NIGP 54059: Plywood, Softwood (Spf)

NIGP 54059 Plywood, Softwood (SPF) is an Item code under which state and local governments procure dimensional lumber and sheet goods for construction and maintenance work. Recent solicitations show state procurement offices and cooperative purchasing vehicles buying exterior-grade plywood sheets meeting American Plywood Association standards — specifically B-B Exterior APA Douglas Fir stock in standard 4-by-8-foot sheets at 3/4-inch thickness — for use in capital projects, repairs, and ongoing facility operations. Issuing bodies include state departments (such as Maine), counties, and municipal or special-purpose entities participating in regional cooperative purchasing agreements. Sourcewell, a Minnesota-based governmental purchasing cooperative, has posted large multistate frameworks that make plywood and related building materials available to thousands of participating public entities including school districts, transit authorities, counties, and nonprofit organizations across the United States and Canada.

Recent activity concentrates in the Pacific Northwest and New England. The State of Maine posted an RFQ for B-B Exterior APA Douglas Fir 4-by-8-foot sheets at 3/4-inch thickness with a May 7, 2026 deadline, seeking two weeks of bid preparation time. Sourcewell's Law Enforcement Equipment RFP (#061626), posted May 12, 2026 with a June 16, 2026 deadline, names Franklin County, Grant County, Grays Harbor County, Chelan County, and Yakima County in Washington as participating jurisdictions in a cooperative procurement framework intended to serve a continent-wide network of state agencies, K-12 districts, higher education institutions, and tribal governments. Vendor responses route through the Sourcewell Procurement Portal rather than traditional state eBusiness systems.