NIGP 68004: Ammunition

NIGP 68004 Ammunition, an Item code, encompasses handgun, rifle, and shotgun ammunition in various calibers and configurations that state and local law enforcement, correctional, and public safety agencies procure for training, duty, and operational use. Recent solicitations show state and local governments buying standard factory-loaded ammunition (9mm, .40 S&W, .45 ACP, 5.56mm, .223, .308, 12-gauge rounds in birdshot, buckshot, and slug variants), specialty law enforcement rounds (frangible, reduced-recoil, bonded hollow-point), training ammunition including simunitions and less-lethal projectiles, and ancillary items such as Simunition body armor and conversion kits. Issuing bodies include state departments of criminal justice and public safety, county sheriff and district attorney offices, city police departments, school districts with law enforcement divisions, transit authorities, and special-purpose agencies including the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. The mix skews heavily toward law enforcement end-users; correctional and training agencies represent a secondary segment. County and city procurement offices dominate recent activity, with standout repeat buyers including the County of Orange (California) Sheriff-Coroner, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, State of Illinois (Department of Corrections and Special Operations Command), and city police departments in San Antonio, Austin, Philadelphia, and Nashua.

Geographic spread of recent activity concentrates in Texas, California, Illinois, Florida, North Carolina, and New York, with secondary activity in Kentucky, Arizona, Connecticut, and New Jersey. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice soliciting Simunition Rounds (RFP IW269533, due November 2, 2026); the Commonwealth of Kentucky issuing a Master Agreement for ammunition and munitions to all state agencies and political subdivisions (RFB 75827000000752, due October 19, 2026, extended via Addendum 1); the County of Orange Sheriff-Coroner requesting Hornady ammunition (IFB 06027010329-CF, due October 29, 2026) and rifles and accessories (IFB 0603131203-CF, due October 30, 2026); the City of San Antonio Police Department seeking annual ammunition supplies (RFO 6100018900, due August 7, 2026, with pre-bid conference July 29, 2026); and Region 14 Education Service Center issuing an RFP for firearms, ammunition, and related products available nationwide through OMNIA Partners cooperative purchasing (RFP26S1097, due June 4, 2026). Contracts typically run three years with optional renewals; firm fixed pricing with no increases in the initial term is standard, though documented cost-increase justifications may be permitted thereafter. Insurance minimums of $1 million general commercial liability per occurrence and $2 million aggregate appear across most jurisdictions; prevailing wage compliance applies in several states including Illinois and California. Local and small-business preferences (OCLSB, DVBE, SBE, HUB set-asides) feature in California, Texas, and Illinois solicitations.