NIGP 74070: Refrigerators and Freezers, Commercial

NIGP 74070 Refrigerators And Freezers, Commercial is an Item code under which state and local governments procure walk-in freezer and cooler units, reach-in refrigeration equipment, and related installation and maintenance services. Recent solicitations show a mix of equipment procurement (new unit supply and installation) and repair/maintenance contracts across school districts, correctional facilities, university systems, county agencies, and municipal departments. The issuing-body mix spans independent school districts (Temple ISD, Midland Public Schools, Richmond County Schools, Houghton Lake Community Schools, West Ottawa Public Schools, Granite School District), county systems (Gwinnett County Sheriff's Office, Sacramento County Sheriff's Property Warehouse, Bartow County Schools, Montgomery County Maryland, Tooele County Parks and Recreation), state agencies (Texas Department of Criminal Justice operating five separate procurement actions for refrigerated containers at Bell Unit, Kyle Unit, Willacy County State Jail, B Moore Unit, and Lindsey State Jail; Texas Health and Human Services Commission; Texas Workforce Commission; California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation; California Department of Fish and Wildlife; Minnesota DNR; State of Georgia via Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College), city and municipal departments (City of Wichita, City of Tucson, City of Orange County), universities (Texas A&M University System), and regional cooperative purchasing vehicles (Sourcewell). School nutrition programs and correctional facility food services drive the heaviest recent activity, with walk-in cooler/freezer combinations and reach-in units appearing across nearly every solicitation.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas (six separate TDCJ refrigerated container procurements posted June 26 through July 7, 2026; two HHSC refrigeration installations; one TWC cooler remediation), Georgia (three school district walk-in freezer replacements in Pierce County, Bartow County, and Richmond County Schools plus one state university dining hall cooler), California (CDFW facility maintenance and CDCR chiller services), and scattered municipal and county opportunities in Michigan, Kansas, Florida, Minnesota, Utah, and Massachusetts. Representative recent solicitations include the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners (Georgia) sealed-bid freezer replacement for the Sheriff's Office, due August 7, 2026 (IFB), with a mandatory pre-bid conference July 21, 2026; the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's multiple RFQ actions for refrigerated storage containers at correctional facilities with response deadlines between July 9 and July 21, 2026; Conejo Valley Unified School District (California) requesting sealed bids for child nutrition serving counter equipment due July 28, 2026; and Sacramento County Sheriff's Property Warehouse (California) sealed-bid procurement for a prefabricated walk-in frost-free freezer kit due July 7, 2026 (RFB) with a mandatory pre-bid meeting June 29, 2026 and anticipated award July 10, 2026. Evaluation criteria across these solicitations emphasize responsive and responsible bidding on pricing, equipment specifications compliance (NSF, UL, ETL certifications common), contractor experience (typically three to five years minimum), references, insurance and bonding requirements, and warranty terms ranging from one to five years depending on jurisdiction and project scope.