NIGP 81575: Valves, Mixing

NIGP 81575 Valves, Mixing is an Item code under which state and local governments buy replacement and upgrade mixing valves for facility water systems, typically electronic or digital temperature-control units with integrated circulator pumps, check valves, and ball valves meeting ASSE and UL standards. Recent solicitations show both utilities and state detention facilities procuring these systems to replace aging tempered water infrastructure. Issuing bodies include county utilities authorities and state departments of human services operating treatment and detention facilities. The work is straightforward goods procurement — vendors supply fully assembled, ready-to-install mixing valve stations with all shipping included, and compliance requirements include commercial general liability insurance, prevailing wage obligations where applicable, and federal funding compliance where the contract draws on state or federal dollars.

Illinois Department of Human Services has dominated recent activity, posting multiple iterations of the same solicitation for seven electronic mixing valves at its Treatment and Detention Facility in Rushville (Shelby County) across February, March, and April 2026, with IFB 26-0647 due April 22, 2026 requiring ASSE 1017, CSA, and UL certification and specifying 2-inch inlet/outlet copper connections and integrated variable-speed circulator pumps. Pinellas County Utilities in Florida posted ITQ 26-0647 on June 23, 2026 for Invent Mixer Parts & Accessories with a compressed six-day window closing June 30, 2026, referencing a prior blanket purchase agreement and suggesting a renewal or continuation procurement with sole-source or limited-competition posture. Geographic concentration appears limited to Illinois and Florida in the recent-opportunities block; no estimated contract values or incumbent vendor names are disclosed across the solicitations.