NIGP 88538: Chlorine, Liquefied

NIGP 88538 Chlorine, Liquefied, Item code, captures state and local procurement of chlorine and related chemical products for water treatment, pool operations, and facility maintenance—sourced from recent IFBs, RFQs, and RFBs across municipal water utilities, school districts, and county water authorities. The work spans liquid chlorine in bulk containers (1-ton and 150-pound cylinders), sodium hypochlorite for pool and fountain operations, and related water treatment chemicals including chlorine recovery equipment and safety vessels. State and local buyers include municipal water departments (Phoenix, Wichita, Tampa, Dublin Georgia, Griffin Georgia, Douglasville-Douglas County Water and Sewer Authority, Metropolitan Water District of Salt Lake & Sandy), city parks and recreation departments managing swimming pools, school districts procuring pool chemicals (Pinellas County, Washtenaw Intermediate School District), and emergency management agencies acquiring specialized chlorine handling equipment. Cities and water utilities post the majority of activity; school districts and special-purpose water authorities represent a secondary but consistent segment. Pricing structures typically use firm fixed per-unit pricing or percentage discounts off list price, with NSF 60 and AWWA compliance mandatory across potable and recreational applications.

Geographic concentration centers on California (State of California three-year agreement, City of Milpitas blanket MRO purchase), Utah (Metro Water ferric sulfate and sodium hydroxide, both related to chlorine treatment chains), Florida (Tampa Parks & Recreation sodium hypochlorite and sulfuric acid for pools, Pinellas County School District pool chemicals, Okaloosa County chlorine recovery vessel, Hillsborough County water systems maintenance), Georgia (Dublin, Griffin, Douglasville water utilities), and Kansas (Wichita liquid oxygen for municipal water production). Representative recent opportunities include City of Phoenix Water Services Department IFB-26-0153 for chlorine in 1-ton and 150-pound containers with three working day delivery to multiple treatment plants, awarded on lowest-responsive-responsible basis with NSF 60/61 compliance and 24-hour emergency service; City of Tampa Parks & Recreation ITB 25-P-00118 for sodium hypochlorite (12.5% available chlorine, NSF 60 certified) and sulfuric acid (38% strength) with weekly April–September deliveries and bi-weekly October–March service, estimated at $250,000 for one year with two optional one-year renewals; and Metropolitan Water District of Salt Lake & Sandy IFB for ferric sulfate with estimated annual dry weight equivalent of 417,500 pounds, delivered via 48,000-pound bulk tanker loads to two treatment plants with firm pricing through February 28, 2027. School district procurement (Pinellas County RFQ #25-AM-018, Washtenaw ISD CoPro+ RFQ) emphasizes calcium hypochlorite, sodium hypochlorite, and cyanuric acid for recreational pools with estimated values around $35,000 annually and three-year master agreement terms. Contract awards typically span one to five years with firm pricing requirements, mandatory NSF and AWWA certification, and liability insurance minimums of $1–2 million.