NIGP 97170: Storage Space Rental or Lease

NIGP 97170 Storage Space Rental or Lease, an Item code, encompasses state and local government procurement of physical storage facilities across temperature-controlled and open configurations serving operational, archival, emergency response, and seasonal needs. Recent solicitations show public buyers leasing enclosed boat storage facilities, climate-controlled warehouse space for medical equipment and records, portable storage containers, mobile office buildings, library materials repositories, and specialized durable medical equipment warehousing—with facility specifications ranging from small single-unit leases to large multi-year warehouse agreements and performance requirements including 24/7 access, security, utilities, and emergency-response maintenance capability. Issuing bodies soliciting under this code span state natural resource and health departments, county and municipal governments, regional transit and park authorities, school districts, and public universities, with Texas Parks and Wildlife Department appearing as a repeat buyer across multiple boat storage procurements at different lake locations during spring 2026. The code also captures ancillary services—records handling, equipment deployment and transportation, containerized relocations, and facility management—that bundle storage provision with retrieval, tracking, or maintenance labor.

Geographic activity concentrates in Texas, where TPWD issued nine separate boat storage space leases between February and July 2026 across Val Verde, Live Oak, Zapata, Nacogdoches, and Bridge City counties, alongside durable medical equipment warehouse and records storage procurements from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission and school districts in Pflugerville and Pinellas County. Out-of-state recent activity includes Bernalillo County, New Mexico (off-site records storage, RFP 50-26-SS, due May 29, 2026); the University of Georgia (off-site storage, RFQ, due May 7, 2026); the City of Dallas (mobile office buildings and storage units, IFB BE2600029998, due May 8, 2026); the California Department of Parks and Recreation (portable storage container rentals under mandatory DVBE set-asides, due February 10, 2026); and Integral Care in Travis County, Texas (conference venue and event storage components, RFP IC-RFP-2027-001, due May 6, 2026). Representative current opportunities include Texas A&M Forest Service seeking nine climate-controlled and standard storage units within 10 miles of College Station (IFB26011, due July 15, 2026, 2:00 p.m. Central Time) with firm pricing for 12 months and renewal options through five years; Texas Parks and Wildlife Department leasing 1,440 square feet of enclosed boat storage near Nacogdoches (IFB 8022679673, due June 10, 2026) and 4,000 square feet in Bridge City (IFB 8022678590, due June 10, 2026) with lessor responsibility for utilities and emergency response; and Texas Health and Human Services Commission procuring 75,000 square feet of climate-controlled warehouse space in Travis County for durable medical equipment with seven-year experience requirements in warehouse, transportation, and emergency services (IFB HHS0017028, due April 29, 2026, 10:30 a.m. Central Time, with anticipated start July 1, 2026).