NIGP 52083: Taps, Shoe

NIGP Item 52083 Taps, Shoe covers replacement and repair taps — the replaceable heel and sole components affixed to work and dress footwear — procured by state and local jurisdictions for employee and inmate populations. State and local governments buy taps primarily through facilities management and procurement departments to extend the service life of issued work boots, dress shoes, and safety footwear rather than replacing entire pairs. The work typically involves either supplying bulk tap inventory to in-house shoe-repair operations or contracting with external cobblers and shoe-repair vendors to perform tap replacement on agency-owned footwear. Schools, corrections departments, public-works agencies, and municipal police and fire departments are among the primary buyers, though this Item code also serves state transportation, parks, and facilities departments that maintain uniform or protective footwear for operational staff.

The source provided contains no recent state or local contract opportunities, posted RFPs, RFQs, IFBs, or ITBs under this code, and therefore does not support characterization of geographic activity, issuing-body concentration, or representative recent solicitations.