NIGP 65006: Benches, Park (Including Bus Stop Benches)

NIGP 65006 Benches, Park (Including Bus Stop Benches), an Item code, encompasses the procurement of site furnishings—primarily benches, but extending to integrated transit shelter and amenity packages—that state and local governments buy for parks, transit stops, and public gathering spaces. Recent solicitations show active procurement across concrete and metal benches, cast iron bench supports, transit shelter systems with integrated seating, and coordinated amenity packages including trash receptacles, bike racks, and shade structures, often bundled with sidewalk, curb ramp, and landing pad construction in ADA compliance projects.

State departments, counties, cities, school districts, and transit authorities are soliciting under this code. Broward County Transportation Department appears as a repeat buyer, issuing two FTA-funded transit amenity solicitations in the past two months. Recent work spans Florida (Broward County, Escambia County, Collier County, City of Gainesville, City of Tampa), Georgia (Cobb County, Spalding County, Chatham County, Telfair County, DeKalb County, City of Douglas), Arizona (City of Phoenix, City of Tucson), California (City of Long Beach), Pennsylvania (City of Philadelphia), and Michigan (City of Jackson). The City of Tampa Parks and Recreation Department posted an October 2026 RFP for catalog discounts on site furnishings across more than 200 parks with an estimated contract value of four million dollars, closing May 29, 2026 and designated as a sheltered market for Small Local Business Enterprises. Broward County Transportation Department solicited an open-end FTA-funded contract for transit shelters and amenities (RFP TRN2133001B1, due October 23, 2026) requiring Buy America certification and including specified manufacturer options such as Landscape Forms Inc. Collier County issued an ITB for transit shelters and associated amenities (ITB 25-8571, bids due August 17, 2026) covering six product categories including four shelter designs with solar lighting, waste containers, bike racks, and powder-coated steel benches. Escambia County solicited manufacturing and delivery of ninety-one prefabricated bus shelters under CDBG-DR funding (ITB PD2526110, proposals due September 30, 2026) with Davis-Bacon wage requirements and a pre-bid meeting on September 9, 2026. The City of Tucson Parks and Recreation Department requested bids on concrete picnic tables and benches totaling 127 units under ARPA funding (IFB 270140, bids due October 13, 2026), with mandatory domestic preference for U.S.-produced materials.