NIGP 295: Elevators, Escalators, and Moving Walks, Building Type

NIGP 295 Elevators, Escalators, And Moving Walks, Building Type, Class code, comprises elevator and escalator equipment installation, modernization, maintenance, repair, and inspection services that state and local governments procure for municipal buildings, convention centers, airports, transit facilities, courthouses, schools, and housing authorities. Recent solicitations show heavy demand for modernization and replacement of aging vertical-transportation infrastructure, preventive and corrective maintenance contracts across multi-unit portfolios, emergency repair call-back services, and specialized deep-cleaning of escalators at high-traffic facilities. Orange County, Florida alone is currently bidding two major projects: a $21.665 million elevator-escalator replacement and modernization across its Convention Center Campus (IFB Y27-705, bids due October 20, 2026), and a $7 million corrections-facility security-controls and secure-door replacement project (IFB Y26-750, bids due July 21, 2026). Issuing bodies range from county governments (Orange County, Volusia County, Henry County, Georgia; Boulder County Housing Authority) to cities (Tucson, Phoenix, Meriden, Connecticut; Kingman, Arizona; Parker, Colorado) to special-purpose districts (West Basin Municipal Water District, District of Columbia Department of General Services) to transit and convention authorities, with Florida municipalities and counties appearing most active in the recent opportunity set.

Maintenance and repair services dominate the code's activity, exemplified by Henry County, Georgia's RFP 27-17 for elevator maintenance and repairs across eighteen county facilities (proposals due October 6, 2026), the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey's rebid for three-year preventive and corrective maintenance at the Port Authority Bus Terminal (bids due July 16, 2026), and the City of Tucson's RFP 260200 for comprehensive preventive maintenance and 24/7 emergency response across forty-seven municipal units with Section 3 employment and DBE participation requirements (proposals due July 7, 2026). Installation and modernization work spans a wide geographic footprint: Volusia County's modernization of five hydraulic elevators at the Ocean Center Parking Garage in Daytona Beach (IFB 26-B-123JS, bids due September 10, 2026; estimated cost $1.5 million), Village of Schaumburg, Illinois elevator modernization at Al Larson Cultural Center (IFB 2026-IFB-033, bids due June 19, 2026), and West Basin Municipal Water District's elevator modernization for the Donald L. Dear Building in California (IFB due September 17, 2026). Specialized services including escalator cleaning are also solicited; the City of Phoenix is seeking industrial deep-cleaning services for 28 escalators across its Convention Center (IFB-PCC-26-0159, sealed offers due July 22, 2026, five-year contract commencing December 1, 2026). Geographically, Florida jurisdictions (Orange County, Volusia County, Palm Bay) account for a substantial share of recent high-dollar opportunities, with secondary activity in Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Connecticut, and the District of Columbia. Elevator maintenance and repair service contracting is active across the continental United States and involves both single-unit and portfolio-scale engagements, with evaluation criteria commonly emphasizing qualifications and experience over price alone.