NIGP 12076: Rigging and Rigging Gear for Ships

NIGP 12076 Rigging and Rigging Gear for Ships, an Item code, encompasses annual inspection, certification, and training services for rigging equipment used across municipal water systems and related infrastructure—a narrower operational scope than the legacy description suggests, grounded in what state and local governments are actually procuring today. The work involves conducting comprehensive inspections of rigging equipment to ensure OSHA compliance, delivering specialized training on equipment use and inspection protocols, and certifying equipment fitness for service. Issuing bodies include municipal departments (water services) and cooperative purchasing vehicles; the single recent representative solicitation from the City of Phoenix Water Services Department indicates demand from municipal utilities managing distributed facility networks that depend on rigging assets.

The City of Phoenix posted Invitation for Bid #IFB-25-0728 on September 24, 2026, seeking a five-year rigging equipment and certification services contract commencing August 1, 2025, with a pre-offer conference on May 2, 2025 and proposals due May 23, 2025. The procurement requires contractors with at least five years of established experience, substantial insurance coverage (commercial general liability of $2,000,000 aggregate and workers' compensation), and demonstrated safety records. Scope includes pricing for training during multiple shifts and annual rates for equipment inspection and certification across multiple water facilities in the greater Phoenix area. A second solicitation, Sourcewell's RFP #061626 for law enforcement equipment posted May 12, 2026 with a June 16, 2026 deadline, sits outside traditional rigging-for-ships scope but signals that cooperative purchasing vehicles are engaging state and local buyers in equipment certification and related services. Geographic activity is concentrated in Arizona and the Pacific Northwest based on recent postings, though the cooperative procurement structure extends potential reach across multiple states and Canadian jurisdictions.