NIGP 720: Pumping Equipment and Accessories

NIGP 720 Pumping Equipment and Accessories, a Class code, encompasses pumps, motors, controls, parts, and related services that state and local governments procure for water, wastewater, stormwater, irrigation, and emergency response operations. Recent state and local solicitations show active procurement of replacement pumps and motors for treatment facilities and lift stations, repair and maintenance services for existing pump infrastructure, rental of portable and mobile pump equipment, emergency bypass pumping systems, and OEM-specific parts and retrofit services tied to installed equipment fleets.

Issuing bodies across the code span state water and fish departments, county water authorities and wastewater utilities, municipal water and public works departments, transit authorities managing wastewater facilities, and special-purpose districts managing irrigation and stormwater systems. Hillsborough County, Florida emerges as a repeat buyer with multiple competitive and sole-source procurements for portable pump rentals, centrifuge dewatering equipment rental, variable frequency drive systems, Flygt pump equipment and services, and Wet Well Wizard aeration systems. West Basin Municipal Water District in Los Angeles County, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, and several Florida municipalities (Tempe, Tampa, Pinellas County Utilities) also appear multiple times. Geographic activity concentrates in Florida (Hillsborough, Pinellas, Orange, Broward counties; Tampa, Tempe, Palm Bay municipalities), Texas (Dallas, Temple, North Texas Municipal Water District), Oregon, Arizona, California, and Massachusetts. Representative recent opportunities include Hillsborough County's ITB for hurricane-season portable pump rentals ($5.589 million, five-year term, diesel-driven 4- and 6-inch units with performance-based standby and emergency pricing); West Basin Municipal Water District's RFP for on-call pump and motor repair services across eight recycled-water facilities in Los Angeles County ($1 million not-to-exceed, two years with extension, SBE/LBE/VOBE preferences offering up to 10% evaluation credit); Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife's sole-source procurement of Aqua-Life BP40 and BP60 electric fish pumps for hatchery fish-handling operations ($133,868.25 plus freight, notice only, no competitive bid); and the City of Tempe's RFP for water plant mechanics supplemental services to maintain and repair water production equipment (two-year term, no contract value stated). Activity includes competitive sealed bids (ITB format) for one-time equipment purchases, requests for proposals for on-call and as-needed service contracts, quotes for replacement parts and components, and sole-source notices where proprietary equipment or sole-source distributors apply. Set-aside and preference programs appear in some procurements: West Basin offers SBE/LBE/VOBE credits; Tempe and other Arizona jurisdictions reference local vendor preferences; Florida counties incorporate E-Verify and drug-free-workplace certifications but do not universally designate MBE/WBE set-asides. Cooperative purchasing vehicles (OMNIA Partners noted in Tucson MRO procurement) enable broader access to framework agreements.