UNSPSC 46161507: Barrier tapes or chains

UNSPSC 46161507 Barrier tapes or chains (Commodity) covers traffic control and barricade deployment services, temporary traffic control devices, and traffic-control materials that state and local governments purchase to manage event-based street closures, work zones, and roadway safety. The scope encompasses barricade rental and deployment, traffic cones, warning devices, temporary portable rumble strips, traffic delineators, and related traffic-control infrastructure. Issuing bodies are predominantly cities and counties executing traffic-control operations, supplemented by state transportation departments and special-purpose authorities. The City of Atlanta Department of Transportation appears twice in recent solicitations—once for barricade deployment services supporting the Atlanta Streets Alive monthly event series (IFB, October 27, 2026 response date) and once for a prequalification phase preceding a formal sealed bid for recurring event barricade deployment. Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners issued a competitive sealed bid for ongoing rental of traffic control devices including barricades, drums, cones, and illuminated message boards with delivery, setup, servicing, and pickup across county departments, estimated at $688,970.00 over three years (ITB, October 28, 2026 response date). The City of Dallas solicited a five-year ID/IQ barricading and traffic control services agreement for Water Utilities barricade and message board rental and deployment (September 18, 2026 response date).

Activity concentrates in the Southeast (Georgia, Florida), with secondary activity in Texas, the Midwest (Wisconsin), and California. Georgia Department of Transportation issued an RFQ for work zone temporary traffic control devices (October 23, 2026 response date), and the State of South Dakota issued an annual IFB for traffic control device supply and delivery (September 24, 2026 response date, though the due date has passed relative to the current date of October 20, 2026). Floyd County Board of Commissioners in Georgia solicited roadway thermal and paint striping services including rumble strips across 24 county roads (IFB, October 22, 2026 response date). The City of Detroit Office of Contracting and Procurement solicited quotations for 5,000 traffic delineator posts meeting NCHRP Report #350 Category 1 standards (RFQ, July 2, 2026 response date). Barricade deployment and traffic control device rental dominate the recent pipeline, with event-based services and work-zone traffic management representing the primary procurement drivers; material supply contracts for delineators, rumble strips, and temporary devices remain active but less frequent. Set-asides and local preferences vary by jurisdiction—Detroit applies equalization credits for locally certified businesses, while federal funding on some projects (Texas, California) triggers Davis-Bacon Act and Buy America compliance requirements.