UNSPSC 26121637: Outdoor fiber optics cable

Fiber optic communications cable, which is used externally. This commodity includes products such as optical aerial telcommunication cable, direct burried fiber optic cable and underwater fiber optic cable.

UNSPSC 26121637 Outdoor fiber optics cable is a Commodity code that encompasses the supply of fiber optic cable for telecommunications and broadband infrastructure projects across municipalities, counties, school districts, and state agencies. State and local governments procure this commodity primarily as finished material for last-mile connectivity, backbone networks, intelligent transportation systems, and municipal fiber expansion—ranging from small-scale school or facility connections to large regional dark fiber and metro-ethernet deployments. Recent opportunities show demand for 24-strand through 432-strand loose-tube and ribbon configurations, armored and gel-free variants meeting Telcordia and ICEA standards, with procurement bodies specifying exact manufacturer part numbers or performance equivalents and requiring detailed technical documentation and warranty compliance.

Issuing bodies span state information technology departments (Illinois DoIT), county broadband authorities (Burke County, Broward County), city utilities (Palo Alto Electric Operations, City of Ocala), school districts (Madison County, Clarke County, Reynolds School District), transportation authorities (Harris County Toll Road Authority, North Florida TPO), and airport authorities (Salt Lake City). State transportation and utility agencies dominate the recent activity, with Illinois DoIT issuing multiple fiber-based metro-ethernet RFQs and Broward County running several roadway and traffic-control projects incorporating fiber conduit and cable installation. Burke County's federally funded BEAD program procurement for approximately 4.8 million feet of fiber (April 2026, sealed bid deadline May 6) represents significant volume activity under compliance with Build America, Buy America requirements. City of Palo Alto's RFQ 198238 for 75,000 feet of 432-fiber armored cable (July 1, 2026) and City of Ocala's inventory procurement for 4-fiber and 12-fiber flat drop cable (December 3, 2025 deadline, noted as past-due in source) show active municipal utility demand. Geographic spread includes Texas (Brownsville 5G deployment, Palo Alto, Harris County), Florida (multiple counties and cities), Georgia (Burke County BEAD, Sandy Springs ITS Ring B design), Illinois (multiple DoIT service procurements), Connecticut (Meriden conduit and fiber installation), and Utah (Salt Lake City airport projects). Illinois DoIT's repeated RFQs for point-to-point metro-ethernet and dark fiber IRU services suggest sustained state-level backbone investment; Broward County's Pine Island Road capacity expansion and traffic-control projects indicate county-level integration of fiber with roadway and transportation systems upgrades. The commodity code sees consistent activity from small professional services RFPs (design and engineering for fiber networks) alongside material supply ITBs and RFQs, reflecting the full project lifecycle from planning through construction and maintenance.