NIGP 23241: Kits and Supplies, Crafts, Miscellaneous

NIGP 23241 Kits And Supplies, Crafts, Miscellaneous (Item) covers arts and crafts materials, craft kits, hobby supplies, and recreational supplies that state and local governments procure for distribution, classroom use, after-school programming, and community recreation. State and local issuing bodies soliciting under this code include city procurement departments, county and municipal school systems, and parks and recreation departments. Work is being solicited as requirements contracts with catalog-based discounting, term contracts for firm unit pricing on specified line items, and micro purchases for immediate supply needs.

Recent activity concentrates in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic regions. The City of Philadelphia Procurement Department has posted multiple micro purchase RFQs for craft kits and arts and crafts supplies in May and June 2026, each with a $43,000 contract ceiling and 365-day requirements-contract terms. The Marion County School Board, Florida, issued Bid 4150AM as an ITB for approximately 215 line items of art supplies for the Central Warehouse, with responses due by January 14, 2026, and a ten-month term from March through December 2026. The Dougherty County School System, Georgia, posted an RFP (PE64710NONST2027000000064) seeking catalog discounts on science supplies with proposals due April 28, 2026, and contract period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027. The Columbus Consolidated Government, Georgia, issued Request for Bid No. 26-0014 for arts and craft, hobby, and recreational supplies to support parks and recreation programming, with estimated annual purchasing of $30,000 to $50,000, responses due February 25, 2026, and a two-year initial term with three optional one-year renewals. Vendors typically must meet liability insurance minimums ($500,000 to $1,000,000 general liability), maintain ready warehouse stock for ten-day order fulfillment, submit pricing on an FOB Destination or prepaid-delivery basis, and comply with nondiscrimination and tax certification requirements specific to each jurisdiction.