NIGP 91773: M&R, Lifting Machines

NIGP 91773 M&R, Lifting Machines, an Item code, encompasses repair, maintenance, and parts supply for specialized industrial lifting equipment—including body frame straightening machines, mobile column lifts, pedestal boom cranes, tractors, forklifts, and rigging motors—that state and local agencies deploy across vehicle maintenance operations, transit departments, waste-management facilities, and convention centers. State and local issuing bodies soliciting under this code include city departments of transportation, county commissions, transit authorities, state health and human services agencies, and county convention facilities. The scope of work spans preventative maintenance contracts with comprehensive service schedules, hydraulic and platform repairs, parts supply with OEM specifications, emergency repair services, and equipment replacement purchases. Contractors typically must demonstrate years of specialized experience, hold relevant certifications (such as I-CAR training for frame machines), maintain robust insurance coverage including general liability and workers' compensation, and provide one-year minimum warranties on repairs and parts.

Recent activity appears concentrated in Florida and Georgia, with additional solicitations in Michigan and Texas. The Detroit Department of Transportation (DDOT) issued an RFQ in June 2026 for two-year preventative maintenance and repair services for a body frame straightening machine, with responses due by mid-June 2026 and local-vendor preference programs offering 1–5 percent equalization credit to Detroit-certified businesses. Hillsborough County, Florida solicited three-year crane repair services for two pedestal boom cranes with an estimated value of $272,000 and a March 2026 ITB deadline. Orange County, Florida issued an IFB in April 2026 for 150-unit quantities of rigging motors, hoists, connectors, and chain bags for the convention center, with a March 2026 response deadline and Service Disabled Veteran preference eligibility. Augusta-Richmond County, Georgia posted an ITB in April 2026 for a single mobile column lift replacement valued at $100,000 or less, with local-vendor preference and M/WBE program requirements applying. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission issued an IFB for equipment service and repairs covering tractors and forklifts at the Lufkin State Supported Living Center, with a HUB subcontracting goal of 26 percent and a May 2025 response deadline.