NIGP 42088: Schoolroom Furniture, Wood: Cabinets, Chairs, Desks, etc.

NIGP 42088 Schoolroom Furniture, Wood: Cabinets, Chairs, Desks, Etc., Item code, encompasses classroom and administrative furniture that state and local governments procure for K-12 schools, including student desks and chairs, teacher workstations, collaborative tables, library shelving, storage cabinets, and specialized items for music rooms, science labs, and early childhood settings. School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, with activity also present from state corrections departments (millwork for new prison facilities), county education systems, and cooperative purchasing organizations serving multiple districts. Recent solicitations span elementary through high school facilities, with emphasis on turn-key delivery and installation services, design flexibility for flexible learning spaces, and accelerated timelines to support new school openings.

School districts in Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, and Delaware have driven the most visible recent activity. Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida) posted an Invitation to Quote on October 19, 2026 for 310 line items of Montessori classroom supplies with response due April 10, 2026. Jackson County School System (Georgia) released an RFP on October 15, 2026 for furniture procurement services across three schools with proposals due November 16, 2026. LEAD Public Schools (Tennessee) issued an RFP on October 9, 2026 for classroom and administrative furniture with an as-needed three-year term, mandatory pre-proposal conference on October 22, and proposals due November 9, 2026; the solicitation prioritizes vendors able to stage and deliver by June 30, 2027 for a new elementary school opening. Pinellas County Schools (Florida) is leading a cooperative purchasing RFP through CoreTrust Public Sector for nationwide furniture services across ten categories with 1,821 line items, originally due January 5, 2026, valued at approximately $20 million over five years. Smaller district procurements include Columbia County School District (Georgia) seeking music shelving and library media shelving through competitive RFPs, and Greene County School District (Georgia) leveraging cooperative purchasing through TIPS to furnish a new agriculture lab. The Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission is pre-qualifying millwork vendors for a new state prison facility with SOQs due November 4, 2026 and eventual installation June 2027 through February 2028.