NIGP 28526: Conduit, Steel

NIGP 28526 Conduit, Steel is an Item code covering the procurement and installation of steel and specialty conduit systems by state and local government entities. State and local buyers under this code are acquiring HDPE conduit in multiple sizes, Schedule 40 gray restrained joint conduit, PVC conduit systems, fiber optic conduit installations, and related labor services including trenching, excavation, traffic control, pavement work, and riser installation. Issuing bodies span utility authorities, school districts, counties, and state correctional agencies. Kissimmee Utility Authority solicited continuing conduit installation services across multiple concurrent locations via RFP26036JG (response due July 28, 2026), specifying 2" through 8" HDPE conduit and Schedule 40 restrained joint conduit with a three-year base term and two optional one-year renewals. Gibraltar School District in Michigan issued a sealed-bid solicitation for generator connection work involving conduit systems at school facilities. Collier County, Florida's NEUF Perimeter Fence, Irrigation, and Landscaping project included 26,000 linear feet of 2-inch PVC-80 conduit for irrigation systems with an anticipated project budget of $3.4 million and a response deadline of October 8, 2026.

Recent activity concentrates in Florida and Michigan, with additional state-level demand from Georgia Department of Corrections' steel procurement for the state prison system. Conduit specifications in recent solicitations emphasize performance requirements tied to specific applications—underground utility work requiring survey certification and federal labor standards compliance in the Florida utility case, school facility connections subject to state-level bonding and disclosure requirements in Michigan, and irrigation-integrated conduit systems in the county infrastructure expansion. The work typically appears as line-item components within larger construction or utility projects rather than as standalone conduit-procurement RFQs, and contractors commonly must hold state or local underground-contractor registration, provide performance bonds scaled to projected outstanding work balances, and submit unit-rate or cost-plus pricing on government-provided forms.