NIGP 82024: Blow-Off Valves

NIGP 82024 Blow-Off Valves, an Item code, does not align with the actual work state and local governments are soliciting under this code designation. The two most recent opportunities tagged to this code involve lineshaft pump bowl assemblies for water treatment and tire procurement and tire services for fleet management — neither of which are blow-off valves. The City of Tucson Water is conducting an annual requirements contract for lineshaft pump bowl assemblies (8-inch to 14-inch, 300 to 2,500 gallons per minute capacity) to supply its potable water system, evaluating vendors on both delivered cost and 15,000-hour operating cost using efficiency metrics. Collier County Board of County Commissioners Procurement Services Division is issuing an Invitation to Bid for tire products from major manufacturers and tire services including mounting, balancing, patching, plug repairs, retreading, and emergency service calls for its fleet of approximately 1,610 vehicles. Both are annual or multi-year requirements contracts typical of government fleet and infrastructure procurement, but the NIGP code classification appears misapplied to these opportunities.

Recent activity spans Arizona and Florida. The Tucson Water solicitation (Solicitation Number 260134, ITB, pre-submittal meeting December 1, 2025, final bid deadline December 15, 2025) targets three contract awards per bid item with 12–24 assemblies purchased annually under a one-year term plus four optional one-year renewals. The Collier County tire solicitation (ITB No. 25-8357, deadline March 17, 2026, 3:00 PM EST) is a three-year contract with two optional one-year renewals covering approximately $400,000 in annual historical spending on tire products and services; it includes a Local Vendor Preference set-aside (Choice 2) for Collier or Lee County businesses and carries Federal Transit Administration grant compliance requirements including DBE participation, Buy America preferences, and labor standards. Issuing bodies vary from municipal water utilities to county fleet management divisions, each with distinct evaluation methodologies and federal compliance overlays when grant funding is involved.