NIGP 22016: Flow Controllers and Recorders (for Liquids)

NIGP 22016 Flow Controllers and Recorders (For Liquids), an Item code, encompasses control and measurement equipment state and local governments deploy in water treatment, wastewater, and reclaimed-water systems. Recent solicitations show purchasing focused on SCADA-integrated flow controllers, ultrasonic level sensors, valve positioners, flow meters, and process recorders used to monitor and regulate treatment-plant operations, pump stations, and distribution networks. Buying bodies include municipal water utilities, county public utilities departments, and waste-to-energy authorities across Florida, Texas, California, and New Mexico. The City of Tampa and Collier County, Florida appear as repeat buyers, with Tampa soliciting controllers and interface boards for multi-departmental deployment and Collier County single-sourcing Siemens process instrumentation across water and wastewater facilities. Eastern Municipal Water District in California and the City of Lubbock in Texas are active in meter calibration, repair, and flow-control procurement. Work ranges from spot purchases of specific controller units to multi-year service agreements covering preventative maintenance, calibration, repair, and replacement across dozens of system locations.

Recent activity concentrates in Florida and Texas. The City of Tampa issued RFQ 27P00018 (due October 29, 2026) for 25 units of pump-station controller and duplex lift-station backup controllers plus 15 interface boards for SCADA integration, with five-day delivery required. Collier County issued a notice of intent to single-source Gilson Engineering Sales LLC for Siemens ultrasonic level controllers, flow meters, pressure and temperature transmitters, and loop controllers across water and wastewater facilities (three-year term starting October 1, 2026). The City of Lubbock posted ITB 26-19653-YB (due May 27, 2026) seeking a 16-inch venturi-type flow controller and AWWA C504 butterfly valve assembly for the North Water Treatment Plant, and RFP 26-19615-YB (due May 28, 2026) for flow-meter disassembly, inspection, rebuild, and replacement services covering 2-inch through 6-inch meter sizes across 176 wells. The Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County issued RFEI 27-501 for a mass-burn waste-to-energy facility build-operate-maintain project (due November 18, 2026) requiring SCADA control and monitoring equipment integration across three 850-ton-per-day boilers.