NIGP 78052: Industrial Built-In Scales

NIGP 78052 Industrial Built-In Scales is an Item code covering the maintenance, repair, calibration, and emergency servicing of truck scales, platform scales, and weighing systems deployed at municipal landfills, waste transfer stations, water treatment plants, police facilities, and other municipal operations. State and local governments buy quarterly and annual preventative maintenance, NIST-traceable calibration services, parts replacement, emergency repair with guaranteed response times, and performance bonds from vendors licensed or certified to service specific scale manufacturers such as Emery Winslow, Fairbanks, and Genesis Motor systems. Issuing bodies include county waste and recycling departments and city sanitation, water, police, and animal services departments, with activity concentrated among larger jurisdictions managing multiple facilities across dispersed locations.

Recent solicitation activity centers in California and Texas. The County of Orange, OC Waste & Recycling, has posted two successive Invitations for Bid (IFB #IFB-299-2971803-AA posted April 3, 2026, due April 3, 2026, and IFB2992971803AA1 posted May 15, 2026, due May 15, 2026, at 10:00 a.m.) for truck scale maintenance and repair services covering ten Emery Winslow scales and four Fairbanks scales across three landfills and four Hazardous Household Waste Collection Centers in Orange County; both solicitations require Registered Service Agency licensure from the California Department of Food and Agriculture's Division of Measurement Standards, with compensation structured as usage-based contracts billed by hourly labor rates, travel time, and parts markup, and eligibility for County of Orange Local Small Business and Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise preferences of five to eight percent. The City of Dallas issued a Request for Competitive Sealed Proposal (BYZ2600029777, posted March 12, 2026, due April 24, 2026, at 1:00 p.m.) for a three-year ID/IQ comprehensive weighing systems maintenance and calibration agreement serving Sanitation Services, Dallas Police Department, Dallas Water Utilities Department, and Dallas Animal Services Department, with preproposal conference March 24, 2026, and evaluation weighted heavily on cost (30 points), DRIVE policy compliance (20 points), and experience and qualifications (20 points), including NIST-traceable calibration certification and a 5-year minimum track record in weighing systems maintenance.