NIGP 47080: Wheelchairs (Including Mobile Treatment Chairs)

NIGP 47080 Wheelchairs (Including Mobile Treatment Chairs), an Item code, encompasses motorized and manual mobility devices with specialized accessories and parts that state and local governments procure for rehabilitation centers, state hospitals, supported living facilities, parks departments, and special-education programs. Recent solicitations show purchasing activity spanning powered track wheelchairs configured for outdoor recreation, beach-access and standard institutional wheelchairs with mats, custom wheelchair evaluation and fitting services, durable medical equipment contracts integrating wheelchairs into broader assistive-technology portfolios, and high-volume component and parts procurement to sustain fleets of mobility equipment across state institutions.

State purchasing has been concentrated in Texas, with the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) appearing as a dominant repeat buyer across four recent solicitations—two for wheelchair components and accessories (IFB HHS0016869 and HHS0016869v2), one for custom wheelchair services including assistive technology professional assessments at a state supported living center (IFB HHS0016711v3), and one encompassing wheelchairs as a category within a broader five-year statewide durable medical equipment master contract (RFP HHS0017173). Outside Texas, the County of Orange (California) issued an IFB for three specialized beach wheelchairs and access mats due June 4, 2026 (posted June 29, 2026), and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department State Parks Division posted an IFB for five powered track wheelchairs with fishing and hunting accessories due July 16, 2026. Recent school district activity includes Garland ISD (Texas) requesting proposals for special education mobility equipment including gait trainers and lifting devices (March 2026) and Donna ISD (Texas) seeking special-education supply vendors on a catalog-discount basis with wheelchair and accessibility products among eligible items (April 8, 2026). HHSC solicitations typically carry 21.1 percent Historically Underutilized Business subcontracting goals and firm-fixed pricing with delivery constraints requiring daytime-window logistics. Historical annual contract values reported by HHSC for wheelchair parts and components range from $150,000 to $300,000 per fiscal year, and the five-year DME master contract ceiling is $5,000,000 across eleven geographic service regions and eleven DME categories statewide.