UNSPSC 45111808: Lighting controls

UNSPSC 45111808 Lighting controls, a Commodity code, encompasses networked lighting management hardware, cloud-based control software, and LED fixtures—including streetlight control nodes, sports field lighting systems, and commercial lighting fixtures—procured by cities, counties, and school districts to modernize municipal infrastructure and reduce energy consumption. State and local governments deploy this code for phased citywide lighting control upgrades, facility-level sports and recreation lighting installations, and blanket commercial fixture and repair-parts contracts that service multiple departments across jurisdictions. The City of Bartow, Florida, has emerged as a repeat buyer, issuing two recent solicitations: RFP2620 for networked streetlight controls covering 3,500 devices with ANSI C136.41-compliant hardware and SaaS-based management, and ITB 26-18 for electrical contracting to install sports field lighting at a recreation center. Both Bartow solicitations carry local vendor preference, W/MBE, and veteran business enterprise preferences under established criteria. Other recent issuers include Forsyth County Schools in Georgia (bids for theatre lighting), the City of Tucson through its Environmental and Parks departments (annual requirements contract for commercial fixtures and repair parts), Orange County, California Sheriff-Coroner Department (industrial lighting supplies with OCLSB and DVBE preference), and the Lee County Port Authority in Florida (sole-source ADB Safegate airfield lighting and parts).

Recent activity concentrates in Florida and California, with secondary volume in Texas, Georgia, and Arizona. The City of Bartow's RFP2620 (responses due August 12, 2026) targets phased deployment of approximately 3,500 networked streetlight control nodes—Phase 1 delivering 200–300 nodes by December 31, 2026, and Phase 2 covering remaining quantities during 2027–2028—requiring vendors to demonstrate utility-grade networked lighting control experience, financial capacity, and $1 million commercial general liability. The City of Tucson's annual requirements contract, issued via RFP No. 240057, procures commercial LED panels, exit signs, area lights, downlights, photocells, ballasts, and lamps with potential multiple awards and estimated annual quantities ranging from 3 to 1,000 units; the solicitation includes HUD Section 3 labor requirements (25% Section 3 Workers, 5% Targeted Section 3 Workers) and was structured as a one-year term with optional four-year renewals. Orange County Sheriff-Coroner's IFB0603023302AA for industrial lighting supplies carries a three-year term with two optional one-year renewals, a maximum contract value of $900,000, a five percent local and disabled veteran preference deduction capped at $100,000, and a cooperative purchasing extension option. Texas State University issued RFP 754-TXST-2026-RFP-504-ATH for lighting services at athletic facilities (proposals due August 10, 2026), and Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District included Maintenance Electrical Services (#MECS0526) as one of eight categories in its May 2026 bid opportunity.