NIGP 47588: Utensils, Sickroom: Aluminum, Enamelware, Stainless Steel, etc. (Bed Pans, etc.)

NIGP 47588 Utensils, Sickroom: Aluminum, Enamelware, Stainless Steel, Etc. (Bed Pans, Etc.), an Item code, does not align with the recent state and local contract opportunities identified in the source. The Washington State Department of Transportation's Washington State Ferries solicitation RFP20260825 (due October 9, 2026) procures occupational medical surveillance services—baseline, periodic, follow-up, and exit medical examinations for vessel and terminal workers—requiring a licensed physician board-certified in occupational medicine, with examinations conducted across 14 Washington locations and a two-year contract term with optional one-year extensions. The Sourcewell cooperative solicitation #061626 (due June 16, 2026) establishes a multi-jurisdictional contracting framework for law enforcement equipment available to thousands of public entities across the United States and Canada. Neither opportunity involves the purchase of sickroom utensils or medical equipment as defined by NIGP 47588.

The source provides no recent state and local procurement activity under NIGP 47588 itself. The two posted opportunities—one occupational health service contract and one law enforcement equipment cooperative—fall outside the scope of sickroom utensils and related equipment that the code describes. Without documented recent solicitations under this Item code, no geographic concentration, issuing-body pattern, or representative procurement activity can be characterized from current market data.