NIGP 47565: Pads, Sterile, Impregnated (for Topical Applications)

NIGP 47565 Pads, Sterile, Impregnated (For Topical Applications), an Item code, covers sterile wound-care pads and topical application products that state and local governments procure as part of broader medical supply portfolios. State and local procurement activity under this code appears limited in standalone solicitations; instead, sterile pads are bundled into full-line medical supply RFPs where they form one component of comprehensive wound-care and patient-care offerings. The Minnesota Multigovernmental Cooperative Purchasing Alliance (MMCAP), operating under the State of Minnesota Department of Administration's Office of State Procurement, explicitly listed wound care products as part of its medical supply portfolio in its June 2026 RFP, which sought full-line distributors capable of serving approximately 8,000 actively purchasing government members across the United States. Issuing bodies range from state procurement offices managing cooperative purchasing vehicles to county governments and other public entities that leverage those vehicles. MMCAP members collectively generate approximately $300 million in annual purchasing power within the medical supply portfolio, suggesting sterile pad procurement occurs at meaningful scale within larger supply agreements rather than through isolated buys.

The most visible recent opportunity is MMCAP RFP 37259 (Solicitation S1070000017226), posted June 12, 2026, with proposals due July 20, 2026, seeking medical supply distributors who can deliver wound care products including sterile pads to member jurisdictions nationwide. Respondents must demonstrate capacity to supply at least twenty states, maintain secure online ordering systems, and operate as full-line distributors with minimum four years of domestic operations and at least $2 million in average monthly sales. A separate law enforcement equipment RFP issued by Sourcewell (RFP 061626, due June 16, 2026) does not explicitly address sterile pads and represents a different procurement stream. Geographic activity centers on Minnesota-based cooperative purchasing vehicles that serve multi-state memberships, though the actual purchase orders would flow through individual county, municipal, and school district members across numerous states. Recent solicitation activity suggests firms pursuing this code should expect to compete within broader medical supply frameworks rather than as standalone sterile-pad vendors.