NIGP 47590: Utensils, Sickroom, Plastic (Bed Pans, etc.)

NIGP 47590 Utensils, Sickroom, Plastic (Bed Pans, Etc.), an Item code, describes plastic patient-care consumables and disposable medical equipment that state and local governments procure for healthcare, occupational health, and emergency response operations. The code encompasses bed pans, urinals, emesis basins, bedside commodes, and related single-use or semi-durable sickroom items used in clinical, field, and employee occupational health settings. Recent solicitation activity shows state agencies and cooperative purchasing bodies procuring medical surveillance and occupational health services that incorporate sickroom medical supplies and equipment as supporting inventory or consumable components within broader clinical service delivery contracts. Issuing bodies include state departments (notably the Washington State Department of Transportation on behalf of Washington State Ferries), county governments, and Sourcewell, a Minnesota local government unit and service cooperative that aggregates demand across multiple participating entities including counties, cities, K-12 school districts, and higher education institutions across multiple states.

Recent opportunities center in Washington State and the Upper Midwest through cooperative channels. The Washington State Department of Transportation solicited occupational medical surveillance services (RFP 20260825, due October 9, 2026) for ferry workers across 14 Washington locations, incorporating medical examination, record management, and related occupational health infrastructure where sickroom supplies and patient-care equipment support service delivery. Sourcewell issued a multistate Law Enforcement Equipment RFP (#061626, due June 16, 2026) as a cooperative procurement framework available to participating entities across Washington, Minnesota, and the broader United States and Canada, though the available solicitation materials do not specify whether sickroom or medical consumables are included as line items within that broader law enforcement equipment scope. Activity under this code remains limited in recent state and local contract postings.