NIGP 42028: Folding Chairs and Tables, Wood

NIGP 42028 Folding Chairs And Tables, Wood is an Item code describing wooden furniture for institutional settings that state and local governments procure primarily for classroom and meeting-space use. The work being solicited under this code centers on catalog-discount supply arrangements for educational furniture, where vendors provide bulk access to product lines at negotiated discounts rather than fixed unit pricing. State and local purchasers — particularly school districts and regional purchasing cooperatives — use this code to stock classrooms, multipurpose facilities, and training environments with movable seating and table systems. Issuing bodies include regional educational cooperatives (such as Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative in Texas), county governments, and school districts that leverage cooperative purchasing vehicles to aggregate demand and negotiate volume pricing with vendors.

Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative in Texas posted a significant classroom furniture and supplies RFP (CLSF2628, due May 26, 2026) with estimated total expenditures of $21,568,516.00 over a two-year contract term, indicating substantial activity in this code within the education sector. The solicitation structure — emphasizing catalog discounts, net payment terms, free shipping availability, and flexibility in purchase-order acceptance — reflects how state and local governments manage ongoing consumption of institutional furniture rather than one-time capital buys. The cooperative reports 62 previously awarded vendors, suggesting an established and competitive vendor base. Activity under this code concentrates in regions with large public school populations and regional purchasing cooperatives that aggregate demand; Texas shows recent high-value procurement intensity. The code sees use across multiple states through cooperative purchasing frameworks that standardize terms and pricing across participating jurisdictions, enabling vendors to serve dozens of school districts and county facilities through a single award.