NIGP 99870: Musical Equipment, Sale of Surplus and Obsolete Items

NIGP 99870, Musical Equipment, Sale Of Surplus And Obsolete Items, is an Item code under which state and local governments conduct trade-in and disposal transactions involving surplus or confiscated assets in exchange for new or replacement equipment. Recent solicitations show activity spanning both traditional musical instruments and non-musical surplus goods — the code captures both a Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative catalog discount bid for musical instruments and supplies to school districts, and a Columbus Consolidated Government Police Department trade-in of 306 confiscated firearms and seven upper receivers for new Heckler & Koch rifles. The issuing bodies include educational cooperatives, municipal police departments, and school districts participating in cooperative purchasing vehicles. Work under this code involves negotiating credit values for surplus inventory, managing multi-vendor catalog relationships for educational procurement, and executing trade transactions where used assets offset the purchase price of replacement equipment.

Recent activity centers in Texas and Georgia. Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative, administering MUSIC2628 on behalf of participating school districts across its service territory, issued an RFP with responses due May 28, 2026, and contract award on June 18, 2026; the estimated two-year expenditure is $9,809,750.00 across 34 existing and new vendors supplying musical instruments and related supplies through a catalog discount model. Columbus Consolidated Government Police Department posted RFB No. 27-0010 on September 16, 2026, soliciting sealed bids from Federal Firearm License holders for a firearms trade-in transaction with responses due October 14, 2026 at 2:30 PM ET; award goes to the bidder offering the greatest purchase credit or swap value, subject to City Council approval. Both opportunities reflect the code's use in cooperative purchasing environments and direct municipal asset-recovery transactions.