NIGP 65048: Recycled Recreational and Park Equipment

NIGP 65048 Recycled Recreational and Park Equipment, an Item code, encompasses the design, provision, and installation of playground structures, site furnishings, surfacing materials, and fitness equipment for municipal parks, school districts, early childhood facilities, and recreational complexes. State and local governments procure under this code modular play structures meeting CPSC, ASTM, and IPEMA safety standards; ground-level and elevated play activities scaled for age groups from infants through school-age children; site amenities including benches, picnic tables, trash receptacles, and wayfinding signage; resilient surfacing such as engineered wood fiber mulch, poured-in-place systems, artificial turf, and synthetic materials; and fitness equipment installations. Recent solicitations emphasize compliance with ADA accessibility requirements, CPSI (Certified Playground Safety Inspector) certification for installers, manufacturer warranties, and performance bonding. Counties, cities, and school districts dominate the issuing-body mix, with notable repeat activity from Chatham County, Georgia; Hillsborough County Public Schools, Florida; and the City of Tampa Parks and Recreation Department. A secondary group of municipal park departments and special-purpose districts also procure under this code.

Georgia and Florida account for the most recent activity. Representative opportunities include the City of Tampa Parks and Recreation Department's May 2026 RFQ (Bid No. 26-P-00278) seeking catalog-based installation, repair, and replacement services for site furnishings, playground equipment, and surfacing across more than 200 parks, with an estimated contract value of $4,000,000 and a sheltered small local business enterprise (SLBE) set-aside offering a 5 percent bid discount; Chatham County Parks and Recreation's June 2026 RFP (26-0049-2) for design and installation of a modular composite play structure at Charles C. Brooks Park Complex with pre-proposal conference on June 2, 2026, and MBE/WBE participation scoring; Chatham County's May 2026 ITB (26-0037-2) for three age-segregated playground areas at the ESU Early Childhood Learning Center with 30 percent combined M/WBE participation goals and Davis-Bacon wage compliance; Hillsborough County Public Schools' March 2026 RFP (0557FACRFPMOC) for furnishing and installing playground and fitness equipment across 235 schools with CPSI certification required; and the City of Stonecrest's March 2026 Design-Build Construction ITB (CITB-0002-26) for a dog park at the Southeast Athletic Complex with mandatory pre-bid meeting on February 26, 2026.