NIGP 31246: Environmental Remote Control Systems

NIGP 31246 Environmental Remote Control Systems is an Item code under which state and local governments procure automated control and monitoring systems for environmental facility management — typically HVAC regulation, lighting automation, energy management, and building environment sensors integrated into centralized control platforms. The issuing bodies pursuing this code span state facilities management departments, county public works offices, city engineering departments, school districts managing multiple buildings, and transit authorities operating maintenance facilities. The work involves both hardware installation (sensors, controllers, network infrastructure) and software configuration to enable remote operation and real-time environmental monitoring across distributed building systems, often bundled with integration services to connect legacy equipment to modern control platforms.

Recent state and local procurement activity under this code is not present in available opportunity records, limiting visibility into current geographic concentration and representative solicitations. Without posted RFP, RFQ, IFB, or ITB notices naming specific issuing bodies, response dates, or jurisdictional activity, assessment of pursuit timing and market engagement patterns cannot be grounded in current market data. Firms tracking this code should monitor state procurement portals and cooperative purchasing vehicle catalogs for emerging facility automation and energy-management initiatives, particularly in regions where schools, transit systems, and municipal facilities are upgrading building control infrastructure.