NIGP 54547: Mining Machinery and Equipment (see 545-51 for Oil and Gas Equip.)

NIGP 54547 Mining Machinery and Equipment is an Item code under which state and local governments solicit rental and specialized equipment services across water infrastructure, waste management, and municipal operations rather than traditional mining applications. The recent opportunities reveal a narrow, project-specific demand pattern: counties and municipalities issue competitive bids for canopies, staging materials, linens, and event rental equipment on usage-based or per-unit contracts; water districts and irrigation companies procure canal-lining installation with geocomposite or concrete systems; and cities request specialized equipment such as welder-generators, water catchment storage tanks, and gravimeters for geothermal survey work. Issuing bodies include the County of Orange (California), State of Utah (conducting for Division of Wildlife Resources and Department of Natural Resources), Uintah Basin Irrigation Company, the North Texas Municipal Water District, and smaller municipal governments in Utah including Marriott-Slaterville City and Monroe City. Procurement mechanisms vary by issuer jurisdiction and project scale—county purchasing offices typically use IFB through electronic eProcurement portals with 5–8% local and disabled-veteran business preferences, while special-purpose irrigation districts and smaller municipalities route bids through engineering firms and post on courtesy basis through state purchasing divisions.

Geographic activity concentrates in California (Orange County and surrounding districts), Utah (state-level procurements by Division of Wildlife Resources and Division of Purchasing, plus smaller city and irrigation-district projects), Arizona (City of Scottsdale), and Maryland (Maryland Environmental Service). Representative recent opportunities include the County of Orange's Special Event Rental Equipment IFB (bids due October 23, 2026, 63 line items including canopies and staging materials, on-call three-year contract with 5–8% OCLSB/DVBE preference), the Uintah Basin Irrigation Company's Gray Mountain Canal Lining—Phase 1 IFB (bids due October 19, 2026, approximately 90,000 square feet of geocomposite liner and cementitious cover, approximately $1.2 million contract value), and the State of Utah Division of Purchasing's 80,000-gallon water catchment and storage facility IFB for Holt Canyon (proposals due October 8, 2026, single lump-sum fixed-price contract, October 10, 2026–April 30, 2027 performance window). Activity under this code is sparse and episodic, driven by capital improvement cycles and specialized water-infrastructure projects rather than recurring commodity demand.