NIGP 74060: Refrigerant Recovery Systems and Accessories

NIGP 74060 Refrigerant Recovery Systems and Accessories, an Item code, covers equipment and parts for recovering, evacuating, and recharging refrigerants in vehicle and facility HVAC systems, along with related service and repair work. State and local governments procure refrigerant recovery machines for transit and school bus fleet maintenance, air-conditioning repair and maintenance services for diesel and electric buses, refrigeration equipment and parts for municipal facilities, and kitchen equipment parts catalogs that include HVAC components. The buying base spans transit authorities, school districts, counties, and municipalities. Issuing bodies include Broward County Transportation (which has posted multiple refrigerant recovery machine solicitations), Hillsborough County Public Schools, the City of Tampa, Crisp County, Georgia, and cooperative purchasing vehicles such as Sourcewell on behalf of multiple participating jurisdictions across the United States and Canada.

Activity clusters in Florida, where Broward County Transportation has issued two separate FTA-funded refrigerant recovery machine solicitations—one in April 2026 for eight ROBINAIR 17800C units due May 6, 2026, and another in May 2026 for five units due May 26, 2026—and Hillsborough County Public Schools is seeking school bus air-conditioning maintenance and repair services (RFP 26286RFPDST, due August 5, 2026) with technician certification in both R-134a and R-1234yf refrigerant systems required and a Small Business Encouragement Program participation minimum of 20 percent directed to certified small-business subcontractors. The City of Tampa posted intent to single-source a contract for Scotsman refrigeration equipment and repair parts (solicitation 26X01627, comment period closed August 13, 2026). Crisp County, Georgia issued a catalog discount bid for kitchen parts (B-2716LM, due October 22, 2026). Sourcewell, operating under Washington state law on behalf of participating entities in Washington and nationwide, posted an RFP for law enforcement equipment (RFP 061626, due June 16, 2026) through its cooperative purchasing portal. All recent solicitations emphasize all-inclusive pricing with no additional charges, FOB delivery, and compliance with federal transit or school district specifications.