NIGP 68041: Crime Detection Equipment and Supplies

NIGP 68041 Crime Detection Equipment and Supplies, an Item code, encompasses detection and protective hardware procured by state and local law enforcement agencies—including full-body scanners for detention facilities, forensic imaging systems, body armor, service canines, and firearms exchange transactions. State and local governments buying under this code are law enforcement agencies (police departments, sheriff's offices), detention and correctional facilities, forensic bureaus, and multi-jurisdiction cooperative purchasing vehicles serving public safety networks. The work being solicited ranges from turnkey installations with technical support (full-body scanner systems for screening detained persons) to supply-and-service arrangements (protective body armor with sizing and fitting) to equipment trades and acquisitions (confiscated firearms swapped for modern platforms, service canines bred and tested to specification).

Recent activity spans Texas, North Carolina, Georgia, and Minnesota. Collin County, Texas appears twice—issuing an RFP for a full-body scanner system for its Adult Detention Facility with an estimated first-year cost of $242,000 (proposals due September 17, 2026, mandatory pre-submission conferences August 24 and August 26), and an IFB for sprinkler head replacement in jail inmate cells with an opinion of probable construction cost of $150,000 (bids due November 19, 2026, mandatory pre-bid meetings October 26 and October 29). The City of Tucson issued an RFP for service canines in three categories—police service dogs, explosive detection canines, and wellness canines—across three distinct breeds (German Shepherd, Dutch Shepherd, Belgian Malinois) with proposals due June 5, 2026 and federal ARPA/HUD Section 3 compliance requirements. Columbus Consolidated Government Police Department solicited sealed bids for a firearms trade transaction involving 306 used and confiscated firearms plus seven upper receivers exchanged for Heckler & Koch MR556 A4 rifles, with bids due October 14, 2026. Wake County's Bureau of Forensic Services issued an RFB for dual-wavelength forensic light source kits compatible with Crime-Lite AUTO 2 imaging systems, funded through the Federal Coverdell Grants Program (bids due August 20, 2026). The City of Charlotte solicited proposals for NIJ-compliant body armor with sizing and fitting services (proposals due July 29, 2026). Sourcewell, a Minnesota cooperative purchasing vehicle, established a contracting solution for Law Enforcement Equipment available to its participating public safety entities (proposals due June 16, 2026).