UNSPSC 46171626: Night vision equipment

A portable night observation equipment of light amplification method that defects the target at night to use in various crime prevention activities, patrolling of drug crime, marine security, and night penetration activities.

UNSPSC 46171626 Night vision equipment (Commodity) covers the procurement of night vision optical devices—primarily goggles, monoculars, and binoculars—for law enforcement and public safety operations. State and local governments under this code are buying dual-tube binocular goggles with image intensifier tubes (Generation II or II+ white phosphor configurations), helmet-mounted binocular night vision devices (BNVD), monoculars with thermal imaging capability, and maintenance and testing services for existing night vision systems. Recent solicitations specify technical performance thresholds including Figure of Merit (FOM) standards, resolution, signal-to-noise ratio, magnification, field of view, and infrared illumination capability. Sheriff's offices and police departments dominate the issuing-body mix, with county and municipal law enforcement comprising the primary customer base. Support services—calibration, repair, inspection, and parts replacement for L3 Harris ANVIS-9 and equivalent platforms—represent a secondary but recurring procurement stream.

Sheriff's offices in South Carolina, Georgia, Missouri, and Texas, along with police departments in North Carolina and California, have posted night vision equipment solicitations since mid-May 2026. The Texas Department of Public Safety issued an IFB on May 20, 2026, for five helmet-mounted BNVD units with FOM 2376 minimum, white phosphor specification, and delivery to Austin by May 13, 2026. Dorchester County, South Carolina, released an informal quote for ten dual-tube goggles (IFB 202712) with response due October 20, 2026, specifying Gen II/II+ White Phosphor configuration and FOM 1,800 minimum. Williamson County Sheriff's Office (Tennessee) requested bids for night vision binoculars (RFQ 26RFQ86) due October 27, 2026, with minimal technical detail provided. The County of Orange, Sheriff-Coroner, California, posted maintenance and testing contracts (IFB IFB0603019703JG) for L3 Harris ANVIS-9 M949 goggle servicing in both white and green phosphorus variants, with a three-year initial term and local small business / disabled veteran business enterprise preferences (5% local preference, 8% combined certification preference). City of Waycross, Georgia, solicited night vision monoculars with thermal imaging equipment (12 units) in July 2026. Geographic activity spans the Southeast (Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee), South and Southwest (Texas, Missouri, California), and North Carolina; no significant Midwest or Northeast activity appears in the recent record.