NIGP 08590: Ties for Bags and Cotton Bales

NIGP 08590 Ties For Bags And Cotton Bales is an Item code covering plastic and polyethylene bags used for waste collection and municipal operations. State and local governments solicit under this code for recycle and trash bags in bulk, with specifications covering film thickness, tear strength, closure mechanisms (wire ties, drawstrings, flaps), and color and size variants for different waste streams. Issuing bodies include municipalities and transit authorities. The City of Richardson, Texas issued an Invitation to Bid (ITQ) in March 2026 for an annual requirements contract covering twelve line items of polyethylene recycle and trash bags in blue, black, and clear with an estimated annual expenditure of approximately $300,000; successful bidders must maintain a physical business location within a 100-mile radius of ZIP Code 75080, meet ASTM testing standards for film thickness and impact strength, and provide a minimum of five customer references and documentation of at least three comparable municipal contracts completed within the past five years.

Recent activity under the code is sparse. The Richardson procurement represents the primary state-local opportunity in the most-recent block. Williamson County, Texas posted an administrative relocation notice in July 2026 unrelated to procurement. A separate March 2026 solicitation from the Agency for Community Transit (ACT), a division of the Madison County Mass Transit District in Illinois, included reusable shopping tote bags as one of eight promotional items, though tote bags were a minor line item in that mixed promotional-goods RFQ rather than the primary procurement focus. Texas shows the most recent active solicitation volume under this code; activity elsewhere is limited in the available records.