NIGP 42009: Cafeteria Furniture, Booths

NIGP 42009 Cafeteria Furniture, Booths (Item code) covers movable seating and dining infrastructure that state and local governments install in school cafeterias, college dining facilities, and public library commons areas. Recent solicitations show school districts and colleges procuring mobile folding booths, ergonomic dining chairs in multiple styles, round and rectangular laminate-top tables sized for four to twelve seats, mobile tables with attached seating, and waste and recycling receptacles to outfit new or renovated dining spaces. The issuing bodies are primarily K–12 school districts and community colleges, often coordinating purchases through cooperative procurement agreements or partnering with education cooperatives to achieve volume pricing. Representative work includes Hattiesburg Public School District (Mississippi) seeking 534 seats of cafeteria dining furniture with mobile booths and tables in an electronic reverse auction format (ITB, due June 5, 2026); Klein Independent School District requesting electronic proposals for classroom and non-classroom furniture; Cherokee County School District partnering with the Georgia Education Cooperative to solicit interior design and materials for K–12 cafeteria serving lines (RFP, due May 7, 2026); and Mt. San Antonio College procuring comprehensive FF&E for a new 273,000-square-foot Technology and Health Building with a domestic-manufacturing preference (RFP, due August 15, 2025).

Geographic activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, Mississippi, and California based on recent opportunities. Contracts typically span one to three years with optional renewals; cafeteria furniture solicitations often bundle installation, training, furniture removal, and site cleanup into a single award. Bidders commonly face insurance requirements (commercial general liability of $1 to $2 million per occurrence, workers' compensation at statutory limits, performance and bid bonds for contracts exceeding $50,000), compliance with prevailing wage or Davis-Bacon provisions when federal funding applies, and ADA accessibility standards for all seating. Payment terms are net 30 to net 40 from invoice. The code sees steady activity from school districts managing facility upgrades and capital projects; cooperative purchasing vehicles such as education cooperatives and Sourcewell are common vehicles for aggregating demand across multiple jurisdictions.