NIGP 97170: Storage Space Rental or Lease

NIGP 97170 Storage Space Rental or Lease is an Item code covering warehouse, vehicle storage, records storage, and specialized facility leases that state and local governments solicit to support operational, emergency response, and program-delivery missions. Recent activity shows issuing bodies leasing climate-controlled and non-climate-controlled spaces ranging from several hundred square feet for small-item fulfillment to 75,000 square feet for medical equipment warehousing, and securing specialized facilities such as boat storage yards, records vaults, and climate-controlled food-storage warehouses. The mix of issuing bodies includes state agencies (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, New Jersey Department of Agriculture, Texas A&M Forest Service), county governments (Bernalillo County, Pinellas County), state universities (University of Georgia), and special-purpose entities (Integral Care, a nonprofit behavioral health provider). Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is a repeat buyer, posting five separate boat-storage lease solicitations in recent months to support emergency response operations at multiple locations.

Activity concentrates in Texas (six recent opportunities across state agencies and universities), New Jersey, Georgia, Florida, and New Mexico, with geographic spread driven by mission-specific facility needs rather than centralized procurement patterns. Representative recent opportunities include Visit St. Pete-Clearwater's ITQ (solicitation 260715ITQ, response due July 30, 2026) seeking 12-by-15-foot dry storage and fulfillment services for tourism collateral materials under a Pinellas County SBE local-vendor preference; the New Jersey Department of Agriculture's RFP (26DPP01313, response due October 29, 2026) for dual-zone food-storage facilities supporting 700 school districts managing $20 million in USDA inventory annually; the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB (HHS0017028, response due April 29, 2026) for up to 75,000 square feet of climate-controlled warehouse space in Travis County for durable medical equipment storage and emergency deployment; and Bernalillo County's RFP (RFP5026SS, response due May 30, 2026) for off-site records storage and handling accommodating paper, microfilm, microfiche, magnetic tapes, and digital media across 3,000 to 8,000 cubic feet expandable vault space. Insurance requirements are standard across most solicitations (general liability $1,000,000 per occurrence, workers' compensation), though medical equipment and specialized food-storage contracts impose higher minimums and operational compliance burdens tied to USDA regulations and emergency-response protocols.