NIGP 54551: Oil and Gas Machinery and Equipment (Drilling Rigs, etc.)

NIGP 54551 Oil and Gas Machinery and Equipment (Drilling Rigs, Etc.), an Item code, encompasses specialized gas extraction, treatment, and drilling equipment that state and local governments procure for environmental remediation, utility infrastructure, and subsurface exploration. Recent state and local solicitations show governments buying landfill gas management systems (blowers, flares, and scrubbers), geotechnical soil borings and drilling rigs for water resource exploration, gas extraction and refrigerant recovery equipment, and cathodic protection systems for pipeline and storage infrastructure. Issuing bodies include state departments of transportation and water resources, county environmental services, municipal utilities and public works divisions, and special-purpose regional authorities. Salt Lake City has posted multiple 54551-category procurements, indicating repeat activity under this code; Maryland Environmental Service, Florida DOT, and California Department of Water Resources round out the active buyer base across environmental remediation and utility operations.

Landfill gas treatment projects dominate recent activity. Salt Lake City is seeking a complete landfill gas blower/flare system (RFB SLCI27036, due October 30, 2026) with 98 percent NMOC reduction compliance, design and factory assembly, two-year warranty, and five years of maintenance services, while Maryland Environmental Service is bidding enclosed flare system construction at Brown Station Road Sanitary Landfill (IFB 1274025, bids due July 16, 2026) with a 20 percent MBE participation goal and landfill gas extraction well drilling at Harford Waste Disposal Center (IFB 1264635, due June 26, 2026) requiring six condensate drains and sixteen extraction and caisson wells under a 5 percent MBE commitment. Salt Lake City is also procuring gas purification scrubbers equipment for its Water Reclamation Facility Digester Complex (RFQ 524905449, due August 5, 2026). Subsurface exploration and drilling work includes Florida DOT's sole-source purchase of a self-contained boring and subsurface exploration drill rig from Central Mine Equipment Company (estimated price $574,195, posting period opened August 27, 2026) and the Town of Ayer, Massachusetts requesting geotechnical soil borings via RFQ (due May 20, 2026). Geographic spread spans the Southwest (Arizona, Utah), Southeast (Maryland, Florida), Northeast (Massachusetts), and Midwest (Missouri, California), with Utah and Maryland showing the strongest recent concentration of 54551 activity.