NIGP 35060: Flags, Safety and Warning (Any Color)

NIGP 35060 Flags, Safety And Warning (Any Color) is an Item code under which state and local governments procure personal protective equipment, safety apparel, and related warning and safety supplies for municipal departments on an ongoing, as-needed basis. The City of Bartow, Florida's recent ITB-CS for safety products, equipment, and supplies illustrates the scope: safety boots, vests, eyewear, first aid kits, gloves, hard hats, hearing protection, head protection, traffic safety equipment, and related personal protective equipment. All manufactured items must comply with OSHA requirements and carry UL listings where applicable. The code attracts municipal purchasing offices and city departments seeking catalog or retail discounts from vendors able to supply diverse safety inventories. Vendors typically compete on price discounts (minimum 10% off MSRP or retail list price in the Bartow case) and service reliability, including rapid delivery within two business days of order placement for regularly stocked items.

The City of Bartow ITB-CS, posted September 18, 2026 with responses due September 24, 2031, is representative of current activity under the code. The City intends to establish a Qualified Vendor List and award to multiple qualifying vendors rather than a single awardee, with contract term not to exceed five years expiring September 30, 2031. Vendors must maintain workers' compensation insurance with $100,000 per accident and $500,000 policy-limit minimums for disease, commercial general liability insurance of $500,000 per occurrence, and commercial automobile liability insurance of $500,000 per accident. Footwear vendors specifically must maintain a dispensing facility within 25 miles of Bartow or provide an approved mobile dispensing vehicle. The source contains no other recent state or local opportunities under this code, making geographic concentration and issuing-body mix assessment from recent activity not possible.