NIGP 04518: Cleaners and Sweepers, Hand-Operated

NIGP 04518 Cleaners and Sweepers, Hand-Operated is an Item code covering brooms, brushes, hand-operated sweeping equipment, and related cleaning implements that state and local governments procure for maintenance operations across schools, fire departments, county facilities, and specialized fleets. The code sees active solicitation from school districts and cooperative purchasing agencies, county governments, and municipal departments acquiring these items as consumable supplies within broader janitorial and operational supply contracts. State and local buyers treat hand-operated cleaners as components of larger custodial stock bids rather than standalone line items; the Cooperative Purchasing Agency (CPA), serving 35 Georgia school systems, bundled brooms and related equipment within a 60-line-item custodial supplies bid due September 30, 2026, and Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners similarly included brooms and brushes as part of 52 hand-tool line items in ITB-26-00285, with an estimated contract value of $715,540.41 over five years. Hand-operated cleaners also appear in regional cooperative purchasing catalogs: Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative in Texas issued a catalog discount RFP for custodial supplies (CUS2628) with an estimated two-year expenditure of $12,638,478.00 across member organizations.

Recent activity concentrates in Georgia and Florida, with secondary representation in Texas. The CPA custodial supplies bid (due September 30, 2026) serves school systems across Georgia with delivery to CPA's Cleveland warehouse; Hillsborough County Fire Rescue and general County operations in Florida issued competitive sealed bids (ITBs) for janitorial and hand tools throughout July and June 2026. Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative's Texas-based custodial catalog bid (due May 26, 2026, contract award June 18, 2026 through June 18, 2028) represents the largest identified opportunity by estimated volume. Vendors pursuing this code should expect to bid as authorized distributors on cooperative purchasing platforms or directly to county and school procurement offices; pricing typically must be firm, F.O.B. destination, with net 30 to 45-day payment terms, and new vendors commonly must provide product samples and references.