UNSPSC 83130101: Wire communication service

Communication service in which transmission/reception is connected by wire and signals are mediated.

UNSPSC 83130101 Wire communication service is a Commodity code that encompasses the provision, maintenance, and renewal of telephony, unified communications, and data connectivity platforms—including software licensing, cloud collaboration services, managed network services, and related infrastructure—that state and local governments procure to support enterprise communications environments across their departments and constituent agencies. State and local issuing bodies soliciting under this code include city governments, county boards of commissioners, state departments, school districts, universities, transit authorities, and special-purpose public agencies. Recurring buyers include municipal utilities commissions (such as Orlando Utilities Commission), city information technology departments (Pembroke Pines, Tucson, Roswell), state procurement offices (California, Oregon, Texas, Washington), county IT services divisions (Gwinnett County, Jackson County, Rockdale County), and higher-education institutions (Valencia College, University of Georgia, University of North Georgia). Representative recent opportunities include the City of Pembroke Pines' renewal of a Cisco Collaboration Flex Plan Enterprise Agreement covering Webex, Contact Center, Unified Communications Manager, and Webex Calling (three-year term with estimated annual cost of $265,000, ITB posted August 5, 2026 with bids due September 8, 2026); the Texas Department of Information Resources soliciting cellular, wireless, pager, and satellite voice and data services for state agencies through the Texas Agency Network (indefinite-quantity, multiple-award contract with responses due July 23, 2026); and the Oregon Department of Administrative Services requesting a Secure Services Edge solution spanning Zero Trust Network Access, Secure Web Gateway, Cloud Access Security Broker, and related services to support 80 executive-branch agencies and 40,000 employees statewide (five-year initial term with proposals due October 30, 2026).

Geographic activity spans multiple states with concentration in Florida (Valencia College, City of Pembroke Pines, Orlando Utilities Commission, Broward County RFI on Bloomberg Professional Services), California (statewide renewals for GitLab, Gearset Teams, and Atlassian Jira), Georgia (Gwinnett County Citrix renewal, Jackson County network switching, Rockdale County ERP with communications integration, University of North Georgia student support AI), Texas (DIR managed network services and TEX-AN wireless), Washington (statewide IEP platform with SIS integration requirements), and Oregon (statewide SSE procurement). While many of these opportunities diverge from traditional wire communication services—several tagged under this code address enterprise resource planning, student information systems, accounts payable automation, and animal shelter management software—the concentration of recent activity centers on licensed software renewals (Cisco, Atlassian, GitLab, Gearset), managed network services contracts for multi-agency deployments, cloud-based unified communications platforms, and infrastructure modernization projects requiring network design and installation. Opportunities include both simple license renewals with tight bid windows (five to fourteen days) and complex enterprise procurements with phased implementations, mandatory pre-bid conferences, and evaluation criteria weighted toward technical architecture, vendor experience, and service integration capabilities. Set-asides and local preferences appear inconsistently; several Florida and California solicitations reference SBE, CBE, or WBE certifications, while others (such as the Texas DIR and Oregon DAS procurements) emphasize VetHUB-certified subcontracting. Liquidated damages, performance bonds, cyber liability insurance minimums ($3 million to $10 million), and strict data residency requirements (U.S.-based infrastructure only) are standard across large infrastructure and security-focused opportunities.