NIGP 15550: Office Buildings, Modular and Portable

NIGP 15550 Office Buildings, Modular and Portable is an Item code encompassing the purchase, delivery, and installation of standalone modular and portable office structures used by state and local governments to add temporary or permanent administrative capacity. State and local buyers are currently procuring modular classroom and office buildings for police departments, public works facilities, wastewater operations, school districts, and technical colleges; portable storage and refrigerated containers for special events; and mobile office trailers for field operations and emergency response. The issuing-body mix includes city and county governments (Rincon Georgia, Sandersville Georgia, Fort Worth Texas, Tampa Florida), state agencies and educational systems (Texas Juvenile Justice Department, Technical College System of Georgia, Fontana Unified School District), regional authorities (Georgia World Congress Center Authority), special-purpose entities (Claratel Behavioral Health), and school districts across multiple states. Solicitation types are predominantly ITB, RFQ, and RFP formats, with response dates clustered in late June and July 2026.

Recent activity spans Georgia, Texas, Florida, California, and Minnesota, with the highest concentration in Georgia and Texas. Representative recent solicitations include the City of Rincon, Georgia's ITB 070126-001 for a 48-by-60-foot modular office building for the Police Department (bids due July 30, 2026); the Texas Juvenile Justice Department's bid for a 72-by-56-foot office building with site work at its Gainesville facility (due July 14, 2026); Coastal Pines Technical College's sealed bid for three portable buildings for plumbing, electrical, and HVAC instruction spaces at Baxley and Waycross campuses (due April 9, 2026); and the City of Flowery Branch, Georgia's ITB 26-011 for a 24-by-60-foot modular public works office building with turnkey installation (due July 23, 2026). Harris County Department of Education, in conjunction with cooperative purchasing vehicle Choice Partners, issued a multi-component Job Order Contracting procurement (CSP) for modular buildings and related items with a $200 million maximum annual aggregate across the cooperative program. H-GAC (Houston-Galveston Area Council), a Texas procurement consortium, solicited bids on modular buildings, shelters, and structures (due July 30, 2026). Sourcewell, a Minnesota cooperative, posted an RFP for Modular Buildings and Portable Storage Solutions with Related Services available to its Participating Entities (due June 9, 2026). Award values range from unspecified in most single-unit procurements to $200 million aggregate in the Choice Partners cooperative framework; delivery timelines and insurance, bonding, and compliance requirements vary by issuing body and project scope.