NIGP 40566: Oil, Penetrating, Special Use (May Contain Graphite)

NIGP 40566 Oil, Penetrating, Special Use (May Contain Graphite) is an Item code that in practice covers bulk engine lubricants, gear oils, greases, transmission fluids, diesel exhaust fluid (DEF), and related petroleum products that state and local agencies purchase for vehicle and equipment maintenance. The code captures statewide cooperative supply contracts and targeted procurement for transit systems and state transportation fleets, where agencies buy petroleum products on either ongoing bulk-supply or as-needed bases. State departments of transportation and transit authorities dominate the issuing-body mix, supplemented by consolidated city governments managing multi-modal transit operations. Washington State Department of Enterprise Services and the Columbus Consolidated Government in Muscogee County, Georgia have posted recent solicitations under this code.

Geographic activity concentrates in the Pacific Northwest and Southeast. Washington State issued a reissued competitive solicitation (Solicitation 09225-02, due July 30, 2026) for a forty-eight-month statewide bulk supply contract spanning mineral, synthetic, and environmentally acceptable lubricants, greases, gear oils, and DEF across four categories, with historical annual sales of approximately $5.1 million and a 10 percent DBE goal under Federal Transit Administration requirements. The Columbus Consolidated Government in Muscogee County, Georgia solicited oils and lubricants for the METRA Transit System via Request for Bids 26-0030 (due March 11, 2026), specifying eight distinct petroleum products including gear oil, anti-freeze, 15W40 bulk oil, transmission fluid, DEF, chassis grease, and synthetic motor oils in defined annual quantities, with FTA and Georgia Department of Transportation co-funding and DBE compliance required. Both solicitations required API certification, published price lists or per-unit pricing, and quarterly or compliance reporting.