NIGP 40548: Oil, Cutting

NIGP 40548 Oil, Cutting is an Item code under which state and local governments procure bulk lubricants and specialty oils for fleet and transit operations. The Columbus Consolidated Government in Muscogee County, Georgia solicited this code for METRA Transit System to source cutting and transmission fluids, synthetic motor oils, gear oils, antifreeze, diesel exhaust fluid, and chassis grease on an as-needed basis—typical of how transit authorities and municipal fleets use this classification to maintain vehicles and equipment through standing supply contracts rather than spot purchases.

The METRA procurement was issued as a Request for Bids (RFB 26-0030) with responses due March 11, 2026. The solicitation specified eight product lines with annual quantities ranging from 1,000 pounds of NLGI #2 chassis grease to 4,000 gallons each of 15W40 oil and transmission fluid, with 24-hour delivery required to a single address in Columbus, Georgia. The contract runs three years with federal funding from the Federal Transit Administration and Georgia Department of Transportation, triggering DBE participation requirements and federal work-authorization verification for vendors receiving $2,500 or more in compensation. Award could go to a single vendor or be divided by line item. No other recent state or local opportunities appear in the source, limiting geographic and issuing-body characterization to this single Georgia transit system procurement.