NIGP 460: Hose, Accessories, and Supplies: Industrial, Commercial, and Garden

NIGP 460 Hose, Accessories, and Supplies: Industrial, Commercial, and Garden is a Class code covering maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) supplies and equipment that state and local governments procure through blanket purchase orders, master agreements, and cooperative purchasing vehicles. Recent solicitations show the code encompassing consumable janitorial and operational supplies, fleet maintenance supplies, plumbing and HVAC components, electrical equipment, cleaning products, tools and accessories, landscaping materials, and park maintenance supplies. Issuing bodies include city and county procurement offices (Tucson, Milpitas, Palm Bay, Hillsborough County, Dallas, Owensboro), state purchasing programs (Utah via NASPO ValuePoint), and school districts and educational service centers (Educational Service and Buying Consortium in Texas). The City of Tucson and City of Milpitas appear as active repeat buyers, with Tucson seeking a comprehensive MRO master agreement with an estimated $250 million national contract volume and the City of Milpitas bidding five-category blanket purchase orders across general facilities, fleet, parks, utilities, and streets.

Recent activity concentrates in Florida (Hillsborough County, Milpitas, Palm Bay, Marion County procurement conference) and the Southwest (City of Tucson, City of Dallas), with national scope through the Utah NASPO ValuePoint cooperative. The most substantial recent opportunity is the City of Tucson RFP 240078, due March 28, 2024, for a three-year MRO master agreement covering over 1,995 line items across 25 product categories with an estimated annual contract volume of $250 million and an estimated City spending of $4 million over the full term; the solicitation involves mandatory pre-submittal conferences, Section 3 compliance with 25 percent labor-hour set-asides for low-income workers, DBE participation requirements, and cooperative purchasing availability through OMNIA Partners. The City of Milpitas IFB 26-229 (bids due July 23, 2026) establishes blanket purchase orders for five MRO supply categories across a five-year term with local purchasing preference and California prevailing wage compliance. The Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners ITB 26-00319 (bids due July 24, 2026) solicits janitorial and operational supplies for 47 fire stations, with an estimated contract value of $765,679.84 for one year and standard delivery within ten days. The State of Utah NASPO ValuePoint RFP AS26-68 (proposals due September 10, 2026) establishes a national master agreement for walk-in building supplies across all states with an initial five-year term; the current Walk-In Building Supplies portfolio generated $22.3 million in sales in 2025.