NIGP 76534: Hour Meters, Heavy Equipment

NIGP 76534 Hour Meters, Heavy Equipment, an Item code, encompasses meters and monitoring devices that track machine operating hours on construction, public works, and utility equipment. State and local governments procure hour meters as components in broader equipment acquisitions and as aftermarket replacements for fleet management and maintenance scheduling. The recent opportunities under this code reflect activity across county departments, municipal utilities, and cooperative purchasing vehicles, with hour meters appearing as line-item specifications within larger heavy equipment buys rather than as standalone solicitations.

Recent procurement activity shows hour meters integrated into equipment specifications across multiple jurisdictions. The Macon Water Authority's March 2026 bid for a Mini X Excavator and hydraulic compactors (ITB PE33561NONST2026000000054, due April 14, 2026) illustrates equipment acquisitions where hour meter functionality is implicit in new-equipment specifications. The City of Tucson's RFP 260139 for Heavy Equipment & Tool Rentals (posted March 12, 2026, due February 25, 2026) through Axia Cooperative targets approximately 40 equipment categories nationwide with an estimated annual volume of $50 million, representing cooperative purchasing scale where hour meters on rental fleets support utilization tracking. Santa Clara County's multiple ITBs for pavement and guardrail projects (February through May 2026) involve equipment deployment where hour meters enable contractor compliance with project timelines and equipment availability documentation. Geographic activity concentrates in California (Santa Clara County repeat buyer), Georgia (Macon Water Authority), Arizona (City of Tucson), and Mississippi (Neshoba County), with the Sourcewell cooperative procurement (#061626, due June 16, 2026) spanning multi-state participation across law enforcement and public works agencies. Hour meters surface most often as embedded specifications in equipment procurements rather than direct commodity acquisitions, limiting standalone opportunity visibility under this code.