NIGP 56049: Lifting and Loading Equipment and Accessories (Not Otherwise Classified)

NIGP 56049 Lifting And Loading Equipment And Accessories (Not Otherwise Classified), Item code, covers the furnishing, repair, inspection, and maintenance of material-handling and lifting assets that state and local governments deploy across fleet management, operations, infrastructure, and utility functions. Recent solicitations show state and local buyers purchasing overhead cranes for industrial facilities, telehandlers and boom lifts for forestry and field operations, forklifts and reach trucks for warehouse distribution, portable vehicle lifts for transit maintenance, and annual inspection and certification services for aerial lift fleets. Issuing bodies span county governments (Los Alamos County in New Mexico, Orange County in California), state forest service agencies (Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services), city fleet and public works departments (City of Ocala, Florida), transit authorities (Charlotte Area Transit System), school district educational service providers (Educational Service District 564 in Texas), and state trial courts (Superior Court of California, Los Angeles). Repeat buyers appear in California counties, where Orange County issued two separate forklift repair service IFBs within a three-month window in spring 2026.

Geographic activity clusters in Florida, California, New Mexico, North Carolina, and Texas. Representative recent opportunities include Los Alamos County's October 2026 IFB for furnishing and installation of two new five-ton overhead hoist cranes at the Abiquiu Hydroelectric Power Plant (response due November 17, 2026), the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services' September 2026 ITB for one Genie S-85 HF Telescopic Boom Lift for forestry seed-cone harvesting (response due September 28, 2026), the City of Ocala's September 2026 ITB for annual testing and inspection services on 88 pieces of aerial lift equipment including bucket trucks, digger derricks, and construction cranes across four city departments (response due March 10, 2026), the Charlotte Area Transit System's June 2026 RFQ for preventative maintenance and repair of 32 portable Stertil Koni vehicle lifts at two facilities in Mecklenburg County and Charlotte, North Carolina (response due July 8, 2026), and the County of Orange's May 2026 IFB for ongoing Toyota forklift, pallet jack, aerial scissor lift, and electronic cart repair services on an as-needed basis with a five-percent OCLSB or DVBE preference (response due March 27, 2026).