UNSPSC 26121609: Network cable

UNSPSC 26121609 Network cable (Commodity) represents the installation, termination, and deployment of communication and data transmission cabling infrastructure across municipal, county, school district, and transit authority facilities. State and local governments are procuring network cable primarily as part of broader broadband, fiber optic, telecommunications, and structured data cabling projects rather than cable as a standalone commodity; the code sees activity concentrated in turnkey engineering-procurement-construction (EPC) projects for middle-mile fiber extension, traffic signal system fiber deployment, low-voltage cabling services across county and city facilities, CCTV network installations, and coordinated cabling infrastructure for administrative buildings, libraries, transit centers, and public safety facilities. Issuing bodies span city departments of information technology and transportation, county commissioners' offices, school districts, state departments, airport authorities, and regional transit planning organizations; repeat buyers include Hillsborough County (Florida), the City of Charlotte (North Carolina), the City of Wichita (Kansas), Broward County (Florida), and the City of Brownsville (Texas). Representative solicitations include the City of Brownsville's turnkey fiber ring expansion across 130 route miles (RFQ 29526ITRFQ, response due August 18, 2026), Hillsborough County's five-year low-voltage cabling services contract with an estimated value of $9.2 million (ITB 26-00261, response due May 29, 2026), and the City of Charlotte's three-year citywide on-call cabling services RFP (RFP 269-2026-189, response due May 18, 2026).

Geographic activity is widespread, with recent high-volume procurement concentrated in Texas (Brownsville, Austin, Wichita, Boerne), Florida (Hillsborough, Tampa, Dania Beach, Broward, FDOT District 4), North Carolina (Charlotte), and states across the South and Midwest including Georgia, Wisconsin, Kansas, Ohio, Kentucky, and Pennsylvania. The code sees sustained activity in both large metropolitan areas and mid-sized jurisdictions, with solicitations reflecting both emergency infrastructure modernization (fiber backbone, broadband access, 5G/traffic signal networks) and routine maintenance and expansion of existing campus-wide or citywide cabling systems. Prevailing wage compliance, fiber-optic splicing and termination certifications (BICSI registration, manufacturer training), and performance bonding are standard requirements; multi-year contracts with task-order, as-needed, or time-and-materials pricing structures dominate the market.