UNSPSC 72151521: Electric instrumentation communication cable service

A service including install materials, ensures cables and neutral conductors which are furnished, owned, installed, and maintained by the utility from the distribution system or overhead lines to the point of service delivery.

UNSPSC 72151521 Electric instrumentation communication cable service is a Commodity code naming fiber optic and telecommunications cable installation and related infrastructure work that state and local governments are actively procuring for broadband expansion, network upgrades, traffic control systems, and facility connectivity across jurisdictions. Recent solicitations show a strong pipeline of design-build fiber projects, city-wide on-call cabling frameworks, and specialized fiber deployments for transit facilities, water utilities, and municipal broadband initiatives.

State departments, cities, counties, school districts, and transit authorities are issuing the work. The City of Brownsville, Texas appears twice in recent activity—once for a $130-mile middle-mile fiber expansion (RFQ 29526ITRFQ, due August 18, 2026) and again for 5G infrastructure connectivity tied to intelligent transportation systems (IFB 29426ITIFB, due July 30, 2026). Hillsborough County, Florida has posted two separate five-year low voltage cabling contracts (ITB-26-00215 and ITB-26-00261, both in March–May 2026, with estimated values of $8.7 million and $9.2 million respectively). The City of Charlotte, North Carolina issued a three-year on-call cabling RFP (RFP 269-2026-189, due May 18, 2026) with an aspirational 10 percent M/W/SBE participation goal. School districts, including the City of Wichita, Kansas (multiple projects for structured voice-and-data cabling at transit facilities and library benches), Clarke County School District in Georgia, and Jones County School District in Mississippi, are soliciting intercom, fiber, and data cabling installations. Specialized utilities—Ware County, Georgia (fiber cable procurement, March 2026), Reeves County Library in Texas (broadband infrastructure under TSLAC LIFI grant funding, due February 20, 2026), and Dalton Utilities in Georgia (ribbon fiber specification procurement, March 2026)—round out the buyer mix.

Activity concentrates in Texas, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, North Carolina, and Ohio, with secondary activity in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Mississippi. The City of Arlington, Texas (RFP260177, due June 11, 2026) is seeking an annual requirements contract for citywide fiber optic cable and installation services. The City of Cincinnati's Department of Transportation and Engineering is procuring design services for a fiber optic communications network replacing failing traffic signal systems across the Columbia Tusculum area (RFP265X901162, due April 24, 2026). Broward County, Florida issued bids for an Adaptive Traffic Control System and Fiber Optics Signal Communication deployment along Pine Island Road (ITB TRN2131279C1, due March 9, 2026) with a mandatory 30 percent County Business Enterprise participation goal. The City of Scranton, Pennsylvania's RFQ (2025RFQ111, due February 17, 2026) seeks telecommunications providers to utilize open conduit space in downtown streetscape projects funded through American Rescue Plan Act capital grants—a time-sensitive opportunity tied to active construction through September 2026. The State of Texas Department of Information Resources is establishing cooperative purchasing contracts for cabling services and related products under COOP2026SOL-00008 (RFO due June 12, 2026) with a 26.0 percent VetHUB subcontracting goal, enabling state agencies and local governments statewide to procure at volume-discounted pricing. The greater Austin Area Telecommunications Network (GAATN), a seven-entity consortium, is seeking a comprehensive fiber-optic network maintenance contractor covering approximately 400 miles of aerial and buried plant across Travis County and the City of Austin (RFP 26RFP043, due March 25, 2026).