UNSPSC 26121650: Fiber optic cable assembly

A length of fiber optic cable that has been terminated with a connector, pigtail or other component.

UNSPSC 26121650 Fiber optic cable assembly is a Commodity code purchased by state and local governments for physical installation and integration of optical fiber infrastructure into transportation networks, communications systems, broadband deployments, and facility connectivity projects. Recent solicitations show state departments, cities, counties, and school districts buying fiber optic materials, labor, and design services to support intelligent transportation systems, municipal broadband expansion, utility network redundancy, and facility upgrades. The City of Palo Alto's Utilities Division procured 75,000 feet of 432-fiber ribbon cable meeting Telcordia and RUS standards under RFQ198248 (due July 1, 2026), while Burke County, Georgia sought approximately 4.8 million feet of single-mode G.652.D fiber cable in multiple strand configurations to support its federal Broadband Equity, Access & Deployment program (sealed bid 26101 due May 6, 2026). Work spans conduit installation, splicing, termination, testing, and network integration across ITS deployments, dark fiber infrastructure, metro-ethernet transport services, and last-mile WAN connectivity. A mix of issuing bodies—state IT departments (Illinois DoIT soliciting fiber-based point-to-point metro-ethernet services), counties (Broward County, Harris County, Collier County issuing bids for fiber-optic systems), cities (Charlotte, Santa Monica, Meriden), and school districts (Hillsborough County Public Schools, Madison County School System, Clarke County Schools, Reynolds School District)—compete for fiber installation, maintenance, and repair contracts.

Geographic activity concentrates in Florida (Broward County, Collier County, City of Ocala, Seminole County), Illinois (Department of Innovation and Technology issuing multiple RFQs for dark fiber IRU services and metro-ethernet connectivity), Georgia (Burke County BEAD program procurement, City of Sandy Springs ITS fiber ring design, Clarke County Schools), and Texas (City of Brownsville 5G infrastructure, Harris County Toll Road Authority fiber optic systems maintenance, City of Palo Alto). Representative opportunities include Broward County's Pine Island Road Capacity Expansion project incorporating fiber optic conduit systems (ITB due June 2, 2026), Illinois DoIT's multiple meter-ethernet and dark fiber solicitations across 15 statewide POP locations (RFQs due June 16 and April 14, 2026), and the City of Santa Monica's on-call fiber optic infrastructure services contract supporting municipal broadband expansion (bid posted April 2, 2026). Harris County Toll Road Authority sought preventative and emergency maintenance services for 132 miles of fiber across toll roads (ITB 250250 due March 9, 2026), while Hillsborough County Public Schools issued RFPs for CCTV-LAN cabling services with structured Cat6 and fiber installation requirements (RFP26043 due April 24, 2026).