NIGP 89088: Water Rights

NIGP 89088 Water Rights, an Item code, encompasses the procurement of water rights, water shares, and water resource assets by state and local governments to support municipal water supply, treatment, and operations. Recent solicitations reveal two distinct work streams: the acquisition of water share entitlements (such as ditch water shares representing long-term water resource assets) and the procurement of water treatment chemicals and equipment necessary to deliver potable water to communities. State and local water authorities—including municipal water departments, county water management agencies, and utility systems—issue these procurements to secure either the physical water resources themselves or the operational inputs required to treat and distribute them. The City of LaGrange, Georgia exemplifies the chemical procurement branch, having solicited sealed bids in May 2026 for powdered activated carbon, liquid aluminum sulfate, sodium chlorite, chlorine, sodium bisulfite, soda ash, ferric chloride, and caustic soda for its Water Filter Plant and Wastewater Treatment Plant, with delivery required within two days and NSF 60 or NSF 61 certifications mandatory. Conversely, Garfield County, Colorado's April 2026 competitive contracting process targets Oil Creek Ditch Water Shares as a capital asset acquisition.

Recent activity spans Colorado and Georgia, with municipal water systems and county water resource agencies as primary buyers. The LaGrange solicitation (Solicitation No. PE74150NONST2026000000025, sealed-bid, due June 8, 2026) represents operational supply procurement, with estimated quantities spanning 128,000 pounds of activated carbon to 254 dry tons of aluminum sulfate, pricing quoted F.O.B. LaGrange with firm pricing required for twelve months post-award. Garfield County's Oil Creek Ditch Water Shares procurement (Solicitation No. NPSS1CFAA20260001911, due May 2, 2026) represents the water-rights asset acquisition branch, though detailed scope and budget information was not disclosed in available documentation. A third opportunity from the City of Holly Hill, Florida (Solicitation No. SS202001, sole-source award completed in 2020 for $113,067.00) demonstrates water treatment plant equipment replacement, though this example predates recent 2026 activity and reflects historical procurement patterns rather than current market signals.