NIGP 07347: Trailers, Utility, Gooseneck

NIGP 07347 Trailers, Utility, Gooseneck is an Item code covering the procurement of specialized utility and gooseneck trailers by state and local governments for fleet, emergency management, waste transport, and event support operations. State and local jurisdictions soliciting under this code acquire new utility trailers in configurations spanning landscape and cargo trailers (7x16 dimensions, 5,000-pound load capacity); grapple dump trailers (18–20 feet with 21-foot hydraulic reach and 3,000-pound grapple capacity for storm debris); enclosed cargo and bathroom trailers (12–20 feet with water systems and sanitation fixtures); lowboy equipment trailers (35-ton capacity with detachable gooseneck and air-ride suspension for heavy construction equipment); walking-floor refuse transfer trailers; and specialized mobile platforms including concession trailers for food service and fire/wildland response skid units. Purchasing bodies include county fleet and purchasing departments, state departments of criminal justice and parks and wildlife, municipal public works and general services divisions, transit authorities, and university facilities operations. Issuing bodies across the recent opportunities include Hillsborough County (Florida), Habersham County (Georgia), Sacramento County (California), the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, DeKalb County (Georgia), the Texas Animal Health Commission, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Texas A&M University–Kingsville, the City of Tucson, the City of Atlanta, and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

Recent procurement activity concentrates in California, Georgia, and Texas, with secondary activity in Florida and Arizona. Representative solicitations include Hillsborough County's ITB2700008 (October 30, 2026 response date) for various fleet vehicles and equipment totaling an estimated $900,500, encompassing UTVs, articulating boom lifts, wheel loaders, backhoe loaders, utility vehicles, mowers, work carts, wildland fire UTV skid units, and 7x16 landscape utility trailers; Habersham County's RFQs PE66800NONST2027000000035 and PE66800NONST2027000000036 (September 16 and October 14 response dates) for commercial-grade grapple dump trailers with 21-foot reach and 3,000-pound capacity; Sacramento County's RFB 2026RFB0102 (October 27, 2026 response date) for a 7,000-pound GVWR enclosed utility trailer with integrated bathroom and storage; and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's multiple IFBs (July 27–28, 2026 response dates) for steel and aluminum stock trailers. Bidders typically must be authorized dealers, provide manufacturer's warranties (minimum one to two years), carry commercial general liability of $1–2 million per occurrence, and arrange FOB freight-prepaid delivery. Local business and micro-business preferences (2–5% price credit) apply in Sacramento County and select other jurisdictions.