NIGP 48525: Cleaner, Tile and Grout

NIGP 48525 Cleaner, Tile and Grout is an Item code that captures state and local governments' procurement of consumable custodial supplies for facilities maintenance across school districts, educational cooperatives, and other public entities. The actual work being solicited spans floor care chemicals, detergents, disinfectants, cleaning compounds, floor seal and finish products, carpet shampoo, hand sanitizers, paper products (trash bags, paper towels), and related consumables for multi-facility districts. Issuing bodies are predominantly school districts and educational purchasing cooperatives, ranging from small districts serving under 6,000 students to large systems like Northside Independent School District in Texas operating 147 schools and support sites. School boards act as the primary purchasing vehicle; regional education service cooperatives like Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative in Texas also aggregate custodial supply demand across multiple member districts to achieve volume pricing and centralized vendor management.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, and Florida. Madison County Board of Education in Georgia posted an RFP on May 4, 2026, due June 2, 2026, for custodial supplies across eight facilities totaling 787,296 square feet, with awards weighted on contractor qualifications (20%), experience (20%), cost (15%), and other factors including references and delivery capability. Muscogee County School District in Georgia issued a competitive bid (due May 22, 2026) for 104 line items across five categories—cleaning chemicals, paper products, floor care supplies, tools, and can liners—with contract start July 1, 2026, and renewal options through June 30, 2029. Northside Independent School District in San Antonio posted RFP 2026-049 on March 3, 2026, due March 26, 2026, for custodial equipment on an as-needed basis with firm pricing across 147 facilities, explicitly requiring vendors to respond or lose future contracting eligibility. The School Board of Polk County, Florida, awarded its February 2026 custodial cleaning supplies ITB to nine vendors including Cypress Supply (46 line items) and Pyramid School Products (30 line items) for a total contract value of $242,309.49.