NIGP 45065: Refuse Carts, Chutes, Containers, and Holders (Commercial)

NIGP 45065 Refuse Carts, Chutes, Containers, and Holders (Commercial), Item code, encompasses plastic and steel refuse containers in multiple sizes and configurations that state and local governments procure for solid waste operations, ranging from residential roll carts to heavy-duty front-load and roll-off compactor containers. State and local issuing bodies soliciting under this code span counties, cities, transit authorities, and special districts across Florida, Texas, Arizona, and Georgia. The City of Tampa's Solid Waste & Environmental Program Management Department emerges as a repeat buyer, having issued multiple ITB and RFQ notices for plastic front-end load containers in 2-cubic-yard, 4-cubic-yard, and mixed-size configurations with specifications for blue plastic construction, steel-reinforced rims, replaceable lift pockets, and hot-stamped inventory markings. Hillsborough County's procurement for residential roll cart management services—a four-year, $6.15 million contract with scope encompassing deliveries, removals, repairs, and inventory management for approximately 327,000 residential units—represents the largest opportunity in the recent sample. Marion County, Florida issued an ITB for heavy-duty steel waste containers including 40-cubic-yard compactor receivers and 20- to 40-cubic-yard roll-off containers; Broward County Parks and Recreation solicited a single 34-cubic-yard trash compactor with cart tipper for Central Broward Park and Broward County Stadium.

Florida dominates recent activity, with Tampa, Hillsborough County, Marion County, and Broward County each posting multiple opportunities between July and October 2026. H-GAC, a Texas-based cooperative purchasing consortium, issued an RFP for refuse and recycling containers and lifters with proposals due October 1, 2026, opening the contract to thousands of participating governmental agencies across the United States and Canada. Pinal County Housing Authority (Arizona) solicited residential refuse collection services in Maricopa and Apache Junction; Pinal County also requested quotes for residential refuse collection at Casa Grande locations with 95-gallon containers and once-weekly collection, proposals due October 9, 2026. Fulton County Schools in Georgia posted a competitive bid for comprehensive refuse and recycling collection services with a May 26, 2026 deadline. The City of Philadelphia issued a micro-purchase RFQ for trash and recycling dumpsters with quotes due September 22, 2026, under a $45,000 authority ceiling, open to all responsive bidders with optional LGBTQ-certification self-identification. Representative notices include Tampa ITB 26-P-00462 (45 units of 2-cubic-yard, 1 unit of 3-cubic-yard, and 45 units of 4-cubic-yard plastic containers with lids, bids due September 22, 2026); Marion County ITB 26B-119 (40-cubic-yard compactor receivers, 20/30/40-cubic-yard roll-off containers, and optional rolling lid systems, bids due August 20, 2026); and Hillsborough County RFP 2600349 (residential roll cart management services for a four-year period, proposals due September 14, 2026 with mandatory pre-proposal site visit on August 19, 2026).