NIGP 54563: Router, Electric

NIGP 54563 Router, Electric (Item) covers portable or handheld power tools used to shape, cut, or hollow wood and composite materials, which state and local governments procure primarily through cooperative purchasing vehicles and law enforcement equipment frameworks. The code sees activity from county procurement offices, state cooperative units, and special-purpose districts that bundle tool procurement into broader equipment solicitations. Electric routers in recent state and local buys typically support facilities maintenance, custodial operations, fleet and equipment repair shops, and specialized law enforcement or emergency-response equipment outfitting — though the specific demand signal remains diffuse across issuing jurisdictions.

Sourcewell, a Minnesota-based local government cooperative, issued RFP #061626 on May 12, 2026 (due June 16, 2026) for Law Enforcement Equipment on behalf of participating entities including Franklin County, Grant County, Grays Harbor County, Chelan County, and Yakima County in Washington state, with the contracting solution available to thousands of governmental agencies, higher education institutions, K-12 school districts, nonprofits, and tribal governments throughout the United States and Canada. This cooperative purchasing framework represents the dominant recent signal under the code — activity is concentrated in multi-jurisdictional cooperative procurement rather than individual agency RFQs or ITBs. No other standalone electric router solicitations appear in current state and local records, indicating that the code is pursued primarily as a line item within larger equipment or facilities-maintenance cooperative agreements rather than as a standalone procurement action.