NIGP 46509: Blood Oxygenators and Heat Exchangers

NIGP 46509 Blood Oxygenators and Heat Exchangers, an Item code, encompasses medical gas delivery and thermal management equipment that state and local governments procure primarily for emergency medical services operations. Based on recent solicitations, the code covers oxygen cascade systems — multi-stage pressure regulators that store and distribute compressed oxygen at EMS stations — and related heat-exchange equipment used in emergency care settings. Issuing bodies soliciting under this code include county emergency medical services departments and state and local law enforcement procurement cooperatives. Collier County Emergency Medical Services, Florida, represents a typical buyer of this equipment class, though the breadth of the Sourcewell cooperative procurement (RFP #061626, posted May 12, 2026, due June 16, 2026) suggests that fire departments, EMS authorities, and law enforcement agencies across multiple states participate in cooperative purchasing vehicles that may bundle medical gas and thermal-management equipment with broader law enforcement equipment frameworks.

Geographic activity appears concentrated in Florida and the Pacific Northwest, with secondary participation across the United States and Canada through cooperative purchasing. Collier County EMS issued a Quick Quote (QQ2026157) on October 6, 2026, due October 15, 2026, for removal of three existing oxygen cascade systems at stations on Immokalee Road, Vanderbilt Drive, and Santa Barbara Boulevard, and furnish and installation of four new systems including one at Station 3 Medflight, with responses evaluated as lowest responsive quote, FOB destination, firm pricing through fiscal year 2027, and a one-year minimum warranty. The Sourcewell RFP #061626 for Law Enforcement Equipment, administered by a Minnesota local government unit on behalf of participating entities in Washington state (Franklin, Grant, Grays Harbor, Chelan, and Yakima Counties) and jurisdictions nationwide, represents a larger cooperative framework that may include medical gas and thermal equipment as subordinate line items available to public sector buyers. Both opportunities require electronic submission through online portals and impose standard insurance and compliance documentation.