NIGP 45072: Scaffolding, Sectional (Including Work Platforms)

NIGP 45072 Scaffolding, Sectional (Including Work Platforms) is an Item code covering the supply and delivery of modular scaffolding systems and components for temporary support structures across operational, maintenance, and construction contexts. State and local governments buy under this code to outfit warehouses, maintenance facilities, transit operations, and construction sites with sectional scaffolding equipment—including frame systems, decking, guardrails, access platforms, and related hardware—typically sourced as new equipment meeting OSHA and industry safety standards. Issuing bodies span port authorities, county departments of public works, transit authorities, state facilities management agencies, and special-purpose procurement cooperatives. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the Orange County Transportation Authority, Cuyahoga County (Ohio) Department of Public Works, and the Texas Facilities Commission have all posted requirements under this code in the past two months, indicating steady demand from transportation, infrastructure, and building maintenance operations.

Geographic activity clusters in the Northeast, Midwest, and Southwest, with recent solicitations in New York, New Jersey, California, Ohio, and Texas. Representative opportunities include the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey's three-year requirements contract for ladders and scaffolding delivery to multiple warehouse locations (BID6000003376, response due July 13, 2026); the Orange County Transportation Authority's IFB for two bus scaffolding systems compliant with OSHA and ANSI standards, estimated at $500,000 for a two-year term (IFB 250214, response due May 11, 2026); and Cuyahoga County's competitive bid for new Waco Red Premium Frame Scaffolding components including frames, decking, guardrails, and couplings (Solicitation 6970, response due April 16, 2026). Prevailing wage and Buy America Compliance requirements appear in transit and state-level procurements, and DBE goals apply to certain transit authority solicitations.