NIGP 96727: Computer Hardware Manufacturing Services

NIGP 96727 Computer Hardware Manufacturing Services, an Item code, covers on-site maintenance, support, and infrastructure upgrades for enterprise computing equipment and virtualization systems deployed across state and local government networks. Recent state and local solicitations under this code encompass preventive and corrective maintenance contracts for desktop and mobile computing devices, server infrastructure, printers, and peripherals; hardware replacement and supply agreements for high-performance enterprise storage and hyperconverged infrastructure; and related professional services including system integration, configuration, testing, and data migration. Counties, water districts, and large transit authorities issue the bulk of activity. Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners, Georgia Department of Information Technology posted RFP RP020-26 on May 20, 2026, seeking comprehensive maintenance of 10,000+ devices across 138 county locations (covering approximately 3,000 HP notebooks, 1,800 HP desktops, 500 HP printers, 1,500 Panasonic Toughbooks, 600 Microsoft Surface Pro units, 135 servers, and miscellaneous peripheral equipment), with proposals due June 10, 2026 at 2:50 PM; the contract requires four-hour on-site response guarantees, preventive maintenance cycles, and fixed all-inclusive pricing for parts, labor, and travel, with separate hourly rates for time-and-material repairs during and after normal business hours.

Recent activity concentrates in Georgia and California. Eastern Municipal Water District in California issued RFB 3922 on February 12, 2026, for Supply and Delivery of two Scale Computing HyperCore clusters valued at $1,000,000 or more, encompassing seven high-performance nodes with dual Intel Xeon processors, hybrid storage, 60-month licensing, migration services, and five-year hardware support, with bids due February 27, 2026 at 3:00 PM through the district's e-Procurement portal. Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) in Georgia posted IFB B50817 on February 9, 2026, for storage expansion and upgrade services including code upgrades to IBM Enterprise Storage Systems, installation of six IBM Storage Scale System Utility Nodes, one FlashSystem 7300 NVMe control enclosure, and two FlashSystem 7000 expansion enclosures with 54 additional 20TB drives at MARTA Headquarters and Candler Park Data Center, with sealed bids due March 17, 2026 at 2:00 PM. Eastern Municipal Water District also issued RFB 3916 on January 23, 2026, for VMWARE licensing renewal across four cluster environments totaling 948 cores, with bids due February 5, 2026 at 4:00 PM.