NIGP 53050: Duffle and Tote Bags

NIGP 53050 Duffle and Tote Bags, an Item code, encompasses soft-sided carrying bags and storage products that state and local governments procure for departmental distribution, employee use, operational supply, and public-facing program support. Recent solicitations show scope ranging from specialty rolling teacher bags with file organization to generic bulk tote bags for municipal tree-distribution initiatives to embroidered items for departmental branding and identity. Issuing bodies soliciting under this code span cities of varying size—Philadelphia, Dallas, San Antonio, and Richardson—and at least one county government, the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners. The mix reflects operational and program-support purchasing from municipal procurement offices and county public-safety departments; no state-level or school-district activity appears in the recent record.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas and Florida, with the largest recent opportunity from Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners soliciting consumable janitorial and operational supplies (including tote and duffle-bag categories) through ITB2600319, due July 24, 2026, with an estimated contract value of $765,679.84 for one-year delivery to 47 fire stations. The City of Philadelphia issued micro-purchase B2727906 for fifteen rolling teacher bags with expandable file pockets and detachable trolleys, due September 11, 2026, open to all vendors with voluntary diversity and inclusion reporting. The City of San Antonio procured tote bags for Parks and Recreation Department tree-distribution programs, issuing Formal Invitation for Bids 6100019600 with a due date of April 27, 2026. Solicitations typically require FOB Destination pricing, new and unopened products, and electronic submission through municipal procurement portals; several stipulate no alternatives or substitutes accepted and reserve award discretion by line item or overall low bid at the issuing body's discretion.