NIGP 07310: Trailers, Semi, Enclosed

NIGP 07310 Trailers, Semi, Enclosed (Item) covers the procurement of enclosed semi-trailers and specialized cargo-carrying trailers by state and local jurisdictions. Recent solicitations show state and local governments purchasing refuse transfer trailers with walking floors and automatic tarp systems, portable hygiene and restroom trailers for maintenance services, mobile concession trailers for food service operations, mobile interpretive educational trailers, office and container trailers for temporary facilities, and grapple dump trailers for debris management. Counties, cities, special-purpose districts (including recreation districts and water management districts), and state universities are the primary issuing bodies, with county governments and municipal public works departments appearing most frequently as repeat purchasers.

Activity spans multiple regions with notable concentration in California, Georgia, Florida, and Utah. Recent opportunities include Sacramento County's solicitation for up to five forty-five-foot open-top refuse transfer semi-trailers with walking floors and automatic flip-top tarps (IFB 2026RFB0095, due October 2, 2026); Habersham County, Georgia's request for an eighteen-to-twenty-foot commercial-grade grapple dump trailer with hydraulic arm and outriggers (RFQ 2027-05, due September 16, 2026); the City of Tucson's RFP for comprehensive repair and maintenance services on portable hygiene trailers (RFP 250121); Texas A&M University-Kingsville's RFP for a fully outfitted mobile concession trailer approximately twenty feet in length with commercial food service equipment (RFP-3161, due September 30, 2026); and Cal Expo's IFB for various office trailer and container rentals supporting annual state fair operations (IFB CSF-26-1097, due September 30, 2026). Snyderville Basin Special Recreation District in Utah is procuring design, fabrication, and build-out of a mobile interpretive educational trailer within a $75,000 budget (RFP SBSRD-D-26-Q-0015, due October 6, 2026). Missouri Department of Transportation Kansas City District has posted two recent quotation requests: one for work zone trailers with LED lighting and storage boxes (response due September 14, 2026) and another for a hot mix patching trailer, Stepp Mfg Model SPHOJ-3.0 or equivalent (bid due September 17, 2026). Set-asides and preferences vary by jurisdiction—Sacramento County applies a 5 percent local-business preference and 2 percent micro-business preference; Cal Expo encourages Small Business and Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise participation; Missouri encourages MBE, WBE, and service-disabled veteran enterprise participation; and California Fish and Wildlife offers small-business and disabled-veteran-business-enterprise incentives on travel trailer procurement.