NIGP 65882: Pipe, Steel, Wrought

NIGP 65882 Pipe, Steel, Wrought (Item) covers the supply of industrial piping materials—predominantly high-density polyethylene (HDPE) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipe in diameters ranging from 0.75 inches to 36 inches, along with fittings, couplings, elbows, bends, and related hand tools—that state and local governments procure for water, wastewater, stormwater, and drainage infrastructure repair and replacement. Recent solicitations show city public works departments and county infrastructure agencies buying these materials on both as-needed, standing-supply contracts and project-specific bases. The City of Phoenix Public Works Department and City of Augusta, Georgia appear repeatedly as active buyers under this code, with Phoenix issuing back-to-back three-year supply contracts for HDPE and PVC pipe and fittings to support airport operations and general public works, while Augusta procures HDPE pipe and coupling annually for down-drain installation and maintenance. Issuing bodies include major cities (Phoenix, Palm Bay, Augusta), counties (Orange County, Santa Clara County), and public-works-focused municipal departments. Contracts frequently impose disadvantaged-business-enterprise participation requirements, local-bidder preferences where threshold-eligible, and E-Verify compliance; delivery expectations are tight, ranging from 24 to 48 hours on standing-supply contracts to 60 days on project-specific orders.

Geographic activity concentrates in Florida (Orange County, Palm Bay, and Santa Clara County projects), Arizona (City of Phoenix), and Georgia (City of Augusta), with additional activity across the West and Southeast. Representative recent opportunities include the City of Phoenix Public Works Department IFB 27-SW-0447 (posted September 30, 2026, closed September 30, 2026) for a three-year supply of HDPE and PVC pipe, fittings, and hand tools with 24- to 48-hour delivery and local-inventory requirements; the City of Augusta, Georgia ITB 27-116 (posted September 10, 2026, due September 29, 2026) for HDPE pipe, couplings, and end sections across ten product categories on an as-needed basis for one year with four optional renewals; and the City of Palm Bay, Florida ITB for the I-95 Outfall Pipe Replacement project (posted June 8, 2026, due July 14, 2026), a lump-sum construction contract encompassing removal and installation of replacement pipe infrastructure along the I-95 corridor. Palm Bay also issued an RFI (posted May 12, 2026, due June 9, 2026) for stormwater pipe rehabilitation and replacement solutions along Malabar Road, signaling downstream capital planning activity in Florida municipal infrastructure.