UNSPSC 43223322: Fiber optic support grip

An device designed to reduce stress on fragile fiber optic cables in vertical or sloping runs.

UNSPSC 43223322 Fiber optic support grip, a Commodity code, describes hardware components and fastening systems that state and local governments purchase to secure and position fiber optic cables during installation, maintenance, and emergency restoration work. Recent solicitations show this code capturing procurement activity for fiber infrastructure support across cooperative utilities, municipalities, transit authorities, and school districts, with demand driven by broadband expansion, network maintenance, and disaster recovery efforts.

State and local issuing bodies soliciting under this code span electric cooperatives (Suwannee Valley Electric Cooperative, Glades Electric Cooperative), municipalities (City of Palo Alto, City of Santa Monica, City of Ocala, City of Doral), counties (Chatham County, Sarasota County, Collier County, Broward County), school districts (Gwinnett County Board of Education, Lake County Schools, Madison County School System, Northside Independent School District), special districts (Glynn County, Parkway School District), and state departments (Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Illinois Department of Information Technology). The most active repeat buyers are Suwannee Valley Electric Cooperative (three separate RFPs for emergency fiber restoration and routine splicing and maintenance issued October 2026) and Illinois DoIT (multiple metro-ethernet and dark fiber procurements spanning May–August 2026). Recent opportunities in Florida—particularly Suwannee Valley Electric's RFP 2026-009 (Emergency Fiber Restoration, due August 5, 2026) and RFP 2026-009A (Emergency Fiber Restoration, due November 16, 2026)—show active demand for fiber support hardware as part of post-damage assessment, restoration, and installation workflows. Glades Electric Cooperative's FTTH Maintenance and Construction RFP (due June 11, 2026) across Glades, Hendry, Highlands, and Okeechobee Counties, Florida, and the City of Santa Monica's on-call fiber optic infrastructure services contract (five-year term, posted February 2026) demonstrate sustained multi-state and multi-year purchasing patterns for fiber support materials and labor integration.

Geographic concentration is heaviest in Florida (Suwannee Valley, Glades, Ocala, Collier, Broward, Lake, Doral, Palo Alto utilities and school districts), Texas (TDCJ statewide, ESC 4, Brownsville, San Antonio, Houston-area school districts), Illinois (DoIT statewide metro-ethernet and dark fiber), Georgia (Gwinnett County, Chatham County), and Oregon (Mt. Hood Community College). Representative recent opportunities include Suwannee Valley Electric's Emergency Fiber Restoration RFP 2026-009 (proposals due August 5, 2026, scope includes damage assessment, restoration, splicing, and disposal across Florida cooperatives), the City of Santa Monica's on-call fiber optic infrastructure ITB (five-year term, underground construction, splicing, building cabling, and small cell equipment across municipal broadband), and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's Broadband Connectivity Continuation and Expansion RFP (due November 9, 2026, cabling and video surveillance systems across 80 TDCJ facilities statewide). Illinois DoIT's E-rate Round 8 Last Mile and WAN Fiber Circuits IFB (due September 3, 2026) procures metro-ethernet services over 1,000+ circuits statewide with seven-year initial contract term. These opportunities confirm that state and local procurement under this code centers on fiber cable securing hardware embedded in larger emergency restoration, routine maintenance, broadband expansion, and telecommunications infrastructure integration work, with response dates spanning mid-2026 through early 2027.