NIGP 62520: Contact Lenses and Supplies

NIGP 62520 Contact Lenses and Supplies is an Item code that encompasses optical retail and dispensing services, including the provision and fitting of contact lenses and related optical products to state and local government populations. The code captures both the product supply side (contact lenses themselves) and the service delivery side (retail operations, dispensing, and professional fitting). State and local governments solicit under this code through county health departments, cooperative purchasing vehicles, and other public health or employee benefit programs.

Recent solicitation activity is sparse. Harris County posted an RFO (Request for Offers) for optical retail and dispensing services in September 2026, with proposals due October 2, 2026, though the notice provided no detail on service volume, facility locations, patient population, contract value, or performance terms. A second posting from Sourcewell in May 2026 on behalf of participating Minnesota and Washington counties was nominally a law enforcement equipment procurement but does not clearly align with contact lens supply or optical retail services. Geographic concentration cannot be reliably characterized from these two records; activity appears episodic rather than systematic across jurisdictions. The narrow recent opportunity set suggests this code sees light procurement activity at the state and local level, with demand driven by specific county health operations or employee vision-care programs rather than representing a persistent, high-volume market segment.