NIGP 48686: Soap, Hand: Bar, Liquid, and Powdered, Environmentally Certified Products

NIGP 48686 Soap, Hand: Bar, Liquid, and Powdered, Environmentally Certified Products is an Item code under which state and local governments procure consumable hand soaps and related janitorial cleaning supplies for ongoing operational use. Recent solicitations show purchasing organizations buying heavy-duty soaps for transit operations, fire rescue stations, and public facilities on an as-needed basis under purchase-order and indefinite-quantity arrangements. The issuing bodies are transit authorities, county commissions, and county fire rescue departments operating across multiple jurisdictions and shift schedules.

Activity under the code appears concentrated in Florida, with recent solicitations from the Dallas Area Rapid Transit Authority (Texas), Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners (Tampa, Florida), and Pasco County (Florida). The Dallas Area Rapid Transit Authority posted an ITB for heavy-duty soap on a purchase-order basis with bids due August 3, 2026, requiring FOB Destination pricing with freight included and Net 30 payment terms. Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners issued ITB 26-00319 for consumable janitorial and operational supplies including hand soaps for 47 fire rescue stations operating 24/7, with an estimated contract value of $765,679.84 for one year and bids due July 24, 2026; the county requires all products to be new and unused in original packaging, with standard delivery within 10 days and emergency delivery within five business days to the Public Safety Operations Complex in Tampa. Pasco County solicited vendors for large copper sulfate crystals and liquid copper sulfate on an indefinite-quantity basis with proposals due June 26, 2026, though that opportunity lies outside the core soap category.