NIGP 55940: Electrical Accessories and Parts (Not Lighting)

NIGP 55940 Electrical Accessories and Parts (Not Lighting), an Item code, encompasses discrete electrical components and assemblies that state and local governments procure to maintain, repair, and upgrade transit systems, utilities, facilities, and infrastructure. Recent solicitations show state and local buyers sourcing relays (including polarized, time-delay, and control variants), diode blocks, silicon rectifiers, lightning arrestors, circuit breakers, LVPS driver boards, motor couplings, control knobs, brushes, ground brushes, and replay panels—primarily for transit authority fleet maintenance and utility operations. The issuing-body mix spans transit authorities (Dallas Area Rapid Transit Authority dominates recent postings with over a dozen purchase orders since April 2026), utility authorities (Kissimmee Utility Authority), school districts (Pinellas County, Northside Independent School District, Harlingen CISD, Gwinnett County Public Schools), county governments (DeKalb County, Harris County), city utilities (Palo Alto, Meriden, Milpitas, Bartow), and consolidated governments (Columbus Consolidated Government, Charlotte Area Transit System). Dallas Area Rapid Transit Authority appears as a repeat buyer across multiple small-dollar purchase orders requiring FOB Destination freight terms and Net 30 payment, with consistent delivery urgency and triplicate invoice submission to APInvoices@dart.org.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas, Florida, Georgia, and California. Representative solicitations include Dallas Area Rapid Transit Authority's purchase orders for diode block terminals (2101431, due October 20, 2026), silicon rectifiers 800 PRV 3A (2101019, due October 15, 2026), and 80-amp AC circuit breakers (2100671, due September 24, 2026)—all ITBs via Bonfire with FOB Destination and Net 30 terms; Kissimmee Utility Authority's RFP for high-voltage electrical substation services (RFP 26-044-SH) and EV charging station electrical services (RFP 26065SH, due October 27, 2026), both on as-needed bases with 24/7 emergency response; Columbus Consolidated Government's RFB for 487 line items of electrical supplies including conduit, ballasts, fuses, and connectors (RFB 27-0012, due October 28, 2026, two-year term); City Colleges of Chicago's Electrical Low Voltage Job Order Contract (MWJ2606, due October 21, 2026, 60-month base with $5 million value and MBE/WBE goals of 25% and 7%); and City of Palo Alto's RFQ for assorted electric parts (RFQ 198238, 40 line items, one-time purchase). Most component-level procurements from transit and utility operators are transactional, single-item or small-batch purchase orders with tight delivery windows; higher-value opportunities cluster around multi-year facilities contracts with blanket pricing structures and on-call service arrangements.