NIGP 91774: M&R, Non-University Owned Vehicles

NIGP 91774 M&R, Non-University Owned Vehicles is an Item code covering preventative maintenance, repair, and technical support services for transit agency and municipal vehicle fleets and specialized equipment. State and local governments procure routine frame and structural repairs, hydraulic and platform maintenance, parts sourcing with OEM specifications, emergency repair support, and certified technical labor under this code. Issuing bodies include municipal transit authorities and city departments of transportation, which solicit these services through RFQs and time-and-materials repair contracts with two-year terms and renewal options. Mandatory vendor qualifications typically include multi-year experience in heavy-duty vehicle or frame-equipment repair, industry certifications (such as I-CAR training), proof of financial stability and adequate staffing, and compliance with commercial general liability and workers' compensation insurance minimums. Local preference and set-aside programs appear in recent opportunities; the Detroit Department of Transportation's 2026 solicitation for body frame straightening machine maintenance offered equalization credits of 1 to 5 percent for Detroit-certified businesses (including Detroit-Based, Detroit-Headquartered, and Detroit-Based Small Business designations) with a cumulative bid cap of 12 percent above the lowest responsible bid or $100,000.

Recent activity centers in Michigan, where the City of Detroit Office of Contracting and Procurement issued an RFQ (Solicitation 539661, due June 17, 2026) for two-year preventative maintenance and repair services for a 40-foot heavy-duty frame rack serving approximately 300 buses and 85,000 daily riders. The RFQ required a mandatory pre-bid conference and detailed scope of work including monthly preventative maintenance tasks, frame alignment checks, hydraulic system inspections, and emergency repair services with replacement parts not exceeding 3 percent of original parts pricing. The procurement specified OEM or OEM-approved parts, a one-year minimum workmanship warranty, and NET 30 payment terms. The source supports one recent representative opportunity; broader geographic activity and repeat buyers in this code are not detailed in the available records.