NIGP 68024: Breath Alcohol Testing Instruments and Supplies

NIGP 68024 Breath Alcohol Testing Instruments and Supplies, an Item code, covers the procurement of breath alcohol testing devices, calibration gases, repair parts, and related consumables that state and local law enforcement and corrections agencies use for evidential testing and offender monitoring programs. State and local governments buy calibration dry gas, replacement parts, test supplies for existing instruments like CMI Intoxilyzers, and new evidential breath alcohol testing instruments meeting forensic and evidentiary standards. The issuing bodies are primarily state agencies (state police departments, departments of public safety) and city police departments, with occasional use by county corrections and community supervision departments. Two recent solicitations illustrate the market: the State of Oregon Department of State Police issued an RFQ on May 7, 2026 (due May 15, 2026) for a five-year price agreement covering calibration dry gas, repair parts, and consumables for CMI Intoxilyzers; the State of South Dakota Office of Procurement Management posted an IFB on May 6, 2026 (due June 2, 2026) for evidential breath alcohol test instruments to be supplied and delivered within thirty days of order.

Recent activity concentrates in the Pacific Northwest and Mountain West, with the most visible recent solicitations from South Dakota and Oregon state police agencies. The City of Charlotte's Law Enforcement Protective Equipment solicitation posted May 29, 2026 (due July 29, 2026) included body armor and other law enforcement equipment but does not explicitly name breath alcohol testing in the available summary. State police departments represent the primary repeat buyers in this code. Collin County, Texas posted an RFP on September 25, 2026 for offender specimen collection and drug testing services (due July 23, 2026) under a two-year contract with three optional one-year renewals, estimated at $600,000 annually with approximately 25,031 tests per year, covering screening and confirmation testing but not breath alcohol instruments specifically. The Oregon and South Dakota opportunities both establish multi-year frameworks—Oregon's five-year agreement with optional five-year extension, South Dakota's award with one-year extension options—signaling sustained state-level investment in breath alcohol testing infrastructure and supplies.