 28, 2026). The code sees steady municipal and county activity but does not drive high-volume procurement—most opportunities represent specialized studies or phased components of larger transportation infrastructure projects rather than standalone service contracts.