NIGP 99869: Metals, Precious, Sale of Surplus and Obsolete Items

NIGP 99869 Metals, Precious, Sale Of Surplus And Obsolete Items is an Item code under which state and local governments sell surplus and confiscated assets to licensed dealers and recyclers in exchange for credit toward new purchases or cash proceeds. Scope ranges from confiscated firearms traded for new duty weapons to end-of-life materials (scrap metals, electronics, batteries) removed from landfills by contracted vendors on a percentage-of-market-price or per-pound basis. Recent opportunities show police departments and county waste management agencies as the primary issuing bodies, with transactions structured either as sealed-bid swaps requiring Federal Firearm Licenses or as master-service contracts with monthly accounting and hazardous-waste compliance. Work typically includes vendor-supplied logistics (roll-off containers, transportation, scale-house coordination) and requires environmental permits, insurance (General Liability $1 million per occurrence minimum when hazardous materials are involved), and E-Verify compliance.

Recent activity concentrates in Georgia and Florida. Columbus Consolidated Government Police Department (Columbus, Georgia) posted RFB No. 27-0010 on September 16, 2026, offering 306 used and confiscated firearms plus seven upper receivers in trade for Heckler & Koch MR556 A4 SBR 11" rifles with accessories, sealed bids due October 14, 2026 at 2:30 PM ET, with firearm inspections available September 30, 2026 from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM. Escambia County Department of Waste Services (Cantonment, Florida) issued two overlapping ITBs for purchase of recycled goods from Perdido Landfill: ITB PD 25-26.102 posted July 23, 2026, bids due August 6, 2026 at 1:00 p.m. with a mandatory pre-bid meeting July 30, 2026 at 10:00 a.m., and ITB PD 25-26.104 (re-solicitation) posted August 14, 2026, responses due August 17, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. Both Escambia solicitations cover scrap metals, end-of-life appliances and electronics, and lead-acid batteries under thirty-six-month initial terms with renewal options to sixty months.