NIGP 42507: Chairs, Wood

NIGP 42507 Chairs, Wood is an Item code covering wooden and wood-framed seating that state and local governments procure for convention centers, state facilities, parks, public libraries, and municipal buildings. Recent solicitations show demand for banquet chairs with heavy-duty specifications, solid wood dining and side chairs for supported living centers, vinyl-upholstered stackable theater seating, and outdoor metal-slat park furniture. The issuing bodies span convention authorities, state health and human services agencies, county parks and recreation departments, cities, and public libraries. Georgia World Congress Center Authority and Texas Health and Human Services Commission appear as recent buyers; Orange County, California; the City of Frisco, Texas; the City of Dodgeville, Wisconsin; and a Sourcewell cooperative purchasing vehicle (representing multiple Washington counties) also solicited under related furniture categories in the past six months.

Geographic activity centers on Georgia (8,000 to 12,000 banquet chairs for GWCC, RFQ PE92200RFQ2027000000086, due August 4, 2026), Texas (100 solid wood side chairs and 75 arm chairs for Denton State Supported Living Center, IFB HHS0017524, due July 6, 2026), California (20 modern metal-slat chairs for Orange County Mile Square Regional Park, IFB 012-3043003-2-LS, due April 22, 2026), and Wisconsin (furniture fixtures and equipment for Dodgeville Public Library, bid package due February 20, 2026). The Georgia solicitation requires MTS model 6578-HD-UL banquet chairs with firm, fixed F.O.B. Destination pricing and 12-year warranty; the Texas solicitation calls for Model 05009 and 05007 Classic Solid Wood chairs on a fixed-price contract through August 31, 2026 with potential one-year extension; Texas and Georgia both apply reciprocal preference and best-value evaluation with significant weight on technical merit and past performance. Orange County offers local small business and disabled veteran business enterprise preferences with up to 8 percent bid deductions. Communication restrictions are in effect on the Georgia solicitation; all submissions require firm, fixed pricing with no automatic price adjustments except under documented CPI or Federal Minimum Wage Rate increases.