NIGP 96702: Air Conditioning, Heating, and Ventilating Equipment (HVAC) Manufacturing Services

NIGP 96702 Air Conditioning, Heating, and Ventilating Equipment (HVAC) Manufacturing Services is an Item code under which state and local governments procure HVAC installation, replacement, repair, and maintenance services—not manufacturing of HVAC equipment itself, despite the code name. Recent solicitations show governments buying equipment replacement (chillers, rooftop units, air handlers, VAV systems), installation labor, system balancing and testing, emergency repair contracts, and preventive maintenance programs across facilities ranging from administrative buildings to correctional institutions to water treatment plants. Issuing bodies span state correctional departments (Texas TDCJ leading with multiple facilities), counties (Gwinnett, Forsyth, Clay, Cobb, Jackson, Montgomery, Cherokee County school district), cities (Bartow, Meriden, Orange County, Detroit, Albany, Lubbock, Norwalk, Santa Monica, St. Petersburg, Atlanta, Tybee Island), transit authorities (Orange County Transportation Authority), and special-purpose districts (Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District, Eastern Municipal Water District). Texas Department of Criminal Justice dominates recent activity, with at least eight separate HVAC installation solicitations at correctional units (Middleton, Holliday, Lopez, Sanchez, Garza East, Garza West, Briscoe, Lychner, Evins) posted since May 2026, ranging from $1.6 million to $13.5 million estimated values. The work mixes capital replacement projects, emergency and routine maintenance contracts structured as time-and-materials or firm fixed price, and job-order contracts, with prevailing wage requirements common in public works contexts.

Geographic spread covers Texas heavily (TDCJ projects dominate), with active solicitations in Georgia (Gwinnett County, Forsyth County, Cobb County, City of Albany, Cherokee County Schools), Florida (Bartow, Orange County, Clay County, Pinellas County, St. Petersburg, Eastern Municipal Water District in Riverside County), California (Orange County Transportation Authority, San Mateo County, Santa Monica), Connecticut (City of Meriden, City of Norwalk), Pennsylvania (Montgomery County), Wisconsin (Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District), Michigan (Detroit), and Missouri (Jackson County). Representative opportunities include the Texas TDCJ Lopez Unit HVAC installation (RFP 696-FD-26-P022A, proposals due July 16, 2026, estimated $1.6 million) requiring 16 new 5-ton units with 3% VetHUB subcontracting goal; City of Bartow, Florida HVAC repairs and installation under ITB (ITB2622, due August 5, 2026) awarding to three lowest responsive bidders with 2-hour emergency response and hourly rate pricing; and Orange County, Florida chiller plant upgrades (Y26-753, due July 30, 2026, $3 million estimated) replacing three chillers with high-efficiency units for a 24/7 occupied facility. Set-asides include VetHUB preferences in Texas TDCJ procurements, SBE set-asides in Florida and Connecticut jurisdictions, and DBE encouragement without formal goals in several Georgia and Florida cities. Davis-Bacon and prevailing wage apply across most public works and government facility scopes; emergency service contracts and maintenance agreements often permit hourly billing with material markup allowed at 1% to 10%.