NIGP 17568: Plastic Ware, All Types

NIGP 17568 Plastic Ware, All Types is an Item code encompassing laboratory consumables—plastic vials, caps, reagent containers, sampling equipment, glassware, and related supplies—that state and local agencies procure to support water quality testing, environmental compliance, and disease surveillance work. Recent solicitations show state health departments and municipal utilities buying these items both as standalone consumable supplies tied to validated testing methodologies and bundled within broader laboratory services contracts. The issuing bodies span state departments (Oregon State Procurement, Florida Department of Health, California Department of Food and Agriculture) and municipal utilities (City of Palm Bay, Florida), with environmental and public health missions driving the volume. Procurement approaches vary: some agencies issue standalone RFQs for specific manufacturer products (such as IDEXX reagents and Revvity Janus supplies), others embed plasticware and consumables within large ITB contracts for comprehensive laboratory testing services, and still others procure vials and caps as discrete items to support specialized programs like Medfly eradication.

Activity concentrates in Florida and California, with recent opportunities posted in March and June 2026. The City of Palm Bay issued ITB 19ITB26 in April 2026 (with a March 17, 2026 bid deadline) for laboratory testing services encompassing 188 line items including plasticware and consumables across water, wastewater, and industrial pretreatment testing, with three bids ranging from $80,872 to $107,946 annually. The Florida Department of Health posted two single-source procurement notices (SS15309 and SS15284) in March 2026 seeking IDEXX Colilert and Enterolert reagents and supplies, with estimated values of $75,000 (one-year term) and $204,771.60 (initially three years, amended to one year as of March 13, 2026). The California Department of Food and Agriculture issued RFQ P25-1173 in February 2026 (due March 12, 2026) for 150,000 DRAM vials and 175,000 red polyethylene caps to support Medfly control, with awards made on an all-or-none basis to the lowest-cost responsive bidder. The Oregon State Procurement office posted a Special Procurement Notice in June 2026 seeking direct purchase of Revvity Janus consumable supplies as a sole-source exception under state procurement rules, with a protest deadline of June 16, 2026.