NIGP 44582: Tool Sets, All Kinds

NIGP 44582 Tool Sets, All Kinds, an Item code, encompasses tactical and professional-grade hand tools, power tools, multi-tools, and specialized equipment that state and local governments procure for law enforcement, fire rescue, public works, and fleet maintenance operations. Recent solicitations show demand for complete master tool sets designed for garage and fleet work, individual hand and power tools, tactical equipment for investigators, janitorial and operational supplies that include hand tools as components, and diagnostic tools for vehicle maintenance. Issuing bodies span state procurement offices coordinating multi-agency cooperative purchasing systems, state law enforcement agencies, county boards of commissioners, and fire rescue departments. The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, the Texas Office of the Attorney General, and Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners appear as active recent buyers in this code.

Geographic activity centers on Texas and Florida based on recent postings. The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts issued Invitation for Bid No. 304T-26-445A1 in June 2026 for master tool sets and individual tools through the Texas SmartBuy cooperative purchasing system, specifying minimum seven years' experience in professional-grade mechanic tools and statewide distribution capability, with responses due June 11, 2026. The Texas Office of the Attorney General solicited tactical equipment including multi-tools, breaching kits, flashlights, hand cuffs, and helmet light systems under IFB 302-27-254855 with a mandatory ten percent service-disabled veteran-owned business subcontracting goal and Texas resident bidder preference, with responses due October 15, 2026. Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners issued two separate ITBs in mid-2026: ITB-26-00285 for hand tools with an estimated contract value of $715,540.41 over five years (bids due June 23, 2026), and ITB-26-00319 for janitorial and operational supplies including tools for the Fire Rescue Department with an estimated value of $765,679.84 for one year (bids due July 24, 2026).