NIGP 97514: Automobiles and Other Passenger Vehicles (Including Emergency Type) Rental or Lease

NIGP 97514 Automobiles and Other Passenger Vehicles (Including Emergency Type) Rental or Lease, an Item code, covers passenger vehicle rentals and leases for municipal operations, airport concessions, workforce development, and specialized transit services. State and local governments under this code procure daily, weekly, monthly, and annual rental agreements for passenger vehicles, vans, and minibuses; lease-to-purchase arrangements for transit and fleet vehicles; and concession contracts for airport rental car operations. Recent opportunities span individual vehicle purchases (Honda Pilot, Toyota Sienna, Ford F-150 and Police Interceptor models), equipment rental agreements for small fleets (eight utility vehicles, moving trucks, buses), large-scale transit vehicle leases (six 35-foot low-floor buses), and facility-wide rental car concession contracts at regional airports. Issuing bodies include county governments (Orange County, Hillsborough County, Pinellas County, Henderson County, Monroe County), cities (San Antonio, Eugene, Tallahassee, Atlanta, Salem, Fort Worth, Philadelphia, Tucson, Houston), state agencies (California Department of Veterans Affairs, State of California), school districts (Mattawan Consolidated), and special-purpose districts (Eastern Municipal Water District, Park City Municipal Corporation). Set-aside and preference programs appear in several recent opportunities: Orange County offers five to eight percent price deductions for Local Small Business and Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise certification; California Department of Veterans Affairs establishes a five percent DVBE participation goal with incentive adjustments capped at five percent or one hundred thousand dollars; Monroe County encourages small business, minority-owned, women-owned, and disadvantaged enterprise participation; and the City of Fort Worth mandates thirty percent small business participation with up to twenty points allocated in evaluation.

Geographic concentration in recent activity spans California (Orange County vehicle purchases, state-level procurement, Yountville Veterans Home bus rentals), Florida (Santa Rosa County housing rehabilitation noting shuttle bus needs, Dania Beach, Tallahassee, Monroe County, Hillsborough County, Pinellas County), Texas (Fort Worth equipment rental, Houston Police Department utility vehicles, San Antonio passenger vehicle rentals), Oregon (Salem city fleet vehicles), Utah (Park City transit buses), Michigan (Mattawan school district), and Illinois (NASPO vehicle rental extension). Representative recent opportunities include the City of San Antonio RFx 6100019818 (August 27, 2026, sealed bid due September 11, 2026) for annual passenger vehicle and van rental with optional pre-bid conference, the City of Fort Worth RFP 260324 (September 30, 2026, due October 15, 2026) for equipment rental on as-needed basis with twenty percent small business participation goal, the County of Orange District Attorney IFB0263127903LS (September 24, 2026, due September 17, 2026) for one 2026 Honda Pilot purchase with five to eight percent DVBE/OCLSB deduction, the California Department of Veterans Affairs IFB 26YS0050 (June 5, 2026, due June 18, 2026, amended June 4, 2026) for wheelchair-accessible bus rental services with five percent DVBE goal and three to five percent bid incentive, and Pinellas County ITB 260447 (May 11, 2026, due June 11, 2026) for three to four on-airport rental car concessionaires with minimum annual guarantee floors of five hundred thousand dollars (single-brand) to one million dollars (dual-brand).