NIGP 54564: Rubber Processing and Working Equipment

NIGP 54564 Rubber Processing and Working Equipment, an Item code, encompasses rubber products and equipment that state and local governments procure for operational and law enforcement applications. The single recent opportunity on file shows the code capturing law enforcement equipment procurement through cooperative purchasing vehicles, though the scope of rubber-specific products under this Item remains narrow in the recent record. State and local issuing bodies using this code include county governments and special-purpose districts that leverage cooperative purchasing arrangements to aggregate demand across multiple jurisdictions. Sourcewell, a Minnesota local government unit and service cooperative, has become a notable issuing mechanism for this category, structuring procurements to serve thousands of governmental agencies, higher education institutions, school districts, tribal governments, and nonprofit organizations.

Sourcewell issued RFP #061626 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 solicitation open to vendors nationwide and in Canada. The due date for proposals was June 16, 2026, 3:30 p.m. Central Time, submitted exclusively through the Sourcewell Procurement Portal. The procurement was advertised under Washington state law (RCW 39.34) and structured to establish a contracting solution available to a broad spectrum of public entities. No set-aside designations, award values, or specific budget ranges appear in the available documentation. The resulting cooperative agreement would allow selected vendors to serve multiple participating jurisdictions and entity types under standardized contracting terms through Sourcewell's framework agreement.