NIGP 78076: Platform Scales

NIGP 78076 Platform Scales, an Item code, covers maintenance, calibration, and repair services for mechanical, hydrostatic, and electronic weighing systems that state and local governments operate across multiple departments and facilities. The City of Dallas's current solicitation for comprehensive weighing systems maintenance and calibration (BYZ2600029777, RFP, due April 24, 2026) illustrates the scope: preventative maintenance, NIST-traceable calibration, baseline assessments, and purchase of scales and related equipment serving sanitation, police, water utilities, and animal services departments at transfer stations, landfills, water treatment plants, police facilities, and weigh stations. Contractors must meet stringent technical and operational requirements, including a minimum of five years' documented experience in weighing systems maintenance, NIST-traceable calibration certifications, 24/7 service availability, and a facility located within 50 miles of the purchasing jurisdiction. Evaluation emphasizes experience and qualifications, project approach, mobilization capability, cost, and compliance with local preference and diversity programs. Cities appear to be the primary issuing bodies under this code based on current activity.

The Dallas solicitation represents recent activity in Texas and signals that platform scales maintenance is pursued through multi-year ID/IQ agreements structured to accommodate as-needed orders across multiple departments and facility types. The City of Dallas contract includes SBE subcontracting aspirational benchmarks of 30 percent for Other Services, mandatory monthly compliance auditing, wage floor requirements of $23.06 per hour, and comprehensive insurance and bonding obligations. Proposers must demonstrate full compliance with the City's DRIVE policy for small and emerging businesses. No additional geographic concentration or repeat-buyer pattern is evident from the source material provided.