NIGP 48573: Protectant (for Furniture, Carpet, Fabrics, etc.)

NIGP 48573 Protectant (For Furniture, Carpet, Fabrics, Etc.), an Item code, encompasses carpet cleaning, maintenance, and protection services that state and local governments procure for facility management across schools, municipal utilities, housing authorities, and water districts. Recent solicitations show demand for dry carpet cleaning with scheduled maintenance, emergency extraction services, carpet tile replacement with low-VOC adhesives, and related fabric and floor protection work performed at scale across multiple facilities or districtwide locations. Issuing bodies include independent school districts (Northside Independent School District in San Antonio, Muscogee County School District in Columbus), municipal utilities (Eastern Municipal Water District in Riverside County), community development authorities (City of Madison), and purchasing cooperatives serving member school districts and educational entities. School districts represent the most active buyer segment under this code, driven by districtwide custodial and maintenance contracts with annual renewal cycles.

Geographic activity concentrates in Texas, California, Georgia, and Wisconsin based on recent postings. Representative opportunities include Eastern Municipal Water District (EMWD) soliciting five-year districtwide carpet cleaning and maintenance services covering approximately 97,478 square feet across three Perris, California facilities, with a mandatory pre-proposal conference on May 20, 2026, and electronic proposals due June 2, 2026, under RFP3935; Northside Independent School District issuing RFP 2026-071 for custodial supplies with a June 4, 2026, deadline; the Community Development Authority of the City of Madison posting RFB #15050-0-2026-AH for carpet removal and replacement at Karabis Apartments with bids due July 17, 2026; and Muscogee County School District in Georgia soliciting competitive bids for custodial supplies and equipment spanning 104 line items with a May 22, 2026, deadline under solicitation 26-022. Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative in Texas manages a cooperative procurement for custodial supplies across member entities, with estimated total expenditures of $5,220,140 across the membership, demonstrating the scale of districtwide and multi-entity contracting under this code.