NIGP 07180: Suv Type Vehicles (incl. Carryalls)

NIGP 07180 SUV Type Vehicles (Incl. Carryalls), an Item code, covers the purchase and outfitting of sport utility vehicles across a broad spectrum of state and local public agencies — school districts, counties, municipalities, state departments, and special districts. Recent solicitations show state and local governments buying ready-to-drive SUVs in discrete units or small fleets (commonly 1 to 80 vehicles per procurement), often with police-pursuit or fleet-hardened specifications, and securing diagnostic and repair services for existing fleets through dealer networks on hourly and project-fee bases.

The issuing-body mix is diverse: Hillsborough County Public Schools in Florida dominates the recent block with five parallel ITQ procurements for Chevrolet, Dodge, Isuzu, and Hino diagnostic services spanning an 83-to-1,000-vehicle fleet; San Bernardino County Sheriff and Orange County Public Works in California have each issued multiple ITBs in September and August 2026 for specific 2027 model-year police and administrative SUVs (Ford Police Interceptor Utility, Chevrolet Tahoe PPV, Chevrolet Equinox LT, Ford Bronco Sport, Ford Maverick XL, Chevrolet Traverse, Chevrolet Colorado); state procurement offices in Georgia, South Dakota, and Illinois have posted RFPs or IFBs for police vehicles and mid-size SUVs; and city and school district buyers in Texas, Michigan, Connecticut, and Maine round out the issuer base. Repeat police-vehicle procurement by San Bernardino County across multiple model lines and a statewide Georgia RFP for police and special operations vehicles signal sustained demand for law-enforcement-configured SUVs. Geographic activity centers on California (San Bernardino, Orange, Riverside counties), Florida (Hillsborough County), and Georgia, with additional activity in Texas, Illinois, South Dakota, Maine, Michigan, and Connecticut. Representative recent procurements include San Bernardino County Sheriff ITB SHR127-ADMSR-6545 for forty 2027 Chevrolet Equinox LT AWD vehicles due October 14, 2026; Hillsborough County Public Schools ITQ 26252-ITQ-DST for Chevrolet vehicle diagnostic and repair services on an 83-vehicle fleet due July 10, 2026; Georgia Department of Administrative Services RFP SWCERFP000282027 to establish a statewide contract for police vehicles and special operations vehicles due November 7, 2026; Riverside County RFB RFPHH3986 for four 1/2-ton 4WD pickup trucks with fuel storage tanks due November 6, 2026; and the State of South Dakota IFB 26IFB19913 covering 27 line items of sedans, SUVs, pickup trucks, and police vehicles due September 9, 2026. Prices vary widely by vehicle type and volume; San Bernardino County estimates for specific SUV units typically land in the $35,000–$50,000 range per vehicle, while fleet-wide buys and statewide standing contracts show lower per-unit pricing under volume discounts. Set-asides and preferences are common: San Bernardino County applies a 5% local-vendor preference across most vehicle ITBs; Hillsborough County Public Schools encourages HCPS Office of Supplier Development–registered small-business-enterprise participation with SBE preference in tied bids; Orange County California offers 5% OCLSB/DVBE preference capped at $100,000; and Georgia's statewide RFP remains open to all qualified suppliers with no stated set-aside.