NIGP 99838: Engineering Equipment and Supplies (Including Survey Equipment and Instruments), Sale of Surplus and Obsolete Items

NIGP Item 99838 Engineering Equipment and Supplies (Including Survey Equipment and Instruments), Sale of Surplus and Obsolete Items covers survey equipment, radar-based traffic monitoring systems, and specialized professional engineering and surveying software and hardware that state and local governments purchase. Recent solicitations show state and local buyers acquiring vehicle count stations with cellular connectivity and cloud hosting, survey data collectors with GNSS capability, and commissioning authority services for high-performance building systems, alongside professional engineering services for water and wastewater infrastructure and continuing engineering consultation. The issuing bodies include city engineering departments, county transportation and procurement offices, sewerage districts, and municipal utilities departments across the Southeast and upper Midwest.

Recent opportunities span Florida, Wisconsin, and New Mexico. The City of Winter Park, Florida issued RFQ 2611 on September 28, 2026 for continuing engineering services for water and wastewater utilities, seeking licensed professional engineering firms to provide master planning, conceptual and final design, hydraulic modeling, regulatory permitting, and construction administration under a 36-month initial term with renewal options (response deadline March 31, 2026). Collier County Board of County Commissioners issued ITB 268649R on July 27, 2026 for 23 pole-mounted radar-based vehicle count stations with five-year cellular data service and cloud hosting across county roads, with bids due August 26, 2026; a related earlier solicitation (ITB 268649, July 2, 2026) sought 22 similar units with FDOT grant funding. Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District issued an IFB on June 1, 2026 for Trimble Access GNSS survey software, TDC6 data collectors, and three years of support and training, with sealed bids due June 15, 2026 at the District office in Madison, Wisconsin. The City of Rio Rancho issued RFP 26-003-UT on May 21, 2026 for on-call engineering services to the Utilities Department covering land surveying, civil, structural, mechanical, and electrical engineering (response deadline June 18, 2026).