NIGP 76534: Hour Meters, Heavy Equipment

NIGP 76534 Hour Meters, Heavy Equipment is an Item code that reflects state and local government procurement of timing and usage-monitoring instruments for rental and owned heavy construction and utility equipment. Recent solicitations show that the code encompasses hour meter devices and related equipment telematics used to track machine operating time, fuel consumption, and maintenance cycles across earthmoving, aerial lift, power generation, and concrete equipment fleets managed by city departments, county governments, and public agencies through cooperative purchasing vehicles. State and local buyers use these meters to enforce rental billing, schedule preventive maintenance, document equipment availability for project accounting, and comply with federal prevailing wage and labor-hour tracking requirements under Davis-Bacon Act and HUD Section 3 mandates.

The City of Tucson in collaboration with Axia Cooperative posted RFP 260139 on August 11, 2026, seeking Heavy Equipment & Tool Rentals and Related Services through a nationwide cooperative purchasing agreement with an estimated annual national volume of approximately $50 million; the response deadline shown in the source is February 25, 2026. Santa Clara County issued ITB ITBRDAFY260694 on April 29, 2026, for the Central Expressway Pavement Rehabilitation Project between Bowers Avenue and Scott Boulevard with a bid due date of May 21, 2026. Sourcing for hour meters under this code appears to consolidate around cooperative purchasing arrangements serving state transportation agencies, counties, and municipalities in the West and Midwest, though the source material does not provide sufficient recent-opportunity density to characterize geographic concentration or identify standout repeat buyers.