NIGP 984: Rental or Lease Services of Computers, Data Processing, and Word Processing Equipment

NIGP 984 Rental or Lease Services of Computers, Data Processing, and Word Processing Equipment, a Class code, encompasses the leasing and rental of computing hardware, data center infrastructure, and related ancillary services that state and local governments deploy to meet temporary or variable capacity needs without capital acquisition. The code covers equipment-as-a-service arrangements, hosted data center capacity, hardware refreshes, and short-to-medium-term technology deployments across multiple jurisdictions and operational contexts.

State and local issuing bodies pursuing activity under this code span county purchasing departments, regional cooperative purchasing consortia, state technology procurement programs, and special-purpose districts. The recent opportunity landscape is sparse: Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative in Texas solicited contracted services on a catalog discount basis (Solicitation CONSRV2628, due July 30, 2026) through a cooperative purchasing vehicle with an estimated two-year expenditure of $14,108,896 and a multi-vendor, non-exclusive award structure covering 254 vendors in the prior cycle. Texas SMART Buy through the TIPS-USA cooperative network posted a prospective Data Center Hosting, Sales, and Service opportunity (Solicitation 260302, April 17, 2026 deadline) to establish a vendor framework for potential future state-level purchasing without specifying immediate project scope or volumes. Most of the remaining posted opportunities in the source block are vendor networking events, surveys, and informational forums rather than formal solicitations—reverse trade shows in Marion County, Florida; Pasco County, Florida; and Central Florida; a vendor open house in Indian River County, Florida; and the FAPPO statewide annual tradeshow in Orlando. Geographic activity centers on Texas (Region 7 cooperative, SMART Buy) and Florida (multiple networking events), with no recent substantive opportunities visible in other states or regions. The code shows limited transactional activity in the current market; most state and local engagement is relationship-building and vendor outreach rather than active hardware or hosting procurement.