NIGP 34549: Gloves, Therapeutic

NIGP 34549 Gloves, Therapeutic (Item) encompasses both medical-grade and industrial protective gloves that state and local governments procure for worker safety, patient care, and clinical operations. Recent solicitations show demand spanning disposable medical-grade neoprene and nitrile gloves, leather work gloves, chemical-resistant gloves, cut-protection gloves, and oily-grip coated gloves sourced through both full-line medical supply distributors and direct procurement of specific branded models. Issuing bodies include county governments, state-operated cooperative purchasing alliances, and water resource departments; the Minnesota Multigovernmental Cooperative Purchasing Alliance (MMCAP), operating under the State of Minnesota Department of Administration, represents a major buyer aggregating demand across approximately 8,000 government members with approximately $300 million in annual collective purchasing power for medical supplies portfolio-wide. The code sees activity from municipal and county purchasing offices seeking multiple glove categories under blanket purchase agreements and two-year contracts, with a mix of sealed-bid (ITB) and cooperative RFP vehicles.

Minnesota and Florida represent recent high-activity states. MMCAP posted an RFP on June 12, 2026 (due July 20, 2026) seeking full-line medical supply distributors capable of serving twenty states or more with established order systems, minimum four years of domestic operations, and average monthly sales of at least $2 million; gloves and personal protective equipment are core to the scope alongside wound care, surgical instruments, and hospital furnishings, with proposals evaluated 60 percent technical and 40 percent cost, and awarded vendors paying a three percent administrative fee on all member purchases. Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners (Water Resources Department) issued a competitive sealed bid (ITB2600171) on March 2, 2026 (due March 23, 2026) for six categories of branded gloves—Mechanix leather, HyFlex oily-grip and cut-protection, AlphaTec chemical-resistant, and MicroFlex disposable medical-grade and nitrile models—under a two-year blanket purchase agreement estimated at $213,855.20, with delivery to four specified county locations within thirty days of purchase order.