UNSPSC 72141117: Telephone and communication cable laying service

The laying of telecommunication cable owned by others

UNSPSC 72141117 Telephone and communication cable laying service is a Commodity code that encompasses labor installation of fiber optic and communication cable systems for state and local governments. State and local buyers solicit this work across broadband infrastructure expansion, municipal fiber network build-outs, emergency restoration, last-mile residential and commercial drops, traffic signal systems, campus connectivity upgrades, and utility cooperative fiber maintenance and construction. The work spans aerial and underground installation, splicing, termination, testing, and site restoration, often bundled with conduit placement, hand holes, vault installation, and utility coordination. Issuing bodies include utility cooperatives (Suwannee Valley Electric Cooperative, Tri-County Electric Cooperative, Glades Electric Cooperative, Escambia River Electric Cooperative), municipal utilities and broadband authorities (Kissimmee Utility Authority, City of Santa Monica Community Broadband Division, Northern Wasco County People's Utility District, City of Ocala), city and county governments (City of Olathe, Burke County, Chatham County), school districts (Lake County Schools, Bryan ISD, Madison County Schools, Parkway School District, University of Houston-Clear Lake), state agencies (Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Texas Department of Information Resources), and regional authorities (Atlanta Beltline).

Recent opportunities cluster heavily in Florida, Texas, Oregon, Georgia, and Kansas. Representative solicitations include Suwannee Valley Electric Cooperative's RFP 2026-009 Emergency Fiber Restoration (proposals due August 5, 2026) covering damage assessment and restoration of fiber circuits and structures across Columbia, Hamilton, Lafayette, and Suwannee counties under FEMA cost-reimbursement rules; Northern Wasco County People's Utility District RFP 2026004 Fiber to the Premises construction (proposals due November 6, 2026) spanning 92,000 linear feet of strand installation and 106,000 linear feet of fiber cable placement across Oregon service territory with prevailing wage and Oregon CCB licensing requirements; Kissimmee Utility Authority RFP26036JG Conduit Installation Services (proposals due July 28, 2026) for furnishing and installing HDPE conduit in sizes 2" through 8" at multiple concurrent locations across a three-year base term; and City of Santa Monica on-call fiber optic infrastructure ITB (proposals due March 26, 2026) covering underground utility construction, fiber splicing and termination, building cabling, and small cell equipment installation on a five-year as-needed basis. Work is increasingly conditional on federal funding compliance—FEMA Public Assistance, Build America Buy America Act domestic sourcing, and Davis-Bacon prevailing wages—and regularly requires local licensing, insurance bonding, and prevailing wage certification. Opportunity flow remains robust across cooperative, municipal, and school-district markets through late 2026 and into 2027.