NIGP 96181: Submarine Services (incl. Unmanned Type)

NIGP 96181 Submarine Services (Including Unmanned Type), an Item code, does not align with the state and local procurement activity in the source provided. The only recent opportunity on record is the City of DeBary, Florida's Bid 03-15 for Rob Sullivan Park Irrigation Improvements, posted April 13, 2026, with a response deadline of April 10, 2015 — a park irrigation system retrofit involving Hunter controller and valve installation, piping work, and system integration within an operational municipal park. This project is a civil infrastructure and grounds maintenance activity, not submarine or submersible services. No other state or local opportunities appear under this NIGP code in the source material.

The single record under NIGP 96181 in the available data represents a mismatch between the code's intended scope and documented procurement activity. The DeBary irrigation project is municipal capital improvement work more appropriately coded under grounds or building systems maintenance rather than submarine services. Without additional recent state or local opportunities under this code, no meaningful geographic spread, issuing-body pattern, or service-line characterization can be drawn from the source. Firms pursuing submarine-related work — whether marine vessel servicing, submersible equipment support, or unmanned underwater systems — should verify whether state and local jurisdictions are actively procuring these services under alternative NIGP codes or under federal contracting vehicles, as this code shows no aligned activity in the current record.