UNSPSC 26121544: Drop wire

Wire suitable for extending an open wire or cable pair from a pole or cable terminal to a building.

UNSPSC 26121544 Drop wire (Commodity) covers the supply and installation of electrical drop wire — the final connection segment that extends from utility lines, poles, or conduit runs to individual service points at buildings, equipment, or infrastructure. State and local governments procure drop wire primarily through two channels: standalone material purchases for municipal utility systems and telecommunications infrastructure, and as line items within larger electrical construction or infrastructure modernization projects. Recent solicitations show municipalities and utility authorities buying drop wire to support data network deployments in schools, electrical substation expansions, water reclamation facility upgrades, and municipal IT facility improvements. School districts and county departments of facilities management account for a significant share of activity, alongside independent utility authorities and public works departments managing electrical and telecommunications backbone work.

Recent opportunities span multiple states with notable concentration in Florida, Texas, Oregon, and California. The Georgia Department of Education posted an RFP for data cabling installation at Commerce Elementary School (due July 27, 2026), which includes drop wire as a component material; Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners in Florida issued two consecutive ITBs for low voltage cabling services (ITB-26-00215 and ITB-26-00261) with estimated five-year values of $8,741,746.98 and $9,213,350.00 respectively, both encompassing drop wire installation as part of telecommunications infrastructure work; and Orange County, Florida solicited electrical and mechanical upgrades at Eastern Water Reclamation Facility (IFB Y26-604, due April 30, 2026), which includes wire and conduit installation. Outside these states, the State of Oregon Military Department issued an ITB for basewide electrical work at Portland Air National Guard Base (due May 21, 2026), and the City of Charlotte, North Carolina posted an RFP for citywide on-call cabling services (due May 18, 2026). Drop wire purchasing shows steady activity in infrastructure modernization cycles tied to school technology upgrades, utility system expansions, and facility electrical retrofits, though no single jurisdiction dominates the pipeline.