NIGP 96871: Solid or Liquid Waste Disposal (Including Management Services) (see 926-45 for Hazardous Waste Disposal)

NIGP 96871 Solid or Liquid Waste Disposal (Including Management Services) is an Item code encompassing collection, transportation, processing, and disposal of construction and demolition waste, universal waste, biosolids, hazardous waste, food waste, and related materials to permitted facilities or land application sites. State and local governments procure this code across operational waste streams—landfill tipping, mercury recycling, hydrovac waste acceptance, ferric humate residuals, wet well cleaning, mobile unit sanitation, and residential food waste collection—as well as disaster debris removal and pre-event standby capacity. Issuing bodies include county and municipal governments, water authorities, school districts, and state facilities agencies, with repeat activity from Florida jurisdictions (Marion County, Collier County, Tampa, Polk County) and Texas agencies (Tucson, Fort Worth, San Antonio, Dallas) alongside sporadic solicitations from Connecticut, Illinois, Michigan, Georgia, Arizona, and other states. Recent opportunities span traditional waste management (Town of Manchester, Connecticut seeking processed C&D waste disposal under ITB with fixed tip fees of $86–$90 per ton through June 2027; Orange County Transportation Authority procuring universal waste removal and recycling on three-year RFQ with $65,100 budget through 2029), specialized streams (City of Tucson establishing mercury waste recycling contract under RFP with Section 3 income-targeting requirements; Marion County seeking hazardous waste collection and lab packing for household events), infrastructure and operational services (Michigan Department of Natural Resources seeking fish hatchery sludge removal and land application through five-year RFP; Clayton County Water Authority soliciting wet well cleaning and grease removal), and emerging organics programs (City of Cincinnati issuing RFI for organic waste management strategic planning).

Geographic concentration centers on Florida (Collier County biosolids hauling at $3.7 million annually, Polk County vegetative waste disposal, Tampa water treatment residuals), Texas (San Antonio drain cleaning, Fort Worth hydrovac and disaster debris, Dallas airport pavement waste), and the Southeast (Georgia, South Carolina), with secondary activity in the upper Midwest and Mountain West. Representative opportunities include Dorchester County, South Carolina RFP for pre-event disaster debris removal and management (due May 5, 2026; evaluation weighting firm qualifications 25%, technical approach 20%, mobilization 15%, past performance 15%, capacity 10%, cost 15%); Illinois Department of Human Services waste hauling at Elisabeth Ludeman Center (due June 3, 2026; $1 million GL required, 46 toters with thrice-weekly pickup); Great Lakes Water Authority study, design, and construction assistance for three CSO sludge facilities in Detroit (due July 7, 2026; 1,390-day schedule; B.I.D. Program scoring up to 3% for DBE/MBE/WBE/SBE); and Collier County biosolids hauling for five wastewater facilities (due May 7, 2026; award to multiple contractors; historically $3.7 million annually; five-year term with three optional renewals). Award competition is active, with municipal and county procurement offices favoring time-and-expense or unit-pricing structures, pre-bid meetings, and progressive performance bonding tied to contract value. Section 3 HUD compliance, E-Verify mandates, and state-level set-asides (Florida SBE bid discounts, Illinois BEP participation, Georgia DBE) appear in roughly one-third of recent solicitations.