UNSPSC 55121710: Traffic signs

UNSPSC 55121710 Traffic signs (Commodity) encompasses the fabrication, delivery, and installation of standard regulatory, warning, directional, and custom signage for roadways, parking areas, campuses, parks, and public facilities. State and local governments procure traffic signs under this code for wayfinding systems, campus navigation, roadside safety upgrades, work zones, and facility identification, often paired with reflective sheeting, LED lighting, and custom graphics. Recent solicitations show issuing bodies including higher-education institutions, county governments, cities, school districts, state departments of transportation, and special-purpose districts across multiple states, with work ranging from single-project fabrication to multi-year usage contracts and on-call service pools.

Issuers span a broad geographic footprint. California Department of Transportation posted multiple SB Minor B contracts for sign installation and safety upgrades across San Diego, Orange, Tuolumne, and Kern Counties in September and August 2026. Florida buyers included Collier County (RFQ for countywide signage services, November 6 response deadline), Pinellas County (ITQ for traffic sign fabrication, October 6 deadline), and the City of Tampa (bid-discount for traffic signs, November 9 deadline). Other states active include South Dakota (Black Hills State University campus wayfinding and signage RFP, October 22 deadline), Florida (FDOT Approved Products List traffic equipment, August 28 bid opening), Connecticut (City of Stamford standard roadway and parking signs ITB, October 15 deadline), Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Utah, and others. Recent representative opportunities include Black Hills State University soliciting RFP #26RFP19977 for fabrication, furnishing, delivery, and installation of campus wayfinding signage (wood-look aluminum posts, vehicular signs, parking markers) with October 22, 2026 deadline; Collier County Procurement Services issuing Invitation for Qualifications #268684 for a pre-qualified contractor pool covering design, fabrication, delivery, installation, repair, replacement, removal, and disposal of interior and exterior signs including building ID, directional, regulatory, LED, and ADA-compliant signage, with November 6 proposal deadline and October 15 pre-proposal conference; and City of Indianapolis and Marion County Purchasing Division issuing RFB-14DPW-1817 for traffic sign hardware (brackets, cantilever arms, bollards, banding, aluminum flat bars) with October 15, 2026 deadline and two-year contract term. Evaluation criteria across these opportunities emphasize workmanship quality, cost competitiveness, contractor experience with similar institutional or municipal projects, compliance with brand or design standards, and where applicable, utilization of small business or disadvantaged-enterprise vendors.