NIGP 54595: Recycled Machinery and Hardware, Industrial

NIGP 54595 Recycled Machinery and Hardware, Industrial is an Item code covering inspections, maintenance consulting, and quality-control services for materials recovery and recycling equipment and facilities. State and local governments use this code to procure specialized inspection and maintenance expertise for single-stream recycling systems, materials recovery facilities (MRFs), and associated equipment — typically through consulting contracts with fixed annual or multi-year terms rather than direct hardware procurement. The issuing bodies soliciting under this code span city public works departments and cooperative purchasing vehicles serving multi-jurisdictional public sector networks, reflecting both direct municipal waste-management operations and regionalized procurement structures designed to serve multiple agencies simultaneously.

The City of Phoenix Public Works Department posted RFP 27SW009 in August 2026 for a Materials Recovery Facility Maintenance & Inspection Program — a three-year initial contract with two optional one-year extensions commencing September 1, 2026, requiring annual inspections at two facilities (27th Avenue MRF and North Gateway MRF) with potential secondary inspections triggered by equipment repairs. Mandatory site visits occurred March 6, 2026, with sealed proposals due April 1, 2026. The contract prioritizes qualifications and experience (375 of 1,000 evaluation points), method of approach (300 points), references (225 points), and pricing (100 points), with minimum requirements including five years in business, demonstrated single-stream recycling system expertise, and $2,000,000 general aggregate liability insurance. Separately, Sourcewell — a Minnesota local government cooperative — issued RFP 061626 on behalf of participating counties in Washington (Franklin, Grant, Grays Harbor, Chelan, and Yakima) for Law Enforcement Equipment through a cooperative purchasing framework available to thousands of public entities nationwide and in Canada, with proposals due June 16, 2026. These recent solicitations demonstrate demand concentrated in the western United States, with Phoenix and Washington-region jurisdictions as primary recent activity centers.