NIGP 23210: Beadcraft Supplies

NIGP 23210 Beadcraft Supplies, an Item code, covers beads, findings, stringing materials, and related craft components that state and local governments procure for educational programs, recreational activities, therapeutic services, and community enrichment initiatives. Public bodies use these supplies in school art curricula, senior centers, youth programs, library craft workshops, and institutional recreation—spanning elementary through secondary education, corrections facilities, mental-health and social-services agencies, and parks and recreation departments. The code captures both bulk commodity purchases of finished beads and specialized items such as seed beads, glass beads, metal findings, clasps, stringing wire, thread, and bead-storage organizational systems.

No recent state or local contract opportunities appear in the available records for this code. Activity under NIGP 23210 typically flows through small-dollar purchases, cooperative-purchasing agreements, and blanket orders rather than formal RFP or IFB cycles, making it less visible in public solicitation databases. Procurement offices in school districts and municipal recreation departments are the primary issuing bodies, but the fragmented, low-dollar nature of beadcraft-supply buying means vendors should monitor cooperative purchasing catalogs, state education procurement consortia, and award lists from school-supply cooperatives as primary sourcing channels rather than direct RFP responses.