UNSPSC 25191552: Flight information display system

A flight information display system (FIDS) is a computer system used in airports to display flight information to passengers, in which a computer system controls mechanical or electronic display boards or TV screens in order to display arriving and departing flight information in real-time.

UNSPSC 25191552 Flight Information Display System, a Commodity code, covers the design, implementation, operation, and maintenance of integrated digital display platforms that present real-time flight, baggage, gate, and wayfinding information to passengers and staff across airport terminals. State and local governments procure these systems as multi-year turnkey solutions spanning software licensing, hardware installation, content management, 24/7 technical support, and system upgrades. Recent solicitations show airport authorities treating FIDS as strategic infrastructure requiring specialized vendors with proven deployments at comparable commercial service facilities, cloud-hosting capabilities, and capacity to support expansion without operational interruption. The issuing bodies are primarily municipal aviation authorities and airport management entities—Greater Orlando Aviation Authority, Provo City Airport, and similar regional and mid-sized commercial airport operators—rather than state departments or transit systems. These jurisdictions uniformly demand high uptime guarantees (99% to 99.9% monthly availability), on-site technical staffing, and integration with existing baggage, gate, and wayfinding systems.

Recent activity concentrates in Florida, Utah, and Texas. Greater Orlando Aviation Authority solicited a seven-year FIDS contract via ITN 26-302 (response deadline August 27, 2026) for the ninth-busiest airport in the United States, requiring 1,000-plus display devices expandable to 2,500, support for 40,000 flights monthly expandable to 60,000, and a full-time Site Manager plus five on-site technicians; evaluation criteria heavily weight system uptime, integration capability, and vendor experience at commercial airports. Provo City Airport issued RFP PR2026001033 (proposals due August 11, 2026) for a cloud-hosted turnkey FIDS serving current five-gate operations with planned expansion to ten gates by Summer 2029, requiring 99.9% uptime, multi-factor authentication, API integration, and $3 million general liability plus $3 million professional liability insurance. Texas State University procured ATC simulation equipment under RFP 754-TXST-2026-RFP-483-VPGOI (proposals due June 22, 2026), representing an educational-sector variant rather than airport passenger-facing systems. All FIDS solicitations specify no set-asides; vendors compete on technical capability, financial stability, implementation timeline, and cost. Most contracts run six to seven years with optional renewal periods, and airports require vendor absorption of anticipated cost increases over the contract term.