NIGP 54520: Filtering Equipment and Machinery

NIGP 54520 Filtering Equipment and Machinery, an Item code, encompasses physical filtration and separation machines that state and local governments procure for water treatment, utilities, environmental compliance, and operational maintenance. Recent solicitations show purchasing agencies acquiring specific equipment units—such as the Puma 2400 ECO filtration machine and mixer parts and accessories for wastewater systems—rather than consumable filters or generic filter media. Issuing bodies span municipal utilities departments, county water authorities, and multi-jurisdictional cooperative purchasing entities. The code sees activity from small to mid-sized jurisdictions managing their own treatment or processing infrastructure, suggesting demand is distributed across utilities and environmental compliance functions rather than concentrated in a single class of buyer.

Recent opportunities include the City of Salem, Oregon's sole-source procurement of a Puma 2400 ECO Machine from USG Umweltservice valued at $424,494.70 (posted July 9, 2026, with award anticipated July 16, 2026); Pinellas County Utilities' ITQ for Invent Mixer Parts & Accessories with performance spanning Pinellas County and Clewiston City, Florida (posted June 23, 2026, due June 30, 2026, with references to an existing BPA 457764); and Sourcewell's cooperative RFP #061626 for Law Enforcement Equipment on behalf of participating Washington counties and multi-state public entities (posted May 12, 2026, due June 16, 2026). Activity is concentrated in the Pacific Northwest and Florida, with Oregon and Washington showing recent high-value or multi-jurisdictional procurements. The compressed proposal windows and references to existing blanket purchase agreements suggest renewal patterns and potential sole-source or limited-competition structures in some cases.