NIGP 97917: Chemical Laboratory Equipment and Supplies Rental or Lease

NIGP 97917 Chemical Laboratory Equipment And Supplies Rental Or Lease, an Item code, covers the ongoing maintenance, servicing, and supply of specialized laboratory water-treatment systems and related consumables that state and local agencies depend on for compliance testing and certified analytical work. State and local governments buy under this code primarily deionized or Type I water system maintenance, replacement filtration components, ultraviolet lamps, carbon units, polishing units, lab faucets, sanitization services, and labor for installation and maintenance of equipment critical to water and wastewater compliance testing. The issuing bodies include county governments and regional purchasing cooperatives managing procurement on behalf of multiple school districts and local entities. Hillsborough County, Florida has been active in this space, with recent sole-source procurement intent for two-year deionized water system maintenance valued at $76,530.

Geographic activity centers on Florida and Texas based on recent solicitations. Hillsborough County's deionized water maintenance procurement (SS2600330, due July 14, 2026) sought replacement components including 100 MBR-1447 deionizer units, five CAR-1252 carbon units, five MBR-1447 polishing units, ultraviolet lamps, quartz sleeves, 30 PVC gooseneck lab faucets, and approximately 160 labor hours at $125 per hour to maintain Type I water supply for analytical testing. Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative in Kilgore, Texas issued a catalog discount bid RFP (CLSF2628) for classroom furniture and supplies with an estimated two-year expenditure of $21,568,516; while this procurement sits primarily in furniture, the cooperative structure and scale signal regional consolidation of laboratory and operational supplies purchasing. The Hillsborough procurement was sole-source through an existing vendor due to equipment ownership and exclusive serviceability requirements; challenges to the intended award were due by July 14, 2026.