NIGP 81090: Spray Equipment, Portable, Hand Powered

NIGP 81090 Spray Equipment, Portable, Hand Powered is an Item code under which state and local governments procure handheld spray applicators for grounds maintenance, pest control, chemical application, and custodial use. The scope of work includes portable, manually operated spray equipment — typically tank-mounted or backpack-style applicators — used across school districts, parks departments, municipal facilities, and grounds-maintenance operations. School districts emerge as a primary buyer segment under this code, soliciting spray equipment as part of broader custodial and facilities-maintenance contracts that bundle multiple equipment types and chemical-application tools. State and local purchasing offices issue RFPs, RFQs, and ITBs under this code on an as-needed basis, often as replacements for expiring supply agreements rather than new categories of demand.

Northside Independent School District (NISD) in San Antonio, Texas, posted RFP 2026-049 on March 3, 2026, requesting custodial equipment on an as-needed basis with response due March 26, 2026, under which portable spray equipment would be included alongside mops, buffers, and other cleaning apparatus. NISD serves 83 elementary schools, 21 middle schools, 13 high schools, and 11 magnet schools across Bexar County, and the RFP explicitly replaces an expiring agreement (RFP 2025-054), signaling that vendors not submitting to the new solicitation risk losing future business with the District. The contract carries a one-year base term with options to renew for two additional one-year periods plus a potential 90-day transition. Evaluation weighted purchase price at 30 percent, extent to which services meet District needs at 25 percent, goods and services quality at 15 percent, and long-term cost at 10 percent. No specific budget range or minimum purchase guarantee was disclosed. Recent activity under this code appears limited to scattered school-district and municipal-facilities solicitations; the source provides no evidence of activity in other regions or issuing-body types.