UNSPSC 26121507: Radio or television wire

UNSPSC 26121507 Radio or television wire (Commodity) encompasses fiber optic cabling and telecommunications wire infrastructure that state and local governments procure for broadband expansion, traffic signal networks, institutional connectivity, and communications backbone deployment. Recent solicitations show state and local buyers installing fiber optic systems for middle-mile broadband infrastructure, traffic control networks, inmate communication systems, school intercom and data cabling, convention center telecommunications, and municipal fiber backbones. The code sees activity across city procurement offices, county governments, school districts, and transit authorities, with repeat activity from Texas jurisdictions (Brownsville, Austin, Wichita) and Florida counties (Hillsborough, Broward) soliciting both fiber installation services and materials supply. Representative recent opportunities include the City of Brownsville's turnkey engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) of 130 route miles of middle-mile fiber optic network expansion (Rings 7–9) issued as solicitation 29526ITRFQ with responses due August 18, 2026; Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners' ongoing five-year low voltage cabling services contract (ITB-26-00215) with an estimated value of $8,741,746.98 and bids due April 24, 2026; and the City of Wichita's structured voice and data cabling installation for the Multimodal Transit Facility (RFB #260080) with fiber termination and category 6A cabling, bids due May 8, 2026.

The geographic spread reflects strong Texas activity (Brownsville, Austin, Wichita, multiple cities), Florida concentration (Hillsborough, Broward, Tampa), and scattered projects in Ohio, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Mississippi, and Kansas. Issuing bodies span municipal information technology departments, county transportation and utilities divisions, school districts (both public and independent), regional transit authorities, and state agencies. A secondary pattern of activity involves design and engineering services for fiber networks rather than procurement of the wire itself—the Cincinnati Department of Transportation's Columbia Tusculum Fiber Project (RFP265X901162, due April 24, 2026) and the Greater Austin Area Telecommunications Network maintenance contract (26RFP043, due March 25, 2026) exemplify design and operations work solicited under the code. The State of Texas Department of Information Resources cooperative contracts solicitation (PRECOOP2026SOL00008, due June 12, 2026) targets suppliers of cabling services and related products for statewide and regional use. Activity intensity is sustained across broadband infrastructure grants (federal funding, especially Texas Broadband Development Office), transportation surtax projects (Broward County, Kansas cities), and routine institutional network upgrades, with response windows typically 30–60 days and contract values ranging from under $200,000 for single-site installations to $9+ million for multi-year countywide services.