NIGP 96257: Moving: House, Portable Building, etc.

NIGP 96257 Moving: House, Portable Building, Etc., an Item code, encompasses packing, transportation, disassembly/reassembly of modular office and classroom furniture, equipment pad-wrapping, secured storage, and debris removal for institutional relocations—work that state and local governments solicit as task-order contracts, standing-offer pools, and project-specific bids. Recent solicitations show school districts, state agencies, and county governments procuring moving services for classroom equipment transfers, departmental office relocations, and multi-site facility moves. Charles County Public Schools in Maryland (ITB, sealed bids due June 4, 2026) is seeking a task-order moving contractor for classroom and administrative office relocation within and between schools at fully burdened hourly rates; the County of Sacramento (RFP, responses due June 25, 2026) is establishing a vendor pool through its SCoPA cooperative purchasing program to serve county, educational, and non-profit entities with office and household goods moves ranging from one to five bedrooms, with 5% local-business and 2% micro-business preferences; and the California Department of Rehabilitation posted three parallel IFBs for Central Coast (July 16 deadline), Greater San Diego (June 25 deadline), and Inland Empire districts covering packing, furniture disassembly/reassembly, transportation, storage, and surplus removal under prevailing wage, each with estimated three-year values around $49,900 and small-business and DVBE set-asides or preferences ranging from 3% to 5%.

Recent activity clusters in California and Maryland, with secondary solicitations in Illinois and Georgia. School District U-46 in Illinois (IFB, responses due February 18, 2026) solicited summer 2026 classroom moves across 57 schools under prevailing wage for designated buildings and mandatory pre-bid meetings. The California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (RFQ, responses due April 14, 2026) sought moving services across thirteen statewide locations under a small-business set-aside requiring five years of moving experience and modular furniture assembly credentials; the State Water Resources Control Board (IFB, bids due February 11, 2026) procured office moving across Northern and Southern California with 3% mandatory DVBE participation and 5% small-business preferences. Bidders typically must hold C-61/D-34 contractor licenses, motor carrier or household goods mover permits, general liability insurance from $1 million to $2 million per occurrence, workers' compensation coverage, and demonstrate three to five years of direct moving experience; prevailing wage applies to designated jurisdictions in California and Illinois. Contracts run one to three years with annual CPI-U increases or fixed pricing; many are structured as standing-offer pools allowing multiple agencies to draw services on an as-needed basis.