NIGP 89088: Water Rights

NIGP 89088 Water Rights, an Item code, encompasses the acquisition and sale of water resources, water treatment infrastructure, water conveyance systems, and related utility services that state and local water authorities procure to maintain and develop water supply and distribution operations. Recent solicitations show state and local governments buying replacement equipment for water treatment plants (drive shafts, treatment chemicals), acquiring water shares and water system assets, conducting rate studies to inform water utility finances, and in some cases divesting water distribution systems entirely. The work ranges from commodity procurement (treatment chemicals delivered on firm pricing and strict delivery schedules) to capital asset acquisitions (replacement treatment equipment with turnkey installation) to strategic financial advisory (comprehensive rate modeling over multi-year planning horizons) to infrastructure divestiture (sale of integrated water and wastewater systems as going concerns).

Water utilities dominate the issuing-body mix, including municipal water departments, county water authorities, and towns managing integrated water and wastewater infrastructure. Recent activity is concentrated in the Southwest and Southeast: the Town of Cave Creek, Arizona is soliciting bids for the sale of three integrated water systems (IFB posted July 15, 2026, bids due September 10, 2026); the City of Arlington, Texas is requesting proposals for a comprehensive water and wastewater rate study (RFP posted July 22, 2026, proposals due August 20, 2026); the City of LaGrange, Georgia solicited sealed bids for eight chemical items totaling hundreds of tons of powdered activated carbon, aluminum sulfate, sodium chlorite, chlorine, sodium bisulfite, soda ash, ferric chloride, and caustic soda (IFB posted May 7, 2026, bids due June 8, 2026); the City of Holly Hill, Florida procured a replacement WesTech drive shaft unit for its Water Treatment Plant through sole source procedures ($113,067 total, posted October 19, 2026); and Garfield County, Colorado is acquiring Oil Creek Ditch Water Shares (competitive contracting process posted April 28, 2026, submissions due May 2, 2026). Geographic spread spans the Southwest, Southeast, and Mountain West, with no evident concentration in a single state or region.