NIGP 28537: Generators, Portable, Engine Driven (Including Fog and Mist Types)

NIGP 28537 Generators, Portable, Engine Driven (Including Fog And Mist Types), Item, covers portable diesel and gasoline generators that state and local governments procure for emergency backup power, temporary power supply at facilities, and specialized applications such as water treatment plants and wastewater facilities. Recent solicitations show two distinct buying patterns: capital procurement of new portable or mobile generator units (often paired with trailers or fuel tanks), and service contracts for preventative maintenance, load bank testing, emergency repair, and 24/7 response across fleets of stationary and portable units already in operation. School districts, counties, cities, water authorities, and airport commissions are the primary issuing bodies; county governments and special-purpose water and utility districts appear most frequently in recent opportunities. A small number of repeat solicitors—Collier County (Florida), Cobb County (Georgia), Santa Clara County (California), and Seminole County (Florida)—have posted multiple generator-related solicitations in the past six months, signaling ongoing portfolio maintenance and planned replacement cycles.

Activity is concentrated in Florida, California, Georgia, and Texas, with secondary activity in Arizona, Michigan, Wisconsin, and other states. Recent representative opportunities include the School Board of Volusia County, Florida requesting five 125 kW generators with trailers under an ITB (response deadline March 30, 2017); Santa Clara County Procurement Department posting an ITB for generator preventative maintenance, inspection, load bank testing, and emergency repair services with prevailing-wage requirements (response due November 11, 2026); the City of Phoenix issuing an IFB for Emergency Power Supply Systems preventative maintenance and repair services covering over 300 industrial generators ranging from 35 to 3,500 kW across multiple municipal departments, with a five-year contract term beginning December 1, 2026; and the County of Orange, California Sheriff-Coroner requesting competitive bids for emergency generator service and repairs across 33 facilities with 24/7 response requirements and a 5% preference deduction for certified Orange County Local Small Business or Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise vendors (response due November 12, 2026). Collier County, Florida has posted an ITB for both portable and stationary generator maintenance and repair services covering approximately 230 units ranging from 7 to 2,000 kilowatts, with a three-year initial term and two optional two-year renewals; historical annual spend for county departments under similar contracts runs approximately $1.5 million. Federal funding (EPA grants, FEMA Hazard Mitigation programs) appears in water-treatment-plant and wastewater-facility generator procurements, triggering compliance with 2 CFR 200, 2 CFR 1500, and 40 CFR 33, and MBE or SBE participation goals are common in design-build and installation projects.