NIGP 12083: Scuba and Skin Diving Equipment

NIGP 12083 Scuba and Skin Diving Equipment, an Item code, covers the procurement of rescue and operational diving apparatus, breathing systems, and related maintenance services that state and local public safety agencies acquire for water rescue, firefighting, and emergency response. The code encompasses brand-specific equipment acquisitions, SCBA and air-bottle filling and maintenance contracts, and specialized diving gear packages. Issuing bodies include state departments (California), county sheriff and fire operations (Orange County, Sarasota County), and municipal utilities (Gainesville Regional Utilities). Cooperative purchasing vehicles also operate under the code, with Sourcewell advertising a multi-state law enforcement equipment framework that includes diving systems for participating jurisdictions across Washington, Minnesota, and other states.

Recent solicitations show activity concentrated in California and Florida. The State of California posted a brand-specific rescue scuba equipment procurement (RFQ, due October 23, 2026) under federal UASI grant funding. Orange County Sheriff-Coroner issued an IFB for filling, maintenance, and repair of approximately 50 scuba tanks, 130 firefighting air bottles, and 60 oxygen medical bottles, with a three-year initial term and service facility requirements within a 20-mile radius of Santa Ana, including five-percent to eight-percent preference deductions for OCLSB and DVBE certified bidders. Gainesville Regional Utilities requested quotes for Scott Safety Air-Pak 75i SCBA equipment (RFQ, due August 10, 2026). Sarasota County issued a quick-quote solicitation for rapid diver equipment including regulators, fins, masks, communication units, and knives for the Fire Department, with delivery required within 30 days and a $50,000 bid cap (due May 22, 2026). Sourcewell's cooperative vehicle (RFP 061626, due June 16, 2026) targets law enforcement equipment procurement across multiple jurisdictions nationwide.