NIGP 20162: Pacifiers, etc. for Infants

NIGP Item 20162 Pacifiers, Etc. For Infants covers rubber and plastic pacifiers, teethers, and related oral-comfort devices for infants and very young children — a narrow consumable product line that rolls up into the broader Class 201 Infant and Toddler Care Products. State and local governments purchase pacifiers primarily through school districts, early-childhood and pre-K programs, Head Start facilities, and child welfare agencies that operate emergency shelters and foster-care intake centers. These are routine consumable replenishment buys, typically procured in small quantities through standing orders or cooperative purchasing agreements rather than formal competitive solicitations.

The source provided contains no recent state and local contract opportunities posted under this Item code. Activity under NIGP 20162 is sparse in the public procurement record, likely because pacifiers are low-dollar, commoditized purchases that most issuing bodies acquire through existing blanket orders, educational supply cooperatives, or retail channels rather than through formal RFPs or ITBs. When state and local buyers do solicit pacifiers competitively, they often bundle them into larger infant-care or classroom-supplies aggregations at the Class level rather than isolate the Item code.