NIGP 78040: Floor Scales

NIGP 78040 Floor Scales is an Item code covering platform scales and weighing apparatus purchased by state and local governments for clinical, healthcare, and industrial applications. State and local buyers procure floor scales primarily for specialized environments including healthcare facilities that require wheelchair-accessible or ADA-compliant equipment, waste management and environmental monitoring operations, and other institutional settings where precise weighing of heavy loads is operationally necessary. The issuing bodies soliciting under this code span city health departments, county solid waste authorities, and other municipal and regional special-purpose districts with infrastructure or clinical operations requiring accurate weight measurement.

Recent activity shows the City of Houston soliciting wheelchair-accessible roll-on platform weight scales for clinical use (Solicitation INF20260398, due October 9, 2026), and the Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County identifying weighing and measurement equipment as part of the technical infrastructure for a new mass-burn waste-to-energy facility (RFEI 27501JH, Letters of Interest due November 18, 2026). Geographic concentration in the most recent opportunities appears concentrated in Texas and Florida, though this sample is limited. The Houston scale procurement represents direct equipment supply; the Palm Beach WTE facility opportunity reflects floor scales as embedded capital equipment within a larger integrated design-build-operate-maintain contract scope rather than as standalone procurement.