NIGP 54561: Refuse/Garbage Burning Equipment

NIGP 54561 Refuse/Garbage Burning Equipment, an Item code, covers polyethylene refuse and recycling bags that state and local governments procure for waste collection and management operations. Recent solicitations show governments buying specified-size trash bags in black and clear polyethylene, blue recycling bags, and related closure hardware (wire ties, flaps, drawstrings) that meet ASTM standards for film thickness, dart impact, slip coefficient, and drop resistance. Issuing bodies under this code include city procurement offices (like the City of Richardson) and cooperative purchasing vehicles that aggregate demand across county, municipal, and special-purpose jurisdictions. Governments frequently build annual requirements contracts with single-vendor models and hold renewal options, evaluating proposals on price (typically 30 percent weight), vendor qualifications and experience (30 percent), specification compliance and value-added features (30 percent), and references (10 percent).

Recent activity centers in Texas and the Pacific Northwest. The City of Richardson issued an annual requirements contract RFP for recycle and trash bags due June 16, 2026, seeking bags in four polyethylene types with annual volumes ranging from 100 to 35,000 rolls or boxes and requiring vendors to demonstrate five years' experience supplying similarly sized municipalities. Sourcewell, a Minnesota local government unit and service cooperative, posted RFP 061626 on behalf of participating counties in Washington (Franklin, Grant, Grays Harbor, Chelan, and Yakima) and other jurisdictions nationwide, establishing a contracting solution for law enforcement equipment available to thousands of governmental agencies, K-12 school districts, and public entities; proposals were due June 16, 2026 at 3:30 p.m. Central Time through the Sourcewell Procurement Portal.