UNSPSC 55121733: Sign blank

Raw sign blanks to be used in the production of signage.

UNSPSC 55121733 Sign blank is a Commodity code encompassing the manufacture and supply of blank aluminum and steel sign panels in standard configurations—rectangular, diamond, pentagon, octagon, and traffic-control designs—ready for marking, reflective sheeting application, or further fabrication. State and local governments procure sign blanks as stock inventory for ongoing traffic control and regulatory signage programs, typically through standing-supply contracts with unit-pricing structures and delivery windows measured in days or weeks. The buying mix spans state departments of transportation, county public works and procurement offices, city transportation and streets departments, and independent districts; recent activity shows Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts and state departments of transportation in Maine and South Dakota alongside county and municipal transportation and sign-shop operations. Scope varies from raw aluminum extrusions meeting ASTM B209 and ASTM B221 standards to pre-cut blanks with specified hole patterns, corner radii, and coatings (phosphate, hot-dipped galvanized, or mill-prepared). Vendors typically supply in bulk (pallets of 2,000 pounds or bundles of twenty-five units) with firm pricing for the initial contract year and indexed adjustment provisions thereafter.

Recent activity spans Texas, Florida, Arizona, Michigan, Mississippi, Maine, and South Dakota. The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts issued IFB 304T-27-801A3 in October 2026 for approximately 141,000 units across 127 line items of aluminum sign blanks—circles, diamonds, triangles, octagons, pentagons, squares, rectangles, interstate shields, and coated panels—with bids due November 2, 2026, and deliveries to Tennessee Colony, Texas, featuring ASTM material standards and chemical-treatment mandates. The City of Phoenix solicited aluminum traffic sign blanks under five-year IFB-26-0332 with offers due October 14, 2026, requiring MUTCD compliance, 3-year operational history, local inventory capability, and firm pricing for year one with Producer Price Index adjustments thereafter. Hillsborough County, Florida issued ITB-26-00352 in July 2026 for regulatory road and street signs material and parts—aluminum blanks, signposts, and prefabricated signs—valued at $3.452 million over three years, with bids due August 13, with ten-day delivery to Tampa. Pinellas County, Florida's ITQ 260850 and reissue sought sign fabrication services covering regulatory, warning, and custom signage with 152 line items and SBE price preference available. City of Detroit RFQ 551249 solicited square tube steel signposts and anchors (1" x 1" and 2" x 2" configurations) with October 2026 due date and seven-year warranty and sample-data requirements. The State of Maine Department of Administrative and Financial Services procured 199 extruded aluminum sign panels for MDOT in August 2026 via RFQ with FOB-destination pricing and forty-five-day delivery, and the State of South Dakota issued annual contract quotations for cast aluminum exterior building letters for South Dakota State University, with performance within the state.