NIGP 97785: Vending Machine Rental or Lease

NIGP 97785 Vending Machine Rental Or Lease, an Item code, encompasses the supply, installation, maintenance, and operation of vending machines dispensing beverages, snacks, prepared foods, and specialty items such as pharmaceuticals and naloxone at state and local government facilities. Recent solicitations show state and local governments purchasing full-service vending operations where vendors provide machines, stock products, perform repairs and restocking, maintain payment systems, and generate detailed sales reporting—with compensation structured as either revenue commissions or fixed service fees. The buying mix spans state departments (Georgia Department of Corrections, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Texas Workforce Commission), county governments (Wake County North Carolina, White County Georgia, Rockland County New York, Hamilton County Ohio), cities (McKinney Texas, Tucson Arizona, Olathe Kansas, Cincinnati Ohio, Temple Texas), school districts (Marion County Florida), transit and higher-education entities (University of South Dakota, University of Wisconsin System), and correctional and health facilities. Repeat buyers include the Georgia Department of Corrections, which issued multiple vending services solicitations across distinct facilities in early 2026, and municipal parks and recreation departments seeking machines at community centers and athletic facilities.

Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia (nine Department of Corrections facilities across multiple counties), Texas (four solicitations spanning municipal, state health, and airport contexts), the Carolinas, Ohio, Arizona, and the upper Midwest. Representative recent opportunities include the City of Tucson Fire Department RFP 260217 (due June 24, 2026) for BLS/ALS pharmaceuticals, vending machines, and VendNovation platform software with 251 line items and 17 existing machines across 700 users, federally funded through ARPA, HUD, and FTA with prevailing wage and DBE compliance; the City of Cincinnati Department of Public Services RFP 265X901174 (due May 21, 2026) for food and beverage vending across seven facilities with evaluation weighted 25 points toward Economic Inclusion certification (SBE, MBE, WBE, ELBE, SLBE programs); Wake County North Carolina RFP 26031 (due April 14, 2026) for 67 beverage, 47 snack, and one sandwich machine across 28 locations with Health and Nutrition Labeling Act compliance and Food Service Guidelines for Federal Facilities adherence; the University of South Dakota RFP (due May 1, 2026) for pouring rights and vending across 80 machines in 27 buildings with revenue generation supporting student scholarships; and the Rockland County Department of Mental Health RFP-RC-2026-006 (due March 5, 2026) for Narcan vending machines and Naloxboxes with 1,000-point weighted evaluation emphasizing nonprofit applicants and MWBE/DBE preferences. Georgia Department of Corrections facilities (Ware State Prison, Dodge State Prison, West Central ITF, Burruss CTC, Patten PDC, Metro facilities, Helms Facility, Tift and Fleet) uniformly structure awards on highest-commission-percentage bidding with responses due between late January and early February 2026.