NIGP 12027: Bollards (Mooring Devices)

NIGP 12027 Bollards (Mooring Devices) is an Item code encompassing physical mooring and docking infrastructure that state and local governments procure for marine operations, waterfront maintenance, and public-access harbors. Recent solicitations show state and local buyers acquiring mooring floats, steel and aluminum dock systems, gangways, and supporting pile infrastructure for marine patrol, state parks, and law enforcement waterfront facilities. Issuing bodies include state parks commissions, county governments, and cooperative purchasing vehicles representing multiple jurisdictions. The scope of work spans new equipment procurement (outboard motors equipped with mooring capability), large-scale marine infrastructure replacement projects, and cooperative framework agreements for law enforcement equipment that may include mooring and waterfront-access components.

Recent activity concentrates in the Pacific Northwest and Southeast. The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission posted a competitive sealed bid (ITB) for Reid Harbor Moorage Improvements at Stuart Island State Park, Washington (response deadline April 21, 2026, estimated bid range $2,462,796.00 to $3,010,084.00), requiring fabrication and installation of steel float systems, aluminum gangways, and concrete abutments with mandatory pre-bid meeting March 31, 2026, prevailing wage compliance, 15 percent apprentice labor participation, and voluntary diversity goals for MBE, WBE, Washington Small Businesses, and veteran-owned businesses. Chatham County, Georgia solicited bids for two Mercury outboard motors designated for Marine Patrol operations (response deadline May 4, 2026). Sourcewell, a Minnesota cooperative purchasing entity, issued an RFP for Law Enforcement Equipment (#061626, response deadline June 16, 2026) spanning Franklin, Grant, Grays Harbor, Chelan, and Yakima Counties in Washington and numerous jurisdictions across the United States and Canada, establishing a contracting solution for equipment available to thousands of public entities.