NIGP 96126: Crating and Packing Services for Transportation (Including Material Handling Services)

NIGP 96126 Crating and Packing Services for Transportation (Including Material Handling Services), an Item code, encompasses the loading, unloading, transportation, and specialty material handling of containers, equipment, and freight for state and local agencies. Recent solicitations show state and local governments procuring container transport with side-lifting and roll-off capabilities, instant coffee packaging services, freight shipping and delivery across multiple locations, property moving and relocation services for office consolidations and school district transitions, and weigh station scale maintenance logistics. The mix of issuing bodies spans state departments (Florida Department of Transportation, California Department of Water Resources, California Franchise Tax Board, Florida Department of Education, California Correctional Training and Rehabilitation Authority), school districts (Klein Independent School District in Texas, Corvallis School District in Oregon), and municipal governments (City of Madison, City of Santa Fe). Repeat activity centers on the Florida Department of Transportation, which has posted multiple solicitations for container procurement and weigh station maintenance services within the past two months.

Recent activity concentrates in Florida and California, with secondary activity in Texas, Oregon, Georgia, and Wisconsin. Representative opportunities include the California Department of Water Resources' IFB for container transport services with side-lifting and roll-off capabilities serving statewide flood operations (bids due July 8, 2026), the Florida Department of Transportation's RFP for statewide weigh station scale maintenance across 50+ locations with a five-year term and technical proposals opened June 11, 2026, the Florida Department of Education's ITB for property moving services covering local and statewide relocations with bids due March 10, 2026, and the California Franchise Tax Board's IFB for freight shipping and delivery across 15 California locations and field offices in Chicago, Houston, and New York (bids due May 20, 2026 per updated notice). The Corvallis School District sought moving services for a school consolidation project with proposals due March 31, 2026, while the California Correctional Training and Rehabilitation Authority solicited instant coffee packaging services at Mule Creek State Prison with bids due June 10, 2026. Set-asides and preferences vary by jurisdiction—California programs include Small Business and DVBE incentives on applicable bids, while Florida and Oregon opportunities reference local vendor preferences or MWESB certification status as evaluation factors.