NIGP 57864: Recycling Equipment, Machines, and Supplies

NIGP 57864 Recycling Equipment, Machines, and Supplies is an Item code capturing the procurement of specialized equipment, systems, and consumables that state and local governments deploy to collect, process, sort, densify, and market recyclable materials across waste-management operations. State and local issuers are soliciting equipment purchases (foam densifiers, cardboard balers, hydraulic dump trailers, advanced metals recovery systems), as-needed equipment maintenance and repair services, and processing or transportation contracts for collected recyclables—from battery removal and e-waste de-manufacturing to scrap metal collection and material recovery facility operations. Issuing bodies span county solid waste authorities, municipal environmental services departments, transit authorities, and independent recycling operations; recent solicitations come from Orange County Transportation Authority (California), Pasco County (Florida), the City of Tucson (Arizona), Spalding County (Georgia), Greenville County (South Carolina), the County of Ventura (California), and the City of Detroit (Michigan), among others. Scope ranges from universal-waste pickup and hazardous-material handling (batteries, fluorescent lamps, mercury-containing equipment) to high-throughput single-stream material recovery and revenue-generating scrap-metal processing under commodity-indexed pricing tied to American Metal Market or industry spot rates.

Activity is geographically dispersed across the Southeast (Georgia, Florida, South Carolina), Southwest (Arizona, California), and Midwest (Michigan), with recent solicitations reflecting strong municipal and county engagement in e-waste, metals, and containerized recyclable-material processing. Representative opportunities include the Orange County Transportation Authority's RFQ for removal and recycling/disposal of universal waste (due July 21, 2026, $65,100 over three years, time-and-expense contract evaluated solely on cost); the City of Tucson's RFP for lead acid battery recycling with mandatory HUD Section 3 compliance (due July 10, 2026); the City of Fort Worth's RFQt for stationary compactor maintenance and repair services across five drop-off facilities (due April 3, 2026, as-needed); and the City of Tybee Island's RFP for a complete foam recycling system including mobile container, densifier, and collection bins (due February 27, 2026, $85,000 maximum award from state grant). The Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County's RFP for equipment, operations, and maintenance of an Advanced Metals Recovery Processing System processing 150,000 tons annually (due July 16, 2026, initial three-year term with Site License Agreement) and the County of Ventura's paired RFBs for e-waste and metal recycling with revenue-share pricing (due June 24, 2026) illustrate the scale and financial complexity—contractors often receive payment based on commodity market value rather than fixed fees, and many jurisdictions now require prevailing-wage compliance, E-Verify, and comprehensive pollution and cyber-liability insurance.