NIGP 43027: Gas Cylinders, Empty, Commercial Sizes

NIGP 43027 Gas Cylinders, Empty, Commercial Sizes is an Item code under which state and local governments procure pressurized gas containers for operational and maintenance use — particularly chlorine cylinders for municipal water treatment and public pool operations, industrial gases (nitrogen, argon, oxygen) for welding programs and forensic laboratories, and specialty gases for medical and laboratory applications. The issuing bodies range across city departments of parks and recreation, county institutes, regional utilities, community college districts, and statewide procurement offices. Recent solicitations show government buyers structuring these purchases as multi-vendor supply contracts with firm fixed per-unit pricing, FOB Destination terms, and service components including cylinder deposits, refilling fees, and recertification.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas and Pennsylvania. The City of Pittsburgh's Department of Parks and Recreation issued IFB 2026-IFB-098 on July 16, 2026, seeking chlorine gas cylinders in 150-pound containers meeting AWWA B301 specifications for pool operations, with bids due August 14, 2026 and a two-year contract term beginning October 1, 2026; the procurement includes DBE participation goals of 18% minority-owned, 7% women-owned, 5% veteran-owned, and 3% LGBTQIA+ businesses. Collin College and Collin County Community College District each issued three-year welding-materials ITBs in 2024 covering gas cylinders as part of broader welding-supply contracts with estimated annual volumes of approximately $400,000. The State of Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts conducted an RFI in March 2026 for a statewide term contract covering 129 to 137 line items of laboratory, medical, and welding gases plus dewar rental services across all 25 TxDOT Highway Districts. Harris County Institute of Forensic Science issued ITB 260132 on June 26, 2026, for specialty chemicals and industrial gases with a July 20, 2026, bid deadline.