NIGP 97526: Cranes and Buckets Rental or Lease

NIGP 97526 Cranes and Buckets Rental or Lease, an Item code, covers the rental and short-term lease of mobile cranes, boom trucks, and bucket-lift equipment to support municipal operations, emergency response, public works, utilities, and facility maintenance. State and local governments are soliciting crane services with operator and labor included, typically for emergency infrastructure repair (utilities poles, sheet piling, structural lifts), heavy equipment moves, and time-limited facility work. Issuing bodies include municipal utilities (Keys Energy Services in Key West, Florida), departments of transportation (Kentucky Transportation Cabinet), city public works and procurement offices (Atlanta, Fort Worth, Charlotte), state corrections facilities (Illinois Department of Corrections), special authorities (Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County), and cooperative purchasing vehicles (Sourcewell). The scope frequently bundles equipment rental with certified operators, mobilization and demobilization fees, hourly labor rates, safety compliance, and insurance requirements; longer-term equipment rental agreements for general municipal use (lift equipment, boom trucks, telehandlers, track loaders) also appear under this code, sometimes as lease-to-purchase options.

Recent activity spans Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Kentucky, Illinois, and Minnesota. Representative recent solicitations include Keys Energy Services' RFP for pre-negotiated crane services supporting hurricane and disaster response throughout its service area, with response due March 20, 2026, requiring 72-hour task-order response time and FEMA compliance; the City of Fort Worth's RFP for equipment rental (aerial lifts, manlifts, telehandlers, track loaders) with a mandatory 30% small business participation goal and proposals due October 15, 2026; the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet's RFB for 40-ton mobile crane with operator across twelve counties in District 1, 150 hours estimated, bids due June 9, 2026; and the Illinois Department of Corrections' small-business set-aside procurement for crane rental with certified operator at Lawrence Correctional Center, proposals due May 15, 2026. Insurance requirements (typically $1 million to $2 million general liability, workers' compensation, and vehicle coverage) and prevailing wage or Davis-Bacon Act compliance appear consistently across these solicitations.