NIGP 48558: Furniture Polish

NIGP 48558 Furniture Polish, an Item code, covers custodial supply procurement — primarily consumable cleaning chemicals, paper products, floor care supplies, tools, and equipment that state and local governments buy for ongoing facility maintenance and operations. In practice, state and local buyers consolidate furniture polish into broader custodial supply contracts that include detergents, disinfectants, trash bags, mops, brooms, brushes, microfiber cloths, floor finish and seal, hand sanitizer and soap dispensers, and related consumables. Issuing bodies include school districts (the dominant buyer segment), municipal departments, and regional purchasing cooperatives that aggregate demand across member entities. School districts in particular use this code to solicit sealed bids or RFPs for supplies distributed across multiple buildings; contracts typically run one to three years with annual renewal options.

Recent opportunities span Texas, Georgia, and Florida, with school districts accounting for most activity. Northside Independent School District in San Antonio, Texas issued RFP 2026-071 for custodial supplies (due June 4, 2026); Madison County Board of Education in Danielsville, Georgia solicited custodial supplies under RFP CSUP 05-26 (due June 2, 2026) for eight facilities serving approximately 5,415 students across 787,296 square feet; and Muscogee County School District in Columbus, Georgia posted ITB 26-022 for 104 line items of custodial supplies and equipment (due May 22, 2026) with award scheduled for June 29, 2026. The School Board of Polk County, Florida awarded custodial cleaning supplies under ITB 022-TD-1226 (deadline November 6, 2025) to nine vendors for a total contract value of $242,309.49. Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative in Kilgore, Texas manages a catalog discount RFP (Bid CUS2223) on behalf of member school districts across Texas with estimated total expenditures of $5,220,140, demonstrating scale in cooperative purchasing. Vendors typically must carry general liability insurance ($500,000 to $2 million per occurrence), submit Material Safety Data Sheets, and comply with state-specific requirements such as E-Verify certification in Georgia or Green Seal environmental standards as in Newark's municipal procurement.