NIGP 93694: Weather Forecasting Equipment Maintenance and Repair

NIGP 93694 Weather Forecasting Equipment Maintenance and Repair, an Item code, covers the preventative maintenance, repair, upgrades, and installation of weather monitoring systems—including lightning detection equipment, weather stations, and severe weather alerting infrastructure—that state and local governments operate to protect public safety and property. The work encompasses hardware and software maintenance, field installation and commissioning, firmware updates, testing, component replacement, and licensing of monitoring platforms. Issuing bodies soliciting under this code include county governments and consolidated municipal authorities responsible for emergency management, public safety, and infrastructure protection.

Hillsborough County, Florida posted a sole-source procurement (Solicitation Number SS2600405) on September 3, 2026, for Earth Networks hardware, software, licensing, installation, and maintenance of its lightning detection and severe weather monitoring system, with challenges due September 11, 2026; the estimated contract value was $47,627.54 for a two-year term, with services including preventative maintenance of existing weather stations, upgrades and replacements of legacy stations, installation of additional Sferic Weather Stations, annual Sferic Maps licensing, and lightning and severe weather alerting. A second recent opportunity—Columbus Consolidated Government's RFP 27-0009 for on-call electrical installation and maintenance services (Solicitation Number PE70662NONST2027000000125), posted August 11, 2026, with proposals due September 30, 2026—includes emergency and routine electrical services across all City buildings and structures on a 24/7 basis, encompassing emergency response to power outages, lighting system troubleshooting and repair, and related electrical infrastructure work. Recent activity under the code appears concentrated in the Southeast, with limited sourcing visibility across other regions.