UNSPSC 39112011: String or tree light

UNSPSC 39112011 String or tree light, a Commodity code, encompasses the purchase and installation of decorative and functional LED lighting fixtures mounted on trees, poles, buildings, and structures for seasonal and year-round municipal and institutional use. State and local governments are actively buying holiday lighting installation and removal services, sports field and parking lot lighting systems, decorative pole-mount displays, and LED fixture replacements for outdoor venues. The mix of issuing bodies includes cities, counties, school districts, special-purpose authorities, and state agencies; cities and county recreation departments dominate recent solicitations, with repeat buyers including Sarasota County, Harris County (Texas), Bulloch County Schools (Georgia), and the City of Douglasville (Georgia). Scope typically bundles labor, materials, equipment (lifts, bucket trucks), cabling, storage, and removal services; many solicitations require vendors to hold state electrical licenses, demonstrate 24/7 emergency response capability, and maintain insurance coverage with the jurisdiction named as additional insured.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas, Florida, and Georgia, with secondary activity in Mississippi, Michigan, North Carolina, Illinois, and Maine. Representative recent opportunities include the City of San Antonio's RFP for annual holiday lighting installation, maintenance, and removal on Downtown LED fixtures with responses due November 16, 2026; Pinellas County School District's ITB for electrical maintenance and repair services (including sports field and auditorium lighting) at approximately $400,000 estimated value with bids due October 8, 2026; Bulloch County Schools' RFP for LED lighting retrofit at Mill Creek Elementary with sealed proposals due November 5, 2026 under a preferred-products specification; Gwinnett County's ITB for on-call electrical repair and preventative maintenance across over 300 county facilities with bids due October 19, 2026; and the City of Douglasville's RFP for professional holiday lighting installation across seven municipal locations with proposals due August 12, 2026. Contracts typically run twelve months with optional renewals, include firm pricing for the initial term, and specify price escalation not to exceed prior-year Consumer Price Index for renewals. Pre-bid conferences and site visits are common mandatory requirements; many jurisdictions reserve the right to award to multiple contractors or split awards by location or service category.