NIGP 42061: Lounge Furniture, Steel, Outdoor

NIGP 42061 Lounge Furniture, Steel, Outdoor, an Item code, encompasses outdoor seating and related street furniture that state and local governments procure for transit facilities, parks, educational institutions, and public buildings. Recent solicitations show state and local buyers acquiring bus stop seating, park benches, outdoor chairs, commercial recliners for public safety facilities, solar-powered picnic tables, concrete gaming tables, and waste receptacles—often as part of broader campus, facility, or park infrastructure projects. Issuing bodies include city transit agencies (City of Tempe), county school districts (Clark County School District, Nevada), county public art boards (Summit County Public Art Advisory Board), state facilities commissions (Texas Facilities Commission), higher education institutions (Florida Southwestern State College, Christopher Newport University), county boards of commissioners (Hillsborough County, Orange County, Sarasota County), and university system operators. Activity spans single-unit or small-quantity acquisitions through multi-unit competitive procurements, with some jurisdictions using cooperative purchasing vehicles to establish term contracts available to subordinate entities.

Recent opportunities demonstrate geographic spread across Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Texas, Florida, and California. Representative recent solicitations include the City of Tempe seeking bus stop seating, trash receptacles, and bike hoops (RFP due October 21, 2026); Summit County Public Art Advisory Board requesting eight exterior commemorative benches for the Silver Summit Services Building with a maximum project budget of $52,000 and completion by June 30, 2027; Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners issuing an ITB for 100 commercial-grade recliners with an estimated contract value of $130,999.00 and a two-year term available to the Hillsborough County Governmental Purchasing Council; the County of Orange (California) issuing an IFB for park benches, chairs, gameboard tables, and waste receptacles for Mile Square Regional Park with delivery required by June 1, 2026 and local small business and disabled veteran business enterprise preferences; and the Texas Facilities Commission requesting furniture and fixtures for the Texas School for the Deaf with mandatory VetHUB subcontracting plan compliance. Cooperative purchasing appears active, with Orange County's contract available to other government entities and Sourcewell administering a law enforcement equipment cooperative that may include outdoor furniture components.