NIGP 41585: Stools, Laboratory

NIGP 41585 Stools, Laboratory, an Item code, represents a narrow product category within laboratory furniture procurement, but recent state and local solicitation activity shows the code functioning as one line item within broader furniture and supplies catalogs rather than as a standalone purchasing category. State and local governments buy laboratory stools alongside classroom furniture, administrative desks, chairs, bookcases, and collaborative seating through district-level IFBs and cooperative purchasing vehicles. Issuing bodies include school districts (notably Northside Independent School District in Texas), regional purchasing cooperatives (Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative in East Texas), and statewide service cooperatives (Sourcewell on behalf of Minnesota participating entities and multi-state jurisdictions). The mix skews toward K-12 school districts and regional cooperative purchasing arrangements rather than county or municipal departments.

Recent activity clusters in Texas and the upper Midwest. Northside Independent School District issued IFB 2026051 for administrative, library, and miscellaneous furniture due April 8, 2026, covering executive desks, chairs, bookcases, filing systems, conference tables, and flexible seating across 83 elementary schools, 21 middle schools, 13 high schools, and support sites in Bexar County. Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative posted RFP CLSF2628 on June 23, 2026 for a catalog discount bid on classroom furniture and supplies with an estimated two-year expenditure of $21,568,516.00 and a response deadline of May 26, 2026 at 1:30 p.m. Central Time; the cooperative previously awarded contracts to 62 vendors and manages the electronic bidding system through https://purchasing.esc7.net. Neither solicitation names laboratory stools as a standalone line item; rather, the code appears to roll up activity within larger furniture catalogs awarded to multiple vendors on a discount-pricing or line-item basis with firm pricing, online catalogs, and net-30 payment terms.