NIGP 03569: Magnatometer (Security Screening Equipment)

NIGP 03569 Magnetometer (Security Screening Equipment), an Item code, encompasses portable and stationary metal detection and body scanning systems that state and local governments deploy for facility and event security screening. Recent solicitations show jurisdictions buying millimeter-wave body scanners for detention facilities, portable metal detector systems for event security, weapons screening partitions with integrated detection capabilities, and related installation, training, and maintenance services. The issuing bodies span corrections departments, probation agencies, courts, universities, and health plans—primarily detention and judicial facilities managing high-security access points. Solano County Probation Department is procuring one ES3 Millimeter Wave Body Scanner for its Juvenile Detention Facility in Fairfield, California, with installation and three-year maintenance, not to exceed $140,000 and due January 16, 2026. Collin County, Texas is replacing electronic security systems at its Adult Detention Facility with an opinion of probable construction cost of $3,300,000.00, requiring pre-qualified electronic systems integrators with minimum five continuous years' detention facility experience and sealed bids due January 22, 2026. The University of Texas at Austin is renting portable CEIA OPENGATE metal detector systems or equivalent for event security at commencement, concert, and presidential events on a three-year blanket purchase agreement with two optional one-year renewal terms, proposals due March 6, 2026.

Geographic activity concentrates in California and Texas, with secondary presence in Florida and elsewhere. Orange County, Florida posted a $7 million corrections-facility security-controls and secure-door-and-lock replacement construction project for the Corrections Bureau Reception Center, bids due July 21, 2026. The Superior Court of Los Angeles County solicited a weapons screening partition for the Bellflower Courthouse, RFQ due March 31, 2026. The Inland Empire Health Plan in San Bernardino County, California is installing 16 parking lot cameras with AMAG CompleteView integration at two facilities, iRFB due February 21, 2026, requiring certified AMAG Integrators holding C-7, C-10, or C-28 California Contractor's State License classifications and prevailing wage compliance. Most recent opportunities cluster around detention and judicial facilities requiring integrated screening infrastructure; event-based rentals represent a secondary market. Bidders should expect mandatory pre-bid or site visits, compliance with prevailing wage and contractor licensing requirements in California projects, performance and payment bonding for larger awards, and detailed insurance and financial documentation requirements.