NIGP 07308: Trailers, with Enclosed Refrigeration Unit

NIGP 07308 Trailers, With Enclosed Refrigeration Unit, Item code, covers refrigerated and climate-controlled trailers purchased by state and local governments for food service, agricultural processing, emergency response, and custodial operations. Recent solicitations show state and local buyers acquiring purpose-built refrigerated semi-trailers for food distribution and storage, specialized poultry processing trailers, portable hygiene and sanitation trailers, grapple dump trailers with climate control features, mobile concession trailers outfitted for dining operations, and smaller refrigerated storage units. Issuing bodies include state departments of education, conservation, and criminal justice; county boards of commissioners; independent school districts; university procurement offices; and city governments. The code draws activity from a mix of purchasing tiers—state-level procurement on behalf of operational agencies, county purchasing departments handling equipment acquisition, and school district food service and facility management operations.

Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia, Texas, and California. Fort Valley State University in Georgia solicited a customized 53-foot poultry processing trailer (RFQ, response due October 30, 2026); Gwinnett County and Habersham County, Georgia posted requests for climate-controlled containers and grapple dump trailers in September and October 2026. The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, procuring for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, sought 10 refrigeration trailers and 20 dry van trailers via IFB in June 2026. The California Department of General Services, on behalf of the California Department of Education, requested nine refrigerated semi-trailers meeting specified technical standards (IFB, response due June 4, 2026, estimated value $1.6 million to $1.8 million) with socioeconomic preferences including small business and disabled veteran business enterprise incentives capped at 15 percent of the lowest bid. San Antonio Independent School District issued RFP #26-021(BS) for refrigerated box trucks to support child nutrition services (proposals due May 19, 2026), with HUB set-aside considerations and performance bonds required for contracts exceeding $25,000. The Missouri Department of Conservation placed two separate RFQs for Polar King refrigerated trailers with Missouri-based supplier requirements and bonus-point incentives for Organizations for the Blind participation. The City of Tucson issued an RFP for 24/7 repair and maintenance services on portable hygiene trailers with compliance requirements under Federal Transit Administration and American Rescue Plan Act funding. Procurement activity spans the first half of 2026 through October, with response deadlines and delivery windows clustered in spring and early fall.