NIGP 51020: Bag Holders, Baskets, Carts, and Trucks

NIGP 51020 Bag Holders, Baskets, Carts, and Trucks, an Item code, encompasses the supply of bags and related containers for waste management and law enforcement applications in state and local government operations. The recent solicitation activity shows state and local bodies procuring polyethylene trash and recycling bags in bulk quantities, with specifications for film thickness, dart impact strength, and closure mechanisms, alongside law enforcement equipment containers through cooperative purchasing vehicles. Issuing bodies soliciting under this code include municipalities (City of Richardson), county governments (Franklin, Grant, Grays Harbor, Chelan, and Yakima counties in Washington), and cooperative purchasing intermediaries serving thousands of governmental agencies, school districts, and tribal governments across multiple states and Canada. The work being bought reflects operational purchasing for routine facility and departmental operations, with vendors expected to meet industry testing standards, demonstrate municipal supply experience, and provide reliable fulfillment under annual requirements or framework agreements.

The City of Richardson posted an RFP (Solicitation 70526) on May 21, 2026 for an annual requirements contract covering recycle and trash bags in four polyethylene types with annual quantities ranging from 100 to 35,000 rolls across 12 line items, with proposals due June 16, 2026; the City weights proposal price (30 points), qualifications and experience (30 points), specification compliance and added value (30 points), and reputation and references (10 points), requiring proposers to demonstrate minimum five years' experience supplying similarly sized municipalities. Sourcewell, acting as a Minnesota local government unit and service cooperative, issued an RFP (#061626) on May 12, 2026 for Law Enforcement Equipment on behalf of participating entities including multiple Washington counties, with proposals due June 16, 2026 at 3:30 p.m. Central Time through the Sourcewell Procurement Portal; the resulting award will establish a cooperative contracting framework available to thousands of public entities across the United States and Canada. Recent activity concentrates in Texas and Washington, with the Richardson opportunity representing municipal-level commodity procurement and the Sourcewell vehicle showing broader regional and multi-jurisdictional cooperative purchasing interest in standardized law enforcement supply contracts.