NIGP 65804: Pipe, Alloy Steel, Chrom-Moly, Stainless

NIGP 65804 Pipe, Alloy Steel, Chrom-Moly, Stainless is an Item code under which state and local governments procure industrial piping materials—primarily high-density polyethylene (HDPE), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), and specialty cables—for infrastructure maintenance, utility operations, and construction projects. Recent solicitations show municipalities, counties, and utility authorities buying HDPE pipes ranging from 1.5 to 36 inches in diameter, PVC pipe in smaller gauges, fittings (elbows, couplings, tees, wyes, bends), specialty outdoor cables for electrical distribution, natural gas piping, and related materials on both standing supply contracts and project-specific bases. The City of Phoenix Public Works Department and Phoenix Aviation Department are active repeat buyers, issuing back-to-back three-year supply contracts for industrial pipe and fittings with 24- to 48-hour delivery requirements and local inventory mandates. Cities and counties typically structure awards as as-needed supply agreements with firm-fixed unit pricing, strict delivery and availability performance standards, and often DBE (Disadvantaged Business Enterprise) participation requirements under federal transit or airport grant assurances. Municipalities and special-purpose districts (municipal utilities, counties) dominate issuing bodies under this code.

Recent activity spans the Southwest (Arizona), South (Texas, Georgia, Florida), and scattered mid-Atlantic and West Coast jurisdictions. The City of Phoenix issued IFB 27-SW-0447 in September 2026 for industrial pipe and fittings with a three-year initial term and two optional one-year extensions, response deadline September 30, 2026, requiring DBE-Neutral participation tracking and 24- to 48-hour delivery from local inventory. The City of Augusta, Georgia posted ITB 27-116 in September 2026 for HDPE pipe, couplings, and end sections (8 to 36 inches), response due September 29, 2026, with Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprise Program requirements and local-bidder preference for awards under $100,000. Lubbock Power & Light, a Texas municipal utility, issued Quote Request 26-7014-ELD in September 2026 for 3,000 feet of primary 15 KV outdoor aluminum cable pipe, response due September 25, 2026. The City of Lawrenceville, Georgia solicited bids in June 2026 for natural gas pipe materials and just-in-time delivery coordination for a DOT corridor project, response due July 23, 2026. Competition remains open and activity is steady across municipal water, stormwater, gas utility, and aviation infrastructure.