NIGP 97534: Earth Moving Equipment (Graders, Dozers, Loaders, etc.) Rental or Lease

NIGP 97534 Earth Moving Equipment (Graders, Dozers, Loaders, Etc.) Rental Or Lease, Item code, covers short-term and long-term rental of heavy earthmoving equipment with or without operators serving state highway maintenance, county public works, municipal construction, and specialized coastal restoration projects. State and local governments under this code procure tracked and wheeled dozers, excavators, motor graders, wheel loaders, dump trucks, compactors, scrapers, and specialized attachments such as hydraulic breakers and tree mulching heads, typically bundled with operator services on hourly rates with minimum work-order guarantees. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet represents the dominant recent buyer, issuing multiple district-level master agreements across its highway system; the Cabinet has posted at least six separate RFBs for equipment rental with operators in Districts 6, 8, and 9 since late June 2026, accounting for both state-funded and federally funded (FHWA) contracting. Volusia County, Florida; the City of Fort Worth; the City of Atlanta; Hillsborough County, Florida; and the City of Charlotte also appear as repeat solicitors in the recent block. Equipment rental agreements typically run one to three years with optional one-year renewal periods; evaluation under this code emphasizes lowest-price awards, with secondary scoring occasionally applied to response time or small-business participation. Kentucky Transportation Cabinet awards account for the geographic concentration, with recent activity also visible in Florida (Volusia and Hillsborough counties), Texas (Fort Worth), Georgia (Decatur County), North Carolina (Charlotte), Illinois (Kane County Forest Preserve), and California (statewide master agreement).

Representative recent opportunities include the Commonwealth of Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Division of Purchases RFB 60527000001681 for equipment rental with operators serving District 9, an IFB posted October 14, 2026 with bids due November 4, 2026, covering 17 line items of heavy equipment and attachments at hourly rates ranging from 20 to 1,400 hours per item, with pricing as the sole 100-point evaluation criterion and a master agreement effective through November 30, 2027 with four optional one-year renewals; and Volusia County, Florida ITB 27-B-02LB for rental of landfill equipment at the Tomoka Landfill, posted October 2, 2026 with bids due October 19, 2026, seeking daily, weekly, and monthly rental rates for Caterpillar waste handlers and compactors with two-business-day delivery and a local preference of up to 5% for respondents within a six-county region. The City of Fort Worth RFP 260272 for equipment rental, posted September 30, 2026 and due October 15, 2026, targets aerial lifts, track loaders, and earthmoving equipment on an as-needed basis with a mandatory 30% small-business participation goal and best-value scoring weighting cost, small-business participation, qualifications, approach, and ability to meet city needs. Kentucky's federal-funded District 8 solicitations (RFB 60527000001303, due October 19, 2026) require Davis-Bacon Act wage compliance and Buy America Act domestic sourcing, with mobilization bonuses of $750 per equipment piece deployed within 24 hours for emergency work and $1,000 daily penalties for failures to respond beyond 48 hours.