NIGP 42558: Plastic, Polypropylene, Fiberglass Office Furniture: Chairs, Desks, Tables, etc.

NIGP 42558 Plastic, Polypropylene, Fiberglass Office Furniture: Chairs, Desks, Tables, Etc. is an Item code under which state and local governments procure modular office seating, workstations, task and guest chairs, storage cabinets, bookcases, classroom furniture, and related light-duty furnishings for administrative offices, educational facilities, and institutional settings. Recent solicitations span school districts acquiring classroom and office furniture packages, municipalities sourcing seating and storage for health care centers and administrative offices, and cooperative purchasing agencies establishing standing inventory agreements to serve member jurisdictions. Issuing bodies include state departments of education, county and city procurement offices, independent school districts, state facilities commissions, and specialized cooperatives like the Cooperative Purchasing Agency serving 35 Georgia school systems. The code sees active solicitation across purchase types ranging from micro purchases and small order purchases under $50,000 through full-scale RFPs for turnkey furniture-installation packages with value exceeding $50,000, with evaluation criteria often emphasizing delivery capability, installation quality, and warranty terms alongside price.

Recent activity concentrates in Georgia and Texas, with additional visible procurement from Pennsylvania, Illinois, and other states. Representative opportunities include the City of Philadelphia's October 2026 storage-boxes RFQ with an estimated value of $43,000 and response date of October 29, 2026; Butts County School System's September 2026 RFP for a complete commercial office furniture package for a new Board of Education office with best-value evaluation and proposals due September 30, 2026; the Texas Facilities Commission's September 2026 RFP for furniture and fixture packages serving the Texas School for the Deaf with five bid packages covering residential, classroom, and security components; Greene County School District's September 2026 cooperative purchasing award through TIPS for approximately $50,255.63 in agriculture lab furnishings; and the Cooperative Purchasing Agency's September 2026 warehouse-stock bid soliciting ongoing inventory across file cabinets, student desks and chairs, activity tables, and office seating for member school systems with annual estimated quantities ranging from 2 to 150 units. The code also attracts higher-education purchasing, as evidenced by the University of Houston's June 2026 ITB for task chairs and worktables explicitly referencing NIGP 42558 and 42086.