NIGP 48619: Cleaner/Remover, Lead-Based Debris, Environmentally Certified Products

NIGP 48619 Lead-Based Paint Inspection and Risk Assessment, Environmental Certified Products is an Item code under which state and local governments procure inspection, testing, and risk assessment services for residential properties suspected of containing lead-based paint, along with debris removal and environmental remediation services following natural disasters. The code encompasses XRF testing of painted surfaces, dust wipe and soil sampling, laboratory analysis, detailed reporting, and large-scale waterway or disaster debris collection, removal, and disposal operations. Government buyers span Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) programs at municipal levels—notably the City of Lubbock, Texas, issuing serial CDBG-funded lead inspections on single-family homes—as well as county commissioners, special districts, and state agencies managing emergency or infrastructure recovery. The City of Lubbock Community Development Department dominates recent activity, issuing dozens of sealed-bid ITBs for lead-based paint inspection and risk assessment on individual residential properties since January 2026, each requiring state-certified firms to perform XRF testing, dust and soil sampling, and four-week turnaround reporting.

Activity concentrates in Texas and Florida. The City of Lubbock has posted more than 40 CDBG-funded lead-based paint inspection solicitations (ITBs with 10-day bid windows, lump-sum pricing, no disclosed budget ranges) from January through July 2026. In Florida, the City of Fort Myers posted RFP 26-060 on July 15, 2026 (proposals due August 17, 2026) for waterway debris collection, removal, and recycling under an NRCS Emergency Watershed Protection Grant covering approximately 20,000 linear feet across the Caloosahatchee River and canals, with unit pricing for vegetative and non-vegetative debris removal, underwater debris extraction, and sediment removal. Broward County, Florida issued RFB OPN2131455B1 (due June 30, 2026) for FEMA Debris Clearing and Removal Services (DCRS) as an indefinite-quantity requirements contract awarding to up to four lowest bidders, with mobilization within 48–96 hours post-Notice to Proceed, unit pricing per cubic yard, Davis-Bacon prevailing wage compliance, and 25 percent County Business Enterprise participation goal. Fairfax County, Virginia solicited RFP 2000004271 (due March 13, 2026) for contingency disaster debris removal across 395 square miles with five-year term and optional five-year renewal, pricing on firm-fixed-price basis for first year with CPI adjustments thereafter. Clay County, Florida posted RFB 25/26-018 (due February 12, 2026) for disaster debris removal with historical volumes reaching hundreds of thousands of cubic yards, awarding to up to three contractors with unit pricing and five-year term plus two one-year renewals. Lubbock's lead-inspection work is routine, lower-dollar, and highly fragmented by property; debris-removal contracts are larger, grant-funded, FEMA-compliant, and increasingly active following 2024–2026 hurricane seasons across the Gulf and Southeast.