NIGP 81578: Valves, Pressure Reducing

NIGP 81578 Valves, Pressure Reducing is an Item code, but the recent state and local opportunity posted under this code is not actually a pressure-reducing valve solicitation — it is a tire and tire-services procurement, indicating a data-classification mismatch between the NIGP taxonomy assignment and the work being bought. Collier County Board of County Commissioners Procurement Services Division issued Invitation to Bid (ITB) No. 25-8357 on March 24, 2026, seeking qualified bidders to supply tires from major manufacturers (Bridgestone/Firestone, Continental, Goodyear, Michelin, Bandag) and comprehensive tire services including mounting, balancing, patching, plug repairs, retreading, and emergency calls for the County's fleet of approximately 1,610 vehicles across all categories from automobiles through heavy construction equipment and off-road vehicles. Bidders must be authorized dealers of at least four specified tire manufacturers and provide tire disposal services. The three-year contract with two optional one-year renewals carries historically annual spending of approximately $400,000 on tire products and $23,000 on tire services, though the County notes these figures are not guaranteed minimums or maximums.

Given the taxonomy mismatch, this code does not reliably signal procurement activity in pressure-reducing valves or related fluid-control equipment at the state and local level. The single recent opportunity under the code is a Florida county fleet-maintenance solicitation — a use case entirely outside the stated NIGP classification. No geographic spread, issuing-body pattern, or representative pipeline in the intended commodity can be established from this source. Bidders should verify the actual NIGP code under which fluid-control valve opportunities are posted in their target markets before committing resources to monitor activity under 81578.