NIGP 100: Barrels, Drums, Kegs, and Containers

NIGP 100 Barrels, Drums, Kegs, and Containers is a Class code that state and local governments buy from primarily through blanket purchase orders and cooperative procurement vehicles for as-needed facility maintenance, waste management, and fleet support. The Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners recently issued ITB 26-00247 for a two-year shipping container supply contract with an estimated project value of $146,685.00, soliciting new single-trip Conex containers in 20-foot and 40-foot configurations, including office containers equipped with climate control, for delivery to county fire stations within 30 days of purchase order receipt. The City of Tucson procured refuse and recycling containers through RFP 226024 in collaboration with OMNIA Partners, a national cooperative purchasing alliance, specifying 48-, 65-, and 95-gallon polyethylene containers with a ten-year warranty and nationwide distribution infrastructure, with estimated annual spending of approximately $3.5 million over the contract term. State and local issuing bodies—counties, municipalities, transit authorities, and special-purpose districts—solicit under this code primarily through IFB and RFP vehicles for MRO supplies and equipment spanning operational needs across streets, parks, utilities, fleet maintenance, and facilities. The City of Milpitas issued IFB 26-229 on July 17, 2026, with bids due August 4, 2026, for five-year blanket purchase orders across five supply categories including general MRO supplies, fleet maintenance supplies, park and landscaping supplies, utility operations supplies, and street maintenance supplies, with intent to award multiple vendors per category to ensure capacity.

Recent opportunities cluster in Florida, Arizona, and California, with Hillsborough County, Marion County, Williamson County, and Indian River County in Florida alongside Arizona and California municipalities driving observable activity. The Hillsborough County shipping container procurement specified crew bids due May 15, 2026, through the county's electronic Euna Procurement system, with award made to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder; containers required cream-colored exteriors with galvanized steel bridge fittings rated for 100-knot tension capacity and 30-day delivery within business hours. The City of Milpitas' MRO blanket purchase order solicitation included California prevailing wage requirements, local purchasing preference allowances for providers within ten percent of lowest bid, and recycled-content mandates for janitorial paper products under Assembly Bill 661 and Senate Bill 1383. Pricing across these solicitations typically uses percentage discounts off list price with tiered structures permitted, freight caps at twelve percent of gross order value, and multi-year terms ranging from two to five years. No recent opportunities indicate set-aside restrictions for disadvantaged business enterprises, though California and Florida procurements reference compliance with prevailing wage and state vendor registration mandates. Cooperative purchasing vehicles such as OMNIA Partners and Axia Cooperative expand reach of individual municipal awards to participating public agencies statewide and nationally, amplifying aggregate contract volumes.