NIGP 20013: Children's Clothing

NIGP 20013 Children's Clothing, an Item code, covers apparel and accessories that state and local governments buy for students, including t-shirts, polos, hats, activewear, jackets, sweatshirts, and athletic uniforms, often paired with customization services such as screen printing and embroidery. School districts represent the primary customer base for this code, procuring clothing and spirit wear to support student programs, athletics, and district-wide needs across multiple campuses. Vendors competing under this code typically supply blank apparel from published catalogs, offer tiered discount structures, provide online ordering portals, and deliver customization services with standard and expedited turnaround times. Award structures vary—districts may consolidate purchasing to a single vendor or build multi-vendor panels to ensure product variety and service redundancy, with pricing, quality, delivery speed, and customization capability driving selection.

Recent activity centers in Texas, where Temple Independent School District issued RFP 006-27 on September 1, 2026, seeking apparel and accessories with screen printing and embroidery for its 15 campuses and approximately 8,700 students, with proposals due October 6, 2026, and Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District posted an RFP for spirit apparel and promotional items due June 30, 2027. Both solicitations establish multi-year contracts with renewal options and use electronic procurement portals for submission. No minimum purchase volumes are guaranteed, and districts reserve the right to award by line item or vendor based on best value rather than low bid alone. Funding is contingent on available appropriations with no guaranteed expenditure floors.