NIGP 16515: Coffeemakers, Hot Water Dispensers, Urn Bags and Filters

NIGP 16515 Coffeemakers, Hot Water Dispensers, Urn Bags And Filters is an Item code under which state and local governments procure water dispensers, cooler rentals, bottled water delivery services, and related kitchen equipment supplies. Recent solicitations show demand concentrated in bottled water and dispenser rental services — five-gallon water coolers with hot and cold functionality, delivery and maintenance contracts, and miscellaneous kitchen supplies that support employee break rooms and facility operations across multiple departments and locations.

Issuing bodies span transit authorities, school districts, county governments, and state health agencies. The Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) appears as a repeat buyer, posting two separate RFQs for water bottle and cooler rental services within the past four months. Northside Independent School District in Texas solicited kitchen equipment, parts, supplies, rentals, repairs, and services through an Invitation for Bid, replacing an expiring contract and explicitly requiring all vendors to respond to maintain their business relationship with the district. Hillsborough County in Florida and the State of California (for the North Hollywood Health Center) also posted opportunities under this code. Activity is concentrated in California and Texas, with secondary activity in Florida. Representative recent opportunities include OCTA's RFQ 250210 for five-gallon water bottles and water cooler rentals (21 hot/cold dispensers, 120–150 bottles every two weeks, $50,000 over three years, quotes due April 3, 2026, awarded to lowest responsive firm); OCTA's later RFQ 250433 for bottled drinking water and dispenser rental services ($21,600 over three years plus two one-year renewal options, due September 8, 2026); and NISD's IFB 2026-078 for kitchen equipment, parts, supplies, rentals, repairs, and services across 132 schools and 15 support sites in Bexar County (sealed bids due May 28, 2026, one-year term with two optional renewals, potential cooperative purchasing adoption by Central Texas Purchasing Alliance members).