NIGP 50095: Washing Machines

NIGP 50095 Washing Machines is an Item code encompassing the purchase, lease, installation, and maintenance of commercial and residential laundry equipment — from individual units to distributed systems — used across housing, detention, educational, and healthcare facilities. State and local governments procure under this code to replace aging equipment, expand resident or patient capacity, upgrade to energy-efficient models, and establish or refresh managed laundry services. Recent solicitations show a broad mix of issuing bodies: housing authorities (Salem Housing Authority, Massachusetts), county and municipal services (Gwinnett County Sheriff's Office, Georgia; City of Philadelphia), state correctional and human-services agencies (Massachusetts Department of Corrections, Illinois Department of Human Services), state universities (Western Carolina University, North Carolina; University of Wisconsin-Madison; University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee), and large public universities (Florida Atlantic University; San Diego State University via Aztec Shops Ltd.). A handful of jurisdictions appear multiple times in recent postings—Western Carolina University issued two separate IFBs for residential laundry equipment in February 2026, and the University of Wisconsin system posted two distinct appliance and laundry-services procurements. Work ranges from single-unit micro purchases (Philadelphia's $43,000 Speed Queen commercial washer via IFB) to full-service managed contracts spanning multiple campus or housing locations under three- to ten-year terms, with specifications increasingly calling for commercial-grade, energy-efficient, and ADA-compliant equipment.

Geographic activity clusters in the upper Midwest and Southeast, with recent high-profile solicitations posted by Florida Atlantic University (Florida, ITN, due February 20, 2026), North Carolina (Western Carolina University, two IFBs, due March 2 and March 10, 2026), Massachusetts (Salem Housing Authority IFB, due July 29, 2026; Massachusetts DOC RFR, due March 16, 2026), Illinois (Department of Human Services, due April 14, 2026), Georgia (Gwinnett County IFB, due July 6, 2026 with pre-bid June 25, 2026), and California (Department of General Services RFQ for SCBA and PPE washers, due April 10, 2026 for three CAL FIRE locations). Wisconsin, Oregon, and Pennsylvania round out the recent footprint. Representative solicitations include Gwinnett County's IFB for one BRAUN industrial washer and three UniMac gas dryers with delivery and installation within 90 days, mandatory bidders' conference June 25, 2026, and questions due June 26 at 3:00 p.m.; Florida Atlantic University's ITN for 152 high-capacity laundry units and 390 in-unit sets on a five- to ten-year lease with preventative maintenance and next-business-day service response, responses due February 20, 2026 via Bonfire; and Illinois Department of Human Services' bid for a 100-pound capacity rigid-mount washer/extractor operational by June 30, 2026, due April 14, 2026. Set-asides and preferences appear frequently: Massachusetts DOC requires a minimum 1% Supplier Diversity Program commitment to MBE, WBE, SDVOBE, VBE, DOBE, or LGBTBE vendors; North Carolina encourages HUB participation with a 10% utilization goal; California's RFQ is open to certified small business, disadvantaged enterprise, and veteran-owned applicants and requires Bidder Declaration disclosure of SB, MB, NVSA, and DVBE status.