NIGP 93885: Testing and Training Apparatus, Instruments, and Machines, Maintenance and Repair

NIGP 93885 Testing and Training Apparatus, Instruments, and Machines, Maintenance and Repair is an Item code covering preventive maintenance, repair, and certification services for specialized laboratory and operational testing equipment used by utilities, municipalities, and state agencies. State and local buyers use this code to procure annual inspections and calibration of oil-testing laboratory instruments, rigging-equipment certification and training services, air-brake driving simulators and training systems, radiochemical counting instruments, and precision high-voltage test modules—work that requires factory-trained or specialized technicians and often involves compliance with industry standards such as ASTM, IEEE, OSHA, and NATEF certification curricula. Issuing bodies include municipal utility authorities (Kissimmee Utility Authority, Keys Energy Services, Lubbock Power & Light), city departments (City of Phoenix Water Services, City of Tampa Fleet Maintenance), county agencies (Orange County Sheriff-Coroner), and state health agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission on behalf of the Department of State Health Services). Contracts typically run one to five years with optional renewal periods, involve firm fixed pricing or pricing capped by Consumer Price Index adjustments, and carry insurance and bonding requirements; many solicitations include a 5 percent preference for local small business or disabled veteran business enterprise certified vendors where applicable.

Recent opportunities span Florida (Keys Energy Services electrical insulating oil testing, Kissimmee Utility Authority high-voltage test equipment, Tampa Fleet Maintenance air-brake training), Texas (Lubbock Power & Light oil testing laboratory services with RFP due July 22, 2026; Texas HHSC radiochemical counting instrument maintenance with IFB due May 19, 2026), Arizona (City of Phoenix rigging equipment and certification services IFB due May 23, 2025), and California (Orange County equipment rental without operator IFB due July 31, 2026). Representative current solicitations include the Kissimmee Utility Authority IFB 26046JG for a single OMICRON CP TD12 precision high-voltage testing module under $250,000 with bids due September 22, 2026; Keys Energy Services RFP 1026 for multiyear electrical insulating oil testing services including annual testing of power transformers, load tap changers, and voltage regulators with proposals due April 17, 2026; and Lubbock Power & Light RFP 7131-26-ELD for annual insulating oil testing laboratory services for approximately 150 oil-filled equipment units across 20 substations with proposals due July 22, 2026 at 3:00 p.m. CST via Bonfire Portal, weighted 35 percent technical qualifications, 25 percent laboratory information systems integration, 20 percent engineering support, 15 percent pricing, and 5 percent proposal completeness.