NIGP 20034: Hospital Wear, Professional

NIGP 20034 Hospital Wear, Professional is an Item code covering educational and occupational uniforms—scrubs, lab coats, work pants, coveralls, jackets, and related garments—that state and local governments procure for student programs, facility staff, and incarcerated populations. State and local agencies soliciting under this code include community colleges, county public works departments, sheriff's offices, and state environmental agencies. The work involves both standardized uniform procurement with volume pricing and specialized services such as silk-screening logos, weekly rental and laundry for laboratory coats, and acceptance of student vouchers as payment. Vendors must typically meet sizing ranges (XS to 3XL), provide material composition and brand specifications, submit to sampling and quality assurance, and comply with prevailing wage and local-hiring requirements where applicable.

Recent activity clusters in California and New York. Hudson Valley Community College posted BID4036 in May 2026 for student uniforms across five vocational programs (CNA, cosmetology, culinary, natural hair care, and phlebotomy), with sealed bids due June 22, 2026, requiring vendors within 15 miles of Troy to provide on-site sizing services and Net 30 invoicing. The County of Orange, OC Public Works solicited IFB0802929802SV in May 2026 for work pants, coveralls, jackets, and silk-screened t-shirts, with a five-year term and a not-to-exceed contract amount of $670,000.00; the County of Orange Sheriff-Coroner Department posted solicitation 0603006409CC for inmate underclothing and related items across three jail facilities, with a three-year initial term and automatic price preference for Orange County Local Small Business and Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise certified vendors. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife issued RFQ0000037854 in January 2026 for laboratory-coat rental, cleaning, and weekly delivery to two state laboratories in Rancho Cordova, with a two-year term and a not-to-exceed amount of $9,999.99.