NIGP 87553: Operating Room Equipment

NIGP 87553 Operating Room Equipment, an Item code, encompasses surgical power instruments, laser equipment with technical support, and associated operating room technology that state and local hospitals and health systems procure to equip and maintain acute-care surgical facilities. State and local buyers under this code include county health systems, public university medical centers, and specialized medical facilities seeking to replace or upgrade surgical instrumentation and associated technical services. Recent solicitations show hospitals procuring both equipment and the qualified personnel or technical support needed to deploy and maintain these systems—laser equipment bundled with technician staffing, surgical power instruments as standalone replacements for obsolete devices, and mobile surgical platforms as turnkey solutions for veterinary applications.

San Mateo Medical Center, a fully accredited public hospital system operated by San Mateo County, posted two separate RFPs in 2026: one for Laser equipment and Techs for the OR (solicitation 666002526250, due June 10, 2026) requiring laser equipment suitable for surgical applications and qualified technicians to support OR operations, and a second for Surgical Power (666002526249, due May 28, 2026) to replace obsolete power instruments, structured as a five-year contract with evaluation weighted toward project approach, firm qualifications, team qualifications, and price. Both San Mateo solicitations mandate HIPAA compliance, Living Wage Ordinance adherence, and background clearances for all personnel, and apply local-business procurement preferences (five percent for local businesses, three to eight percent additional for small or micro businesses). The University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine issued an eRFP (51800ERFP0000017672026, due June 4, 2026) for a turnkey mobile veterinary surgical unit trailer for small animal procedures, seeking a proven stock or standard platform with refinement rather than full custom development. Geographic activity concentrates in California and Georgia, with single recent examples from Arizona (Pinal County veterinary services, RFP 264131, due June 5, 2026) and California (Orange County Sheriff-Coroner K-9 unit specialized veterinary and boarding services, IFB 060-3113519-MB, due September 3, 2026, with five percent preference for Orange County Local Small Business or DVBE certifications).