NIGP 25787: Vehicles, CBRNE Incident Response

NIGP Item 25787, Vehicles, CBRNE Incident Response, covers police vehicles and specialized tactical or bomb-squad command units that municipalities purchase to support law enforcement operations, including up-fitted patrol and supervisor vehicles, tactical equipment transport platforms, and custom command vehicles for specialized incident response. State and local governments buy police pursuit vehicles with comprehensive up-fitting services—two-way radios, camera systems, modems, ticketing equipment—as well as purpose-built tactical support units designed to transport, organize, and rapidly deploy equipment such as operator gear, breaching tools, ballistic shields, scene lighting, and construction support tools. The buying base includes city police departments and municipal public works offices procuring on behalf of law enforcement, typically through IFB and RFP vehicles with pre-bid conferences, bid bonds, and performance bonds in the 10–100 percent range. Up-fitting work often carries prevailing wage requirements where applicable and demands compliance with local tax exemptions.

Recent activity spans Connecticut, Kansas, Georgia, and Texas. The City of Meriden, Connecticut issued ITB B027-13 (due July 29, 2026) for seven Ford Interceptor Utility Model police vehicles with full up-fitting services under prevailing wage; the City of Olathe, Kansas released RFP 260040 (due May 15, 2026) for a turnkey Tactical Support Unit equipment vehicle with 80/20 track storage, emergency lighting, and 5,000-pound minimum payload; the City of Wichita, Kansas posted RFP 260091 (due May 15, 2026) for design and manufacturing of a custom 18–30 foot bomb squad command vehicle with weighted evaluation favoring project understanding (35 percent), technical qualifications (35 percent), and S/EBE participation (10 percent); and the City of Brookhaven, Georgia issued ITB 26-101 (due March 10, 2026) for two electric police pursuit vehicles aligned with a municipal sustainability target. The City of Phoenix Public Works Department awarded a three-year IFB (26-FSD-028, effective March 1, 2026) for specialized vehicle modification services including light packages, ballistic protection, and custom bumpers, with strong DBE participation requirements and hourly labor-rate pricing.