NIGP 67058: Rubber Goods and Plumbing Specialties: Gaskets, Leathers, Seats, Washers, etc.

NIGP 67058 Rubber Goods and Plumbing Specialties: Gaskets, Leathers, Seats, Washers, Etc. is an Item code that captures state and local procurement of mechanical joint gaskets, locking gaskets, and related plumbing specialties used in infrastructure maintenance, water utility operations, and facility renovation projects. Recent solicitations show demand concentrated in two streams: standalone mechanical joint gasket purchases from water utilities and county governments, and gaskets as a component within larger plumbing-supply master supply agreements (MSAs) that serve maintenance and capital projects across municipal and county facilities. Issuers span city water departments, county utilities, county purchasing offices, and consolidated city-county governments. Palm Beach County, Florida has posted multiple gasket solicitations (RFQ680260199KD3 in September 2026 for mechanical joint gaskets and RFQ680260199KD2 in August 2026 for the same commodity), indicating repeat procurement activity. The City of Tampa, Florida solicited locking gaskets in June 2026 for use on ductile iron pipe in the Water Department. Broader plumbing-supply agreements incorporating gaskets as line items appear in Galveston County, Texas (Master Supply Agreement for plumbing equipment, parts, and fixtures, due September 17, 2026), Pinellas County, Florida (36-month plumbing supplies contract estimated at $120,000, closed by May 28, 2026), and Columbus Consolidated Government, Georgia (annual plumbing and irrigation supplies contract, due September 2, 2026).

Recent activity concentrates in Florida (Palm Beach County, Pinellas County, City of Tampa), Texas (Galveston County), and Georgia (Columbus Consolidated Government), with additional municipal procurement in Connecticut. Issuers include county utilities departments, city water utilities, and county purchasing offices acquiring supplies for maintenance and capital projects. Representative recent opportunities include Palm Beach County's RFQ680260199KD3, requesting purchase and delivery of mechanical joint gaskets with SBE participation goals and a September 22, 2026 deadline; the City of Tampa's June 2026 quote request for ten 16-inch field locking gaskets of EPDM material for 16-inch American ductile iron pipe; and Galveston County's September 17, 2026 Master Supply Agreement solicitation for plumbing equipment, parts, and fixtures from vendors within a 35-mile radius of the Galveston County Courthouse. Many of these agreements impose local vendor preferences, SBE set-asides or preferences, or geographic restrictions that advantage local and regional suppliers over national distributors.