NIGP 18020: Bacteriostats and Germicides (Except Quaternary Ammonium Type)

NIGP 18020 Bacteriostats and Germicides (Except Quaternary Ammonium Type), an Item code, covers disinfectants, antimicrobial agents, and sterilizing compounds that state and local governments procure for law enforcement, public health, facilities maintenance, and institutional use. Recent solicitations under this code reflect purchasing for equipment decontamination, facility sanitation, and operational hygiene protocols across police departments, county facilities, and school districts. The issuing-body mix spans state cooperative purchasing vehicles, county governments, municipal public-safety departments, and school districts buying as members of cooperative contracting frameworks.

Sourcewell, a Minnesota local government cooperative, posted RFP #061626 on May 12, 2026 (response due June 16, 2026) to establish a law enforcement equipment contracting solution available to participating entities across Washington state (including Franklin, Grant, Grays Harbor, Chelan, and Yakima counties) and hundreds of other public jurisdictions throughout the United States and Canada. The solicitation structure reserves resulting contracts for future use by thousands of governmental agencies, higher education institutions, K-12 school districts, nonprofit organizations, and tribal governments through participating addenda. This cooperative purchasing vehicle demonstrates the typical procurement pattern under this code: state and local buyers consolidate demand through framework agreements to standardize purchasing terms and leverage collective volume, with responses submitted through the Sourcewell Procurement Portal by June 16, 2026 at 3:30 p.m. Central Time.