NIGP 50030: Folders and Folder-Stackers, Flatwork

NIGP 50030 Folders and Folder-Stackers, Flatwork is an Item code covering laundry equipment procurement and installation services that state and local governments buy for institutional facilities requiring industrial-scale flatwork processing. The scope of work includes acquisition of specific laundry folder equipment (such as small-piece folders), disinfection chambers, control systems, and accompanying turnkey installation services—equipment removal and disposal, delivery, uncrating and assembly, utility connections across water, gas, electric, drain, air, and steam lines, start-up, and operator training. State health and human services agencies are the primary issuing bodies under this code, soliciting replacements and upgrades for state-supported living centers and psychiatric hospitals that process institutional linens and flatwork at volume. The procurement follows rigid specification compliance—exact brand names and model numbers with no substitutions permitted without written approval—and requires firm fixed pricing on an F.O.B. Destination basis with freight prepaid and included.

Texas Health & Human Services Commission and the Department of State Health Services posted IFB HHS0016981 on February 12, 2026, seeking bids for laundry equipment procurement and installation across three state-supported facilities: Abilene State Supported Living Center, Kerrville State Hospital, and Richmond State Supported Living Center. The bid included two Chicago Ari Chicago Elite CT Small Piece Folders for Abilene, one Energenics Kartwasher with Quaternary Disinfection Chamber for Kerrville, one Energenics Quaternary Chemical Cart Disinfection Chamber for Richmond, and one control system backup unit for Richmond, with responses due February 3, 2026, at 10:30 a.m. Central Time. The anticipated contract start date was February 10, 2026, with an initial term ending August 31, 2026, and one optional one-year extension at HHSC's sole discretion. Bidders were required to comply with HUB subcontracting plan requirements if applicable and extensive state and federal certifications including suspension and debarment status, human trafficking prohibitions, E-Verify utilization, and Texas-specific boycott and artificial intelligence disclosure requirements. No contract value or incumbent vendor was identified in the solicitation.