NIGP 42028: Folding Chairs and Tables, Wood

NIGP 42028 Folding Chairs and Tables, Wood is an Item code that captures state and local procurement of classroom and institutional furniture sold through discount-catalog purchasing models. The code appears in solicitations where school districts, municipal parks departments, and educational cooperatives seek vendors to supply classroom furniture alongside broader educational supplies on volume-discount terms, with pricing negotiated as percentage discounts rather than fixed unit costs. Recent opportunities show a mix of issuing bodies — regional purchasing cooperatives managing statewide classroom furniture contracts, municipal parks and recreation departments acquiring furnishings for community programming, and cooperative purchasing vehicles like Sourcewell that aggregate demand across multiple jurisdictions. The work centers on vendor capacity to maintain adequate stock, meet rapid delivery timelines (typically ten days or less), and provide tiered pricing based on catalog discounts that absorb shipping and handling costs.

Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative, operating in Texas, posted a two-year catalog discount bid (CLSF2628) due May 26, 2026, for classroom furniture and supplies with estimated expenditures of $21,568,516 across the contract term and 62 vendors in the previous award base. Columbus Consolidated Government in Georgia issued Request for Bids No. 26-0014 (due February 25, 2026) for arts and craft, hobby, and recreational supplies through its Department of Parks and Recreation, with annual purchasing volume estimated at $30,000 to $50,000. Geographic activity appears concentrated in Texas and Georgia based on recent postings, with broader multistate reach through cooperative procurement frameworks like Sourcewell that serve participating entities across multiple states.