NIGP 41555: Furniture, Laboratory (Custom Made)

NIGP 41555 Furniture, Laboratory (Custom Made) is an Item code covering testing, certification, and related services for laboratory equipment such as chemical fume hoods, biological safety cabinets, and laminar flow hoods rather than the fabrication or sale of custom laboratory furniture itself. State and local governments soliciting under this code are primarily cities and counties purchasing certification and compliance testing to ensure laboratory equipment meets safety and performance standards. The City of Philadelphia has posted multiple solicitations for ISO 17025-accredited testing and certification services covering airflow velocity tests, HEPA filter leak tests, and worker comfort and safety evaluations performed to NSF/ANSI Z9.5 and 49-2002 standards, with vendors responsible for adjusting equipment to specification at no additional charge and providing repair cost estimates when recertification is not feasible.

The recent activity under this code concentrates in Texas and Pennsylvania. Philadelphia issued two testing and certification solicitations in July 2026—one micro purchase (B2727637, due August 3, 2026) and one small order purchase (B2727471, due July 13, 2026) for the same scope of work, each covering ducted, ductless, fuming chemical fume hoods, biological safety cabinets, drying cabinets, and laminar flow hoods. Both Philadelphia contracts run July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027, with the small order purchase capped at $99,000 and renewal options for up to three additional one-year periods; vendors must maintain ISO 17025 accreditation and carry general liability insurance of $500,000 per occurrence naming the City as additional insured. The source includes one unrelated classroom furniture solicitation (Klein ISD, Solicitation 26105) and one law enforcement equipment solicitation (Sourcewell RFP 061626) that do not align with the NIGP code definition and appear to be indexing errors in the data.