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 covering hand soap products — bar, liquid, and powdered formulations with environmental certifications — that state and local governments procure as consumable supplies for operational use across facilities and departments. The scope encompasses purchasing these soaps on an as-needed basis to support day-to-day facility operations at fire stations, administrative offices, and other county infrastructure. Issuing bodies soliciting under this code include county purchasing offices and county departments managing large multi-facility operations with round-the-clock staffing; Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners has been active in this space, procuring janitorial and operational supplies including hand soaps for the Hillsborough County Fire Rescue Department.

Recent activity centers in Florida. Hillsborough County posted an ITB on July 7, 2026 (ITB2600319, "Janitorial and Operational Supplies," due July 24, 2026) for consumable janitorial and operational supplies including hand soaps for 47 fire stations operating 24/7, with an estimated contract value of $765,679.84 for a one-year period; the contract is available to members of the Hillsborough County Governmental Purchasing Council. All products must 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, Florida. Pasco County, also in Florida, posted an RFQ on June 3, 2026 (RFQFP261004, due June 26, 2026) for as-needed supplies, though that solicitation centers on copper sulfate rather than hand soap and does not clarify whether soap products are included.