NIGP 345: First Aid and Safety Equipment and Supplies, Except Nuclear and Welding

NIGP 345 First Aid and Safety Equipment and Supplies, Except Nuclear and Welding is a Class code under which state and local governments procure personal protective equipment (PPE), respiratory protection, safety apparel, first aid supplies, emergency response gear, and related safety commodities for public safety agencies, facilities, and workforce compliance. The mix of issuing bodies includes county fire rescue departments, municipal police and fire services, school districts, transit authorities, county health agencies, and state procurement offices. Counties and cities dominate recent activity, with Hillsborough County (Florida), San Mateo County (California), the City of Tucson (Arizona), and the City of Bartow (Florida) posting multiple opportunities. Work being solicited ranges from narrow, category-specific buys—such as San Mateo County's IFB 2027IFB00042 for 77 Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) units and related components (due August 28, 2026) and Hillsborough County's ITB 26-00380 for bunker gear cleaning and maintenance services for 2,800 sets at an estimated $1.156 million over two years—to broad master agreements encompassing dozens of safety product lines. The City of Tucson's RFP 260177 exemplifies the latter, seeking a one-year annual requirements contract for police uniforms, ballistic shields, and fire body armor with an estimated annual value of $300,000, extended through cooperative purchasing to national volume of approximately $10 million. Citywide consolidated safety supply arrangements, such as the City of Bartow's ITB-CS for multi-vendor QVL awards of safety boots, vests, eyewear, first aid kits, gloves, hard hats, and hearing protection with minimum 10% MSRP discounts, also appear frequently.

Geographic activity is concentrated in Florida (Hillsborough County, Marion County, Seminole County, the City of Bartow, Palm Bay, and other municipalities) and Arizona (City of Tucson), with secondary activity in Texas (Williamson County), California (San Mateo County), Kentucky (City of Owensboro), Maine, New Hampshire, Michigan, and other states. Recent representative opportunities include Hillsborough County's ITB 2600319 for janitorial and operational supplies to support 47 fire stations at an estimated $765,679.84 annually (due July 24, 2026), the City of Tucson's RFP 260148 for CPR and First Aid Training with a one-year term and up to four one-year renewals (due January 5, 2026), and the New Hampshire Department of Administrative Services' RFB 196-26 for one-time firefighting equipment including portable tanks, lighting, hand tools, and hydrant wrenches (due June 25, 2026). Award patterns favor lowest responsive and responsible bidders on ITBs and IFBs; RFPs typically weight method of approach, qualifications, and price. Most contracts require compliance with occupational safety standards (NFPA, OSHA, NIJ), E-Verify, drug-free workplace certification, and substantial insurance minimums. Delivery timelines range from same-day to 24 weeks depending on commodity and issuing body. Multi-vendor QVL arrangements and master agreements through cooperative purchasing vehicles (OMNIA Partners, TIPS-USA, Axia) are common, particularly for consolidated jurisdictional buys and state-level frameworks.