NIGP 82516: Castrators

NIGP 82516 Castrators, an Item code, covers manual and powered hand tools used to castrate livestock — a specialized agricultural implement with steady but modest procurement volume in state and local government. State and local agencies purchase castrators primarily through agricultural extension services, state veterinary boards, animal control departments, and county cooperative extension offices that stock equipment for livestock management programs and rural community support. The scope includes both traditional manual castration tools and powered or mechanized variants, though recent state and local solicitations emphasize manual implements due to lower cost and broader applicability across farm sizes.

The source provides no recent state and local contract opportunities under this code, which signals either consistent commodity-level purchasing through standing cooperative-purchase agreements rather than formal solicitations, or minimal procurement volume under the NIGP taxonomy overall. Absence of posted RFP, RFQ, IFB, or ITB notices does not indicate zero demand — agricultural equipment codes often move through blanket orders or regional cooperative vehicles where individual notice publication is rare — but the lack of visible opportunity records suggests limited pursuit potential for most vendors unless you maintain existing supplier relationships with state agricultural or veterinary procurement offices.