NIGP 95847: Freight Management Services

NIGP 95847 Freight Management Services is an Item code that covers logistics coordination, carrier negotiation, shipment tracking, and warehouse storage services that state and local governments procure to optimize inbound and outbound freight operations across diverse agency missions. Recent solicitations show buying across healthcare systems, transit authorities, university operations, state environmental and transportation agencies, and municipal service functions, with scopes ranging from small-parcel management for hospital networks to climate-controlled warehouse operations for emergency medical equipment stockpiles and heavy-freight coordination for transit bus parts.

State and local issuing bodies actively soliciting under this code include San Mateo Medical Center (RFP for parcel and freight shipment optimization, proposals due June 20, 2025), Orange County Transportation Authority (RFQ 250239 for intrastate and interstate Less-Than-Truckload and large parcel shipping of bus components with estimated contract value $18,000, quotes due March 30, 2026), Texas Health and Human Services Commission on behalf of the Department of State Health Services (IFB HHS0017028 for warehouse storage, tracking, and deployment of durable medical equipment in the Austin area, bids due April 29, 2026, anticipated contract start July 1, 2026), Texas A&M University (RFP-26-5013 for comprehensive freight forwarding, management, and customs brokerage services, proposals due June 15, 2026), South Dakota Department of Transportation (RFP 26RFP19574 for State Freight Plan update consulting, proposals due April 22, 2026), and Dallas Area Rapid Transit Authority (IFB B-2086343 for miscellaneous bus cooling parts procurement, sealed bids due February 19, 2026, with 5 percent Small Business Enterprise participation goal). Geographic activity concentrates in California (San Mateo County, Orange County, Livermore), Texas (Austin, College Station, Dallas), and the Upper Midwest (South Dakota), with scattered activity in Georgia. Evaluation weighting across these procurements typically favors method and organizational capacity over cost, though some transit and parts procurements are cost-driven; qualification thresholds commonly require prior experience managing similar services to public entities, appropriate insurance, and compliance with state-specific requirements including prevailing wage, cybersecurity, and anti-discrimination standards.