UNSPSC 41113717: Fiber optic test sources

UNSPSC 41113717 Fiber optic test sources, a Commodity code, encompasses fiber optic cabling materials, installation services, and related network connectivity infrastructure that state and local governments procure to expand, upgrade, and maintain broadband and telecommunications systems. Recent solicitations reveal that the code encompasses considerably broader activity than test sources alone—state and local buyers are acquiring fiber optic cable in bulk (ranging from 4-fiber to 432-fiber configurations), conduit systems, splicing and termination services, infrastructure design and engineering, maintenance and repair contracts for operational fiber networks, and metro-ethernet transport services connecting agency facilities to state and regional network Points of Presence. The mix of issuing bodies spans state departments of information technology and transportation, county governments, municipal public works and utilities divisions, school districts, transit authorities, and special-purpose broadband districts. Key repeat buyers include the Illinois Department of Innovation and Technology (DoIT), which has posted multiple RFQs for point-to-point metro-ethernet services and dark-fiber IRU procurement; Broward County, Florida, which is soliciting fiber optic and adaptive traffic control system deployment; Hillsborough County Public Schools, Florida, which has issued multiple cabling services RFPs; and the City of Palo Alto, which requested quotations for 432-fiber cable purchase. Geographic concentration is strongest in Florida (Broward County, Palo Alto, City of Ocala, City of Santa Monica, Seminole County, Meriden Connecticut, Manchester Connecticut), Illinois (multiple DoIT procurements across metro-ethernet and dark-fiber services), Georgia (Sandy Springs, Burke County, Clarke County, Reynolds School District), and scattered activity in Texas, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Oregon.

Recent representative opportunities illustrate the scope. The City of Palo Alto, Purchasing and Contract Administration, issued RFQ 198248 (due July 1, 2026) for 75,000 feet of 432-fiber optic cable with specific ribbon and armoring standards, F.O.B. Destination, Freight Prepaid. Collier County Board of County Commissioners posted sealed bids (due July 31, 2026) for security enhancements and emergency generator work at Immokalee Airport including fiber optic duct bank and pull boxes. Burke County, Georgia, issued sealed bids (due May 6, 2026) for fiber optic materials supporting BEAD broadband deployment—24-fiber through 432-fiber cables totaling approximately 4.8 million feet plus 4,332 handholes across multiple delivery phases, with BABA and NTIA compliance required. The City of Santa Monica posted an ITB (due March 26, 2026) for on-call fiber optic infrastructure services covering underground construction, cable installation and splicing, and small-cell equipment installation on a five-year term. The Illinois Department of Innovation and Technology issued multiple RFQs for fiber-based point-to-point metro-ethernet transport connecting state facilities to Illinois Century Network POPs, priced on total cost-of-ownership and requiring 99.98% availability guarantees. Broward County's Pine Island Road Capacity Expansion Project (ITB due June 2, 2026) and Adaptive Traffic Control and Fiber Optics Systems project (ITB due March 9, 2026) both specify comprehensive fiber optic conduit and cabling deployment. Activity is steady across design-phase (feasibility studies, route engineering), procurement (bulk cable and materials), installation and integration services, and operational support (maintenance, repair, testing) across both greenfield broadband buildout and municipal traffic/ITS network deployments.