UNSPSC 41112900: Navigational equipment and instruments

UNSPSC 41112900 Navigational equipment and instruments is a Class code capturing specialized aviation and maritime navigational systems that state and local governments procure for airport movement tracking, aircraft operations, and waterway management. Recent solicitations show state and local buyers acquiring Vehicle Movement Area Transmitters (VMATs) compatible with FAA Surface Awareness Initiative infrastructure, aircraft avionics and mission-equipment integration, and seasonal servicing of waterway buoys and channel markers. Issuing bodies include airport authorities (Savannah Airport Commission), state law-enforcement aviation divisions (Texas Department of Public Safety), municipal harbor management jurisdictions (Town of Essex, Connecticut), and state departments procuring multiagency fleet maintenance (New Jersey Department of the Treasury for State Police and environmental forestry operations). The scope spans turnkey installation and FAA integration of ADS-B transmitters on airport ground vehicles, completion upgrades and avionics packages for law-enforcement fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters, routine maintenance and parts supply for mixed fleets under multiagency state contracts, and ancillary waterway navigation-aid removal and reinstallation tied to seasonal harbor operations.

Recent activity concentrates in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic regions. The Savannah Airport Commission posted two identical RFQ records (RFQ20260037 and PE33699NONST2026000000138) for forty VMATs on September 14, 2026, with quotations due October 15, 2026, requiring FAA Buy American compliance and three years of comparable airport-systems experience; the scope is firm-fixed pricing across VMAT equipment, installation, FAA registration and coordination, testing, training, and optional warranty and support. Texas Department of Public Safety issued RFP 405-26R0027111 on September 9, 2026 for Cessna 208 Caravan completion upgrades including thermal imaging, mission mapping, communications, and night-vision integration, with proposals due September 24, 2026 and HUBZone subcontracting requirements. Town of Essex, Connecticut posted ITB 38810 on September 3, 2026 for fall removal, winter storage, and spring reinstallation of 14 anchorage buoys, 11 channel markers, two entrance buoys, three dock floats, and one rock marker, with bids due September 24, 2026. New Jersey Department of the Treasury issued Bid Solicitation 26DPP01247 (T3143) on July 31, 2026 for maintenance and parts supply to State Police Aviation and environmental forestry aircraft across 21 mixed-fleet units—Bell, Cessna, Piper, and Agusta AW139 helicopters—with quotes due October 9, 2026 and multiagency coverage requiring FAA Part 145 certification and one-hour AOG response availability.