NIGP 81565: Steam Traps and Strainers

NIGP 81565 Steam Traps and Strainers, an Item code, encompasses repair, replacement, and maintenance of steam system components — traps, strainers, valves, fittings, and associated piping — that state and local governments procure for building heating infrastructure at public housing, county facilities, and health system properties. Recent solicitations show issuing bodies sourcing labor-intensive steam system rehabilitation and as-needed repair services, not the components themselves in bulk commodity form. State and local governments are buying skilled trades work and system restoration, with compliance obligations (prevailing wage, Davis-Bacon, HUD Section 3) embedded in the scope. Issuing bodies include county facilities departments, public housing authorities, and health system operations groups.

The code sees activity concentrated in California and Pennsylvania. The Harrisburg Housing Authority posted IFB No. 2026-08 on June 17, 2026 for boiler steam supply line riser repairs across 24 building rows at John A.F. Hall Manor Homes in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, with bids due August 1, 2026 and mandatory pre-bid site visits required between June 22 and July 10, 2026 — work includes demolition, new piping installation, pressure testing, and insulation across approximately 240 residential units with a 300-calendar-day substantial completion window and full Davis-Bacon and Section 3 employment compliance. The County of Santa Clara Procurement Department issued ITB-PRC-FY26-0708 on May 27, 2026 for as-needed steam and condensate systems repairs services at multiple Facilities and Fleet Department and County Health System locations, with bids due June 15, 2026 at 3:00 p.m., an estimated contract value of $5.4 million, and prevailing-wage requirements under public-work rules.