NIGP 99871: Metals Other Than Scrap (All Types), Sale of Surplus and Obsolete Items

NIGP 99871 Metals Other Than Scrap (All Types), Sale Of Surplus And Obsolete Items is an Item code under which state and local governments dispose of used and confiscated assets—primarily firearms, recycled metals, and end-of-life electronics—through competitive bidding to licensed vendors. Police departments and waste-management authorities are the primary issuing bodies, soliciting trades, swaps, and outright purchases of surplus materials. The scope spans confiscated weaponry exchanged for new equipment, scrap metals including heavy melt and shredded steel sourced from landfills, and electronics recycling comprising freezers, air conditioning units, computers, monitors, televisions, and lead-acid batteries. Vendors typically must hold federal and state licensing (Federal Firearm License for weapons transactions; hazardous waste transportation permits for electronics and metals recycling), provide roll-off containers and transportation services, and submit pricing on a percentage-of-market or per-pound basis with no guaranteed tonnage commitments.

Recent activity concentrates in Florida and Georgia. The Columbus Consolidated Government Police Department posted RFB No. 27-0010 on September 16, 2026, offering 306 used and confiscated firearms plus seven upper receivers for trade credit toward Heckler & Koch MR556 A4 SBR rifles, with sealed bids due October 14, 2026 at 2:30 PM ET; firearm inspections were available September 30, 2026 by appointment. The Escambia County Department of Waste Services in Florida issued two overlapping ITBs for recycled goods from Perdido Landfill—PD 25-26.102 (due August 6, 2026, with a mandatory pre-bid meeting July 30, 2026) and a re-solicitation PD 25-26.104 (due August 17, 2026)—each requesting vendors to purchase and haul scrap metals, electronics, and batteries on an as-needed or scheduled basis, with contract terms of thirty-six months plus two optional twelve-month renewals. Awards are made to the highest-responsive bidder for firearms trades and the lowest-responsive bidder for recycled goods, all on an all-or-none basis.