UNSPSC 39111603: Roadway or highway lighting

UNSPSC 39111603 Roadway or highway lighting, Commodity tier, encompasses the procurement of street and highway lighting equipment, repair services, and maintenance contracts. State and local governments purchase under this code comprehensive roadway and streetlight infrastructure including luminaires, poles, transformer bases, lighting controls, ballasts, capacitors, and full-service maintenance and emergency repair packages. Recent solicitations reveal active procurement of LED fixtures and retrofit components, specialized lighting equipment such as traffic signal lighting modifications, and contracts spanning routine maintenance through emergency disaster recovery operations.

The issuing-body mix spans state transportation departments (Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, California Department of Transportation, Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration), county governments (Broward County, Okaloosa County, Collier County, Gwinnett County, Milwaukee County), cities (Phoenix, Lewisville, Bartow, Palo Alto, Dallas, Brownsville, American Fork), school districts (Northside Independent School District, Bibb County Public Schools), transit authorities (Trinity Metro), and special-purpose districts (City of Watsonville water/safety coordination). The Commonwealth of Kentucky Department of Transportation appears as a repeat buyer, with multiple supplemental transformer-base procurements posted in the first half of 2026. Recent opportunities span the continental United States with notable concentration in Florida (Collier County, Broward County), California (Caltrans multiple contracts), Texas (Dallas, Brownsville, Burleson, Frisco, Lewisville), and Georgia (Marietta, Bibb County, Gwinnett County, Dunwoody). Activity also appears across Kentucky, Maryland, Colorado (Denver-area), Utah, and Wisconsin.

Representative recent opportunities include the City of Phoenix, which issued RFP for comprehensive streetlight maintenance services across municipal streetlight networks with a five-year term and optional two-year extensions commencing December 1, 2026; the City of Lewisville, Texas, which solicited competitive sealed bids for street light repairs due August 10, 2026; Collier County Board of County Commissioners, which posted an ITB for emergency and disaster stabilization and recovery services for roadway signs with a pre-bid meeting scheduled for July 28, 2026; and the City of Bartow, which issued an ITB for electrical contracting services to install and activate sports field lighting at the Carver Recreation Center, a CDBG-funded project subject to Davis-Bacon prevailing wage standards with bids due July 22, 2026. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet posted multiple RFBs for transformer bases conforming to AASHTO specifications with response deadlines in late July 2026 and early April 2026. Okaloosa County solicited maintenance and pavement-marking services under ITB covering traffic control devices, barriers, pavement markings, and thermoplastic applications with bids due August 5, 2026. California Department of Transportation issued multiple Small Business Minor B contracts for signal and lighting system modifications at locations throughout the state, with bid deadlines ranging from late March through April 2026.