NIGP 60582: Staple Removers

NIGP 60582 Staple Removers is an Item code encompassing desk and office accessories that state and local governments procure as components of broader office supply contracts. The scope includes individual staple removers and similar fastener-removal tools bundled within larger supply packages for classroom, administrative, and operational use. School districts and cooperative purchasing organizations dominate this code's activity, typically sourcing staple removers as line items within comprehensive office and desktop supply bids rather than as standalone procurements. Issuing bodies across this code include educational cooperatives and their member school systems, which consolidate demand to achieve volume pricing and standardized inventory management.

Cooperative Purchasing Agency (CPA), a Georgia-based non-profit cooperative serving 35 school systems, posted Bid 2027-006 on August 10, 2026, seeking office and desktop supplies with an RFQ response deadline of September 29, 2026 at 8:45 a.m. The solicitation encompassed approximately 150 line items—including staple removers alongside receipt books, envelopes, file folders, fasteners, writing instruments, markers, binders, and storage solutions—with estimated annual quantities ranging from 1 unit to 7,000 units depending on the product. Physical samples were mandatory for most items unless the bidder proposed CPA's currently carried brand or a previously approved brand. Pricing was quoted F.O.B. destination (CPA Warehouse, Cleveland, Georgia) with all delivery charges included; the contract period ran January 1, 2027 through December 31, 2027, with anticipated delivery within 30 days of purchase order issuance. CPA reserved the right to award items individually or in combination based on vendor relations, past performance, service, warranty validity, customer feedback, product performance, and brand changeover costs rather than lowest price alone.