NIGP 86310: Tires and Tubes, Medium Truck and Bus

NIGP 86310 Tires and Tubes, Medium Truck and Bus, an Item code, covers on-road and off-road tire sales, installation, removal, and repair services that state and local governments procure for fleet vehicles and equipment. Recent solicitations show a mix of new-tire purchases with firm pricing schedules, as-needed tire repair and replacement with 24-hour or emergency response requirements, and service bundles that include tire disposal, retreading with casing credits, foam filling, wheel maintenance, vehicle inspections, and alignment. The issuing bodies are predominantly municipal departments of public works and utilities, county governments, special-purpose districts, and state health agencies seeking to establish term contracts or blanket purchase orders for fleet maintenance. Geographic concentration appears in Florida (Orlando Utilities Commission), Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh), Connecticut (Manchester, Glastonbury), Texas (Austin State Hospital), Virginia (Fairfax County), California (Milpitas), Missouri (Jackson County), Georgia (Atlanta), and across multiple jurisdictions through cooperative purchasing vehicles such as Sourcewell. No single jurisdiction repeats prominently in the recent-opportunities block, suggesting demand is distributed rather than anchored to one buyer.

Representative recent opportunities include the Orlando Utilities Commission's September 2026 RFP for tire sales, installation, removal, and specialty services at four facility locations with a three-year term and optional two-year extensions; the City of Pittsburgh's August 2026 IFB for tire purchases under a full-catalog discount model across twenty tire brands with firm pricing and F.O.B. Destination delivery, requiring 18 percent Minority-Owned Business Enterprise participation; and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's August 2026 IFB for as-needed tire repair and fleet maintenance at Austin State Hospital with 24-hour service capability and four-hour response times. Additional activity includes Fairfax County's August 2026 IFB for new tires and tubes issued jointly with Prince William County on an as-needed basis, Glastonbury, Connecticut's May 2026 solicitation for on-call tire purchases with recapped options and supply-or-install choices, and the City of Atlanta's May 2026 IFB combining tire supply, disposal, retreading, and emergency field repair. Most recent contracts run two to five years with optional extensions; pricing models vary between firm fixed, percentage discounts off manufacturer retail, and hourly labor rates for service. Insurance requirements and geographic proximity thresholds (typically 15–50 miles from the issuing body's primary facility) are standard across solicitations.