NIGP 99848: Garbage, Sale of Surplus and Obsolete Items

NIGP 99848 Garbage, Sale Of Surplus And Obsolete Items (Item) covers the disposition of used, surplus, and confiscated materials that state and local governments remove from service, with recent solicitations spanning used firearms traded for new equipment, scrap metals and end-of-life electronics from landfills, recycling and trash bags supplied to municipalities, and transportation of commingled recyclables. Issuing bodies include city police departments executing asset trades, county waste and environmental services departments managing landfill recoverable materials, municipalities procuring consumable bags for collection operations, and county commissioners contracting transportation of recyclables. The scope reflects both inbound procurement (bags and transportation services supporting waste and recycling operations) and outbound disposition (sale or trade of recovered materials and confiscated property). Recent activity shows county waste services departments and municipal purchasing offices as repeat buyers, with Escambia County Department of Waste Services posting multiple ITBs for recycled-goods sales from a single facility within a two-month window.

Geographic concentration appears in Florida, where Escambia County (Perdido Landfill), Pasco County, and the City of Richardson, Texas have all posted solicitations since May 2026. Representative opportunities include Columbus Consolidated Government Police Department's trade-in of 306 confiscated firearms plus seven upper receivers for Heckler & Koch MR556 A4 rifles under RFB No. 27-0010 (sealed bids due October 14, 2026 at 2:30 PM ET via OpenBids), Escambia County's purchase of scrap metals, electronics, and batteries from Perdido Landfill under ITB PD 25-26.102 (bids due August 6, 2026 with mandatory pre-bid July 30, 2026) and its re-solicitation ITB PD 25-26.104 (bids due August 17, 2026), the City of Richardson's RFP for annual recycle and trash bags (proposals due June 16, 2026 with pre-proposal conference May 28, 2026 via Zoom), and Pasco County Board of County Commissioners' IFB-KM-26-091 for as-needed commingled recyclables transportation (bids due June 16, 2026, contract term through September 30, 2031 with two optional two-year extensions). Winning bidders on landfill and recyclables contracts typically must hold environmental permits, hazardous-materials certifications, and specialized insurance; firearms dealers must hold Federal Firearm Licenses and applicable state licenses.