NIGP 49021: Dry Boxes and Glove Boxes

NIGP 49021 Dry Boxes and Glove Boxes, an Item code, covers specialized containment equipment that state and local governments procure for laboratory, manufacturing, and hazardous-material handling applications where environmental isolation is required. Dry boxes maintain controlled low-humidity or inert-atmosphere conditions for sensitive materials, components, and processes; glove boxes provide sealed enclosures with integrated hand ports for safe manipulation of hazardous, toxic, or reactive substances without direct exposure. State and local buyers include research institutions, environmental agencies, public health departments, university laboratories, and maintenance shops within transit authorities and public works departments. These procurements typically involve sealed chambers of varying sizes with integrated filtration, humidity control, or gas-exchange systems, often specified to meet particular contamination-control or safety standards.

The source provides no recent state and local contract opportunities under this code to characterize geographic activity, repeat issuing bodies, or representative solicitations.