NIGP 75077: Sand and Gravel

NIGP 75077 Sand and Gravel, an Item code, encompasses the supply and delivery of aggregates including sand, gravel, crushed rock, and related materials used by state and local governments for utilities operations, public works maintenance, water treatment, athletic field restoration, beach replenishment, winter road treatment, and construction projects. State and local jurisdictions actively procuring under this code include city utilities departments, county public works and parks operations, regional water authorities, state transportation agencies, municipalities, and special-purpose districts; recent solicitations show consistent activity across departments within the same issuing bodies. Representative recent opportunities illustrate the scope: the City of Palo Alto Utilities Department issued RFQ194394 for sand, rock, and gravel materials on an as-needed blanket purchase order basis through April 7, 2026; the Commonwealth of Kentucky Department of Parks requested bids (RFB75827000000231) for 585 tons of specialized golf course sand across nine state parks with delivery due July 29, 2026; the Texas Department of Transportation issued an emergency IFB (601320000071408) for 193 tons of flowable backfill for the Austin District with a compressed three-day response window due July 16, 2026; and the County of Orange, California solicited competitive bids (IFB IFB-299-2986101-CS) for natural gravel and washed concrete sand on an as-needed basis to five landfill locations.

Geographically, recent procurement activity concentrates in California, Texas, Colorado, Florida, Kentucky, Utah, Oregon, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Wisconsin, and other states, with no single region dominating the code. Activity spans small municipalities and large metropolitan areas, county governments, state departments of transportation and parks, water districts, and regional purchasing cooperatives. Issuing bodies range from specialized utilities departments (City of Palo Alto, North Texas Municipal Water District) to general public works operations (City of Arlington, Rankin County Board of Supervisors, Town of Lorain) to specialized conservation agencies (Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Utah Department of Transportation Region 4). Quantities vary widely—from 400 cubic yards for a single event (City of St. Petersburg) to 37,360 tons in a cooperative regional procurement (Berkshire Regional Group Purchasing Program). Contract structures favor as-needed and blanket purchase order arrangements with annual or multi-year terms; preferences for local vendors appear in several jurisdictions, and cooperative purchasing vehicles extend single awards across multiple municipalities. Insurance and bonding requirements are standard; prevailing wage and disadvantaged-business preferences appear sporadically depending on federal funding or state mandate. The code shows steady activity with short proposal windows typical of municipal operations, particularly for emergency and seasonal needs.