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 purchasing solid waste and liquid waste collection, transportation, treatment, and disposal services across state departments, counties, cities, school districts, special-purpose districts, transit authorities, and regional authorities. State and local governments procure routine curbside residential and commercial solid waste collection; transfer-station and landfill leachate pumping and disposal; biosolids and sewage sludge processing and land application; hazardous waste and universal waste removal and recycling; vegetative and yard-waste grinding and composting; disaster debris clearing and removal; facility-based waste cleanup; and specialized streams including grease-trap waste, septic waste, oil and antifreeze disposal, and fluorescent-lamp and battery recycling. Recent solicitations show mixed issuing bodies across geographies: Forsyth County, Georgia has posted twice for solid waste collection services (due November 19, 2026, ITB 27-26-1620 for county facilities and earlier bid 27-111620 for the same scope); the School Board of Volusia County, Florida is single-sourcing waste processing and disposal to North East Treatment LLC (due May 5, 2026, estimated $200,000 annually); the City of Sanford, Florida is procuring biosolids disposal and recycling via RFP (due August 13, 2026, extended from August 6); Houston City College is requesting proposals for biological waste collection and disposal (RFP 27-03, due November 20, 2026); and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission is bidding solid waste container services at Region 06 Houston offices (IFB HHS0017696V4, due October 16, 2026, with HUB subcontracting plan required).

Geographic activity spans Florida (leachate and biosolids disposal from Hillsborough County, Sanford, and Palm Beach County facilities), Georgia (Forsyth County and Glynn County solid waste collection), Texas (HHSC and Houston City College), Arizona (City of Benson residential waste services, RFP 2026RFP007, due October 9, 2026), South Carolina (Dorchester County vactor truck services, IFB 2027-04), Kansas (City of Wichita liquid-waste and special-waste disposal, bidding through October 30 and October 9), and California (Orange County Transportation Authority universal and hazardous-waste removal). Representative opportunities include Hillsborough County's three-year leachate pumping and transportation contract (ITB-26-00422, due October 14, 2026, estimated $14.28 million); the City of Fort Worth's standby disaster debris monitoring RFP (26-0312, due November 5, 2026, 30 percent small-business participation goal); the City of Tampa's Class III waste disposal at alternative facilities (bid 26P00012, due April 6, 2026, five percent SLBE bid discount, estimated annual volume 4,000 tons); Marion County Schools' hazardous waste packaging and pickup (ITB 4194MF, due October 7, 2026, pre-bid September 22); and the Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County's RFEI for mass-burn waste-to-energy facility demolition, design, build, and long-term operation (RFEI 27-501, due November 18, 2026, targeting single DDBOM prime contractor). Activity concentrates in Florida (high frequency of leachate, biosolids, and school hazardous-waste procurements), Georgia (county solid waste collection), and Texas (school districts, municipalities, and state agencies), with spot opportunities across the Mountain West and mid-Atlantic regions. Most contracts are multi-year with pricing escalation tied to the Consumer Price Index; hazardous-waste and universal-waste procurements impose strict EPA and state-agency compliance and licensing requirements (TCEQ registration, FDEP permits, hazardous-waste transporter approval); and residential and commercial collection typically award to single or few primary vendors based on lowest responsive and responsible bid or best-value evaluation.