NIGP 47583: Tissues, Body

NIGP 47583 Tissues, Body is an Item code capturing medical and occupational health products that state and local governments procure to support employee health and safety programs. Based on recent solicitations, the code captures occupational medical services and equipment used in workplace health surveillance, employee examinations, and law enforcement or public safety operations. Issuing bodies under this code span state transportation and ferries operations, county governments, and cooperative purchasing vehicles serving multiple jurisdictions. The Washington State Department of Transportation, acting through the Washington State Ferries, represents a direct-services user; Sourcewell, a Minnesota local government unit serving as a cooperative purchasing vehicle, facilitates law enforcement equipment procurement for participating counties and public entities across multiple states.

Geographic activity is concentrated in the Pacific Northwest and upper Midwest, with Washington State and counties in Washington (Franklin, Grant, Grays Harbor, Chelan, and Yakima) and Minnesota showing recent procurement momentum. Representative opportunities include the Washington State Ferries' RFP 20260825 for occupational medical surveillance services, due October 9, 2026, requiring physician-led baseline and periodic examinations across fourteen ferry system locations for shipyard workers, engine crew, deck crew, and asbestos team members; and Sourcewell's RFP 061626 for law enforcement equipment, posted May 12, 2026 with a June 16, 2026 deadline, structured as a cooperative contracting vehicle available to thousands of governmental agencies, school districts, and public entities throughout the United States and Canada. The ferries opportunity weights cost at 40 percent and non-cost capability factors at 60 percent, with contract award anticipated by November 30, 2026.