NIGP 42556: Partitions, Free Standing, All Types, Stock Sizes

NIGP 42556 Partitions, Free Standing, All Types, Stock Sizes (Item) covers partition installation, maintenance, repair, and replacement services that state and local governments procure for office environments, modular wall systems, restroom facilities, and specialty partition applications across their facilities. Recent solicitations show state and local buyers acquiring complete partition replacement projects, emergency repair and routine maintenance services under as-needed contracts, and renovation consulting that includes partition specification and design. Issuing bodies soliciting under this code include state military and defense agencies, county and municipal government offices, school districts, and city government administrative facilities. The Nevada National Guard facilities procurement, the Springfield elementary school bathroom partition replacement, and the Norcross City Hall restroom renovation RFI represent the core of recent activity. Sourcewell, the Minnesota-based cooperative purchasing vehicle, is actively aggregating demand across multiple counties and jurisdictions through a law enforcement equipment framework that includes partition components, broadening reach to thousands of potential government, higher education, K-12, and nonprofit entities across the United States and Canada.

Geographic activity centers on the Southwest (Washington state through the Sourcewell vehicle), Nevada, Massachusetts, and Georgia within the last four months. The State of Nevada, Office of the Military, solicited as-needed partition services (IFB 43ADGS3847, due May 21, 2026) across eight facility locations including Las Vegas, Henderson, Reno, Carson City, and Elko, with a four-year term and evaluation weighted heavily on technical competence (25 points), past government contract performance (25 points), and cost (20 points); bidders must hold Nevada Business License, applicable contractors license, and $2 million general liability coverage. The City of Springfield, Massachusetts issued an IFB (BD261167PUR02PUR01126533, due March 30, 2026) for bathroom partition replacement at Rebecca Johnson Elementary with an estimated contract value of $100,000 and a MWBE participation goal of twenty percent, subject to Massachusetts prevailing wage requirements. The City of Norcross, Georgia released an RFI (PE66780NONST2026000000041, due April 21, 2026) gathering design and material recommendations for restroom partition renovation, floating vanities, and urinal screens as part of a planned City Hall renovation addressing ADA compliance and water efficiency, with the RFI informing a subsequent formal RFP.