NIGP 62515: Calibration Equipment, Optical

NIGP 62515 Calibration Equipment, Optical is an Item code. State and local governments use this code to procure calibration services and equipment for precision instrumentation, including EPA Protocol calibration and audit gases for emissions monitoring systems, ISO 17025 accredited laboratory calibration services for forensic equipment, and specialized calibration devices such as hart device communicators. The scope spans both consumables—pre-mixed calibration gases traceable to NIST standards delivered in cylinders with certificates of accuracy—and services, where vendors perform on-site or depot calibration of precision instruments including pipettes, micrometers, calipers, balances, and forensic-specific tools such as gun barrel measuring rods. Issuing bodies include county public works departments, county forensic laboratories, and city utilities, with work solicited through RFQ, RFP, and IFQ notice types.

Recent opportunities are concentrated in California and Texas. The County of Orange, OC Public Works, issued an RFQ (0803068001RE, due August 10, 2026) for EPA Protocol Calibration and Audit Gases to support a cogeneration gas turbine Continuous Emissions Monitoring System, structured as a five-year usage agreement with firm, fixed pricing and a 5% bid-price preference for Orange County Local Small Business and Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise vendors. San Mateo County solicited quotations (2026RFQ00359, due March 6, 2026) for ISO 17025 accredited calibration services covering forensic laboratory equipment including Hamilton Microlab dispensers, Rainin and Eppendorf pipettes, Mitutoyo and Starrett precision instruments, and specialized forensic measuring rods across a three-year contract term. The City of Austin issued an IFQ (IFQ1100CPG1058, due February 19, 2026) for a single AMS TREX Hart Device Communicator, targeted initially to Texas HUB and M/WBE certified vendors.