NIGP 03725: Carnival/Fair Equipment, Inflatables, Bounce Houses, Interactuve Games

NIGP 03725 Carnival/Fair Equipment, Inflatables, Bounce Houses, Interactive Games (Item) covers rental and operational services for inflatable attractions, bounce houses, and interactive carnival equipment that state and local governments deploy for community events, student activities, and public gatherings. Recent solicitations show school districts and universities procuring inflatable rentals and event entertainment services on both one-time and ongoing-call bases, with vendors expected to supply equipment, manage setup and staffing, and maintain compliance with state amusement-ride regulations and insurance requirements. The issuing bodies soliciting under this code span higher education institutions, independent school districts, and county purchasing departments, typically engaging vendors through RFP vehicles for multi-year or annual frameworks.

The University of Texas at Austin released an RFP (72126088) on May 29, 2026 with a June 26, 2026 response deadline for inflatable services including obstacle courses, slide bouncers, bounce-slide combinations, free throw challenges, and bungee runs, requiring minimum five years' operational experience, Texas amusement-ride compliance, climate-controlled storage, and firm-fixed pricing under revenue-share or trade-service models. Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District (CFISD) in Texas posted an ongoing event entertainment and rental services framework (26072050RRFP) on July 1, 2026 with a June 30, 2027 expiration, with individual bid events posted through the Ion Wave eBid portal requiring vendor registration to access specific scopes and deadlines. Activity is concentrated in Texas; no recent solicitations appear in other states within the source.