NIGP 88543: Color Control Chemicals, Water

NIGP 88543 Color Control Chemicals, Water (Item) covers treatment and pool chemicals that state and local governments procure to manage water quality across municipal water systems, wastewater facilities, and school recreation infrastructure. Recent solicitations show state and local buyers purchasing sodium hydroxide, sodium hypochlorite, chlorine, aluminum sulfate, potassium permanganate, calcium hypochlorite, cyanuric acid, muriatic acid, sodium bicarbonate, and specialty polymers for coagulation and disinfection. Issuing bodies include municipal water utilities, city water departments, and school district facilities operations. The City of Griffin, Georgia and City of Flowery Branch, Georgia solicit treatment chemicals regularly; the Pinellas County School District (Florida) has posted multiple swimming pool chemical bids in the recent window. Solicitations are structured as competitive line-item bids or RFQs with firm pricing for initial terms (typically 12 months) and renewal options extending up to five years. All drinking water treatment chemicals must meet NSF/ANSI/CAN 60 or AWWA standards; pool chemicals require standard commercial specifications. Delivery typically occurs FOB destination or FOB origin with freight included, within 3 to 7 days of order placement, to multiple delivery sites within each jurisdiction.

Recent activity concentrates in Georgia and Florida. The City of Flowery Branch (Georgia) issued an IFB for wastewater and drinking water treatment chemicals on March 4, 2026 (due April 21, 2026), seeking seven chemical products including aluminum chlorohydrate, sodium hypochlorite, sodium hydroxide, citric acid, hydrofluosilicic acid, and polymer with a five-year contract term and mandatory pre-bid attendance on March 24, 2026. The City of Griffin (Georgia) posted Bid #26-008 for FY27 water treatment chemicals on April 29, 2026 (due May 28, 2026), requesting 16 different chemicals on a line-item basis with up to four one-year renewal options and delivery to six treatment facilities within 72 hours of procurement request. The Pinellas County School District (Florida) issued RFQ #25-AM-018 for swimming pool chemicals, with a February 11, 2026 deadline and an estimated annual contract value of approximately $35,000. Incumbent suppliers named in the Flowery Branch solicitation include Brenntag Mid-South, Inc. and R&M Water Solutions, LLC. No state-level set-asides or disadvantaged-enterprise restrictions appear in these recent notices.