NIGP 67091: Water Heaters, Commercial

NIGP 67091 Water Heaters, Commercial, an Item code, covers the removal, installation, and supply of commercial water heating equipment in state and local facilities ranging from correctional institutions and schools to municipal water systems and military readiness centers. Recent solicitations show state and local governments buying tankless condensing units, storage water heaters, booster heaters for commercial kitchens, and complete water heater system replacements with associated piping, venting, gas line modifications, and controls integration—often bundled with mandatory site visits, commissioning, and performance warranties. The issuing bodies span state departments of criminal justice, corrections, military affairs, and veterans affairs; municipal water departments and city governments; school districts; and special-purpose districts. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice emerges as a standout repeat buyer, appearing in roughly a quarter of recent solicitations with multiple concurrent bids for water heater procurement across individual correctional units (Hughes, Torres, Willacy, Holliday, Robertson) issued under IFB process through the TDCJ Procurement Portal via Bonfire Hub.

Activity concentrates heavily in Texas and California, with secondary clusters in Georgia, Michigan, Utah, Nevada, and Illinois. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice solicitation for water heaters at Hughes Unit (IW256530, IFB, due July 21, 2026), the Texas Military Department's tankless water heater replacement at the Wylie Readiness Center (TMD26FMO0044106, IFB with mandatory pre-bid site visits June 22–23 and July 9 deadline, specifying six Navian NPE-240A2 units plus installation, testing, and one-year maintenance demonstration with plumbing license requirement and insurance minimums of $1 million general liability), the City of Atlanta Department of Watershed Management's on-call commercial diving services supporting submerged water system inspections and repairs (PE66062NONST2027000000445, IFB, due July 24, 2026), and the Housing Authority of the City of Alameda's Esperanza Water Heater Replacement & Code Compliance project (2026RFPAHAHD001, RFP for 17 residential units with mandatory bid walk April 14, 2026, and April 29 deadline, emphasizing code compliance, seismic bracing, and SCAQMD Rule 1121 efficiency standards). School districts in Utah and Michigan actively solicit water heater and boiler replacements paired with comprehensive HVAC and plumbing upgrades requiring pre-bid site visits, sealed bids in triplicate, performance and payment bonds on contracts exceeding $50,000, and adherence to local building codes—Kent Intermediate School District's Pine Grove Learning Center Boiler Replacement (RFPKSD2600000021292, bids due June 17, 2026, non-prevailing-wage project with mandatory pre-bid May 20, 2026) exemplifies the scope and rigor of school-district work under this code.