NIGP 20535: Drives, Hard/Fixed Disk, Environmentally Certified Products

NIGP 20535 Drives, Hard/Fixed Disk, Environmentally Certified Products is an Item code covering external hard drives and storage devices that state and local governments procure as standalone equipment or as components within larger technology deployments. Recent solicitations show state and local buyers acquiring external hard drives alongside laptops, networked storage systems, and data center infrastructure. The issuing bodies include state governments and municipal authorities across different regions, with no dominant repeat buyer evident in the current opportunity set.

Pennsylvania and Florida account for the recent activity under this code. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania posted IFB B2727733 on August 11, 2026, seeking 10 MacBook Pro laptops with 5 external hard drives and AppleCare coverage, with proposals due August 17, 2026; the City of Pembroke Pines (Broward County, Florida) posted IFB TS-26-04 on August 5, 2026, for Cisco network infrastructure hardware including storage and ancillary components, with a question deadline of May 4, 2026, bid submissions due May 19, 2026, at 2:00 PM, and an estimated project value of $300,000. The Pembroke Pines solicitation offers local vendor preferences (5 percent for local Pembroke Pines vendors, 2.5 percent for Broward County vendors, and 2.5 percent for Veteran-Owned Small Businesses) and requires vendors to maintain insurance coverage including General Liability, Workers' Compensation, Auto Liability, Umbrella/Excess Liability, Professional Liability, and Cyber Liability coverage.