NIGP 56002: Carts, Industrial, All Kinds (Except Gas and Hospital)

NIGP 56002 Carts, Industrial, All Kinds (Except Gas And Hospital), an Item code, covers the procurement of wheeled transport and material-handling equipment that state and local governments deploy across administrative, operational, and event-support functions. Recent solicitations show demand for hand trucks and hand truck accessories, computer carts and AV carts for office and IT deployment, cargo and flatbed carts for special events and departmental use, drop deck trailers for institutional transport, and repair and maintenance services for motorized industrial equipment including forklifts and aerial lifts. The code also encompasses rental of golf carts for campus events and container-maintenance services for residential waste management, indicating broad application across city departments, counties, higher education, and special districts. Issuing bodies are predominantly city procurement offices and county departments, with secondary activity from higher-education institutions and special districts.

Philadelphia's City Procurement Office is a repeat buyer under the code, posting multiple micro purchases for specific carts and cart-related equipment between June and September 2026—including a Wire Computer Cart (B2727665, due August 3), an AV Cart in black (B2727419, due July 6), and outreach event supplies including hand trucks and collapsible wagons (B2727546, due July 20). The County of Orange, California, posted two iterations of a Toyota forklift repair services IFB (IFB0802978802JC and IFB0802978802JC2, with bids due March 27 and June 26, 2026 respectively), offering a 5–8 percent local small business and disabled veteran preference deduction. Additional recent activity includes Middlesex College's procurement of an AIR-TOW UT14-10 drop deck trailer (due September 29, 2026), the State of Illinois' small purchase for a Magliner hand truck accessory (due July 31, 2026), the City of Peoria, Arizona's RFP for residential trash container repair and maintenance (due July 23, 2026), and University of Maryland College Park's RFP for golf cart rental with a 29 percent MBE participation goal (due June 23, 2026). Geographic activity concentrates in California (Orange County), Arizona (Peoria), Pennsylvania (Philadelphia), New Jersey (Middlesex), Illinois, and Maryland, with micro-purchase thresholds and requirements-contract structures dominating the Philadelphia solicitations and competitive IFB and RFP processes in county and regional jurisdictions.