NIGP 62520: Contact Lenses and Supplies

NIGP 62520 Contact Lenses And Supplies, an Item code, encompasses corrective and protective eyewear products that state and local governments procure for law enforcement, public health, correctional, and occupational-safety programs. The scope includes contact lenses, lens solutions, cases, and related optical supplies distributed through government health clinics, police departments, and employee wellness initiatives. Issuing bodies range across state health departments, county sheriffs' offices, municipal police departments, and correctional facilities. Sourcewell, a Minnesota local government cooperative purchasing unit, issued RFP #061626 on May 12, 2026 (response due June 16, 2026) seeking law enforcement equipment vendors to serve its Participating Entities—a network spanning Franklin County, Grant County, Grays Harbor County, Chelan County, and Yakima County in Washington, plus thousands of additional governmental agencies, higher education institutions, school districts, tribal governments, and nonprofits throughout the United States and Canada through a cooperative framework.

The recent Sourcewell solicitation reflects the code's application within consolidated multi-jurisdiction purchasing vehicles that standardize terms across dispersed end-users rather than a single issuing body. The RFP structure allows selected vendors to serve a broad public-sector spectrum under unified contracting terms, with submissions required exclusively through the Sourcewell Procurement Portal at proportal.sourcewell-mn.gov. No specific budget, set-aside designations, or incumbent vendor information appears in the available documentation. Geographic activity centers on the Pacific Northwest and upper Midwest through the Sourcewell network, though the cooperative's reach extends across the continental United States and Canada.