NIGP 68053: Guns, Machine (Including Other Military Style Weapons)

NIGP 68053 Guns, Machine (Including Other Military Style Weapons), an Item code, encompasses patrol rifles, tactical rifles, training pistols, handgun optics, and related firearms equipment that state and local law enforcement and school districts acquire for operational use and training. Recent solicitations show state and local government buyers purchasing semi-automatic rifles (particularly Heckler & Koch MR556 variants), Glock pistols and training models, handgun optical sights, ammunition, tactical gear, body armor, and less-lethal products. Activity spans municipal police departments conducting rifle procurements and trade-in exchanges, county sheriffs' offices acquiring specialized training weapons, state correctional departments sourcing optical sighting systems, school districts establishing multi-year law enforcement supply contracts, and regional education service centers operating cooperative purchasing vehicles serving nationwide public sector buyers. Columbus Consolidated Government Police Department has been active twice in recent weeks, posting trade-in solicitations for confiscated firearms swapped against new Heckler & Koch rifles; the Scottsdale Police Department, Dallas, and Santa Clara County represent additional repeat or emerging buyers under the code.

Geographic activity concentrates in Texas (Northside Independent School District in San Antonio issued two overlapping RFPs for law enforcement firearms, ammunition, and tactical gear in June and July 2026), Arizona (Scottsdale Police Department and City of Tucson area), Georgia (Columbus), North Carolina (Charlotte), California (Santa Clara County), and Washington State (Department of Corrections). Representative recent opportunities include Columbus Consolidated Government's RFB No. 27-0010 (306 used and confiscated firearms plus seven upper receivers exchanged for Heckler & Koch MR556 A4 rifles with sealed bids due October 14, 2026); Scottsdale Police Department RFP 27RFP101 for law enforcement patrol rifles (proposals due September 4, 2026); Northside Independent School District RFP2026117 for law enforcement firearms, ammunition, tactical gear, and services (bids due August 20, 2026, replacing an expiring contract); Washington State Department of Corrections RFQQ K14043 for approximately 1,000 handgun optics units (quotes due July 1, 2026, with a five-year term through August 31, 2031); and Region 14 Education Service Center RFP26S1097 for firearms and ammunition through OMNIA Partners cooperative purchasing nationwide (proposals due June 4, 2026, covering all 50 states and territories). Bid security, Federal Firearms License verification, and state business licensing are standard compliance requirements; trade-in or credit-based awards are common for used firearm dispositions.