NIGP 62540: Eyesight Testing Charts

NIGP 62540 Eyesight Testing Charts, an Item code, encompasses vision-screening and eye-testing equipment sold to state and local governments through both direct procurement and cooperative purchasing vehicles. The code sees activity from special education departments, health and human services agencies, county health systems, and multi-jurisdictional purchasing cooperatives that serve school districts and government members across wide geographic regions. Solicitations typically request catalog discounts on testing supplies and instruments, qualified distribution and service capabilities for ophthalmic equipment, and firm pricing across multi-year contract terms. Issuing bodies range from regional cooperatives managing spending across dozens of member organizations to individual county health departments—the latter often requiring vendors to be authorized manufacturers or distributors capable of providing both equipment and ongoing maintenance support.

Recent activity includes Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative (Kilgore, Texas) posting an invitation for catalog discount bids on special education supplies with an estimated two-year spend of $2,713,541 and a due date of October 1, 2026, and the County of Santa Clara posting an ITB for ophthalmic instruments, services, supplies, and accessories for its Valley Specialty Center Ophthalmology Department on a three-year term with bids due July 10, 2026. The Santa Clara ITB required all-or-none bidding and designated the vendor as a qualified distributor or authorized service provider for all listed equipment. Geographic activity spans cooperative procurement frameworks operating nationally (including through Sourcewell, a State of Minnesota local government unit) and regional procurement cooperatives in Texas, with recent direct county procurement in California. Vendors pursuing this code should expect multi-year terms, firm-price requirements, and in some cases the need to demonstrate both product distribution and ongoing service and maintenance capabilities.