NIGP 62544: Lens Cutting and Grinding Machines, Opthalmic

NIGP 62544 Lens Cutting and Grinding Machines, Ophthalmic is an Item code capturing equipment used to manufacture or modify optical lenses for eyewear and vision correction. State and local governments acquire this equipment primarily through cooperative purchasing vehicles and equipment procurements managed by regional or state-level purchasing authorities rather than through direct, high-volume individual solicitations. The issuing bodies leveraging this code include county governments, state agencies, and multi-jurisdictional cooperative purchasing entities that aggregate demand across law enforcement, public health, and administrative functions where optical services or equipment maintenance may be required.

Recent activity under this code appears minimal in the state and local marketplace. A single recent opportunity surfaces: Sourcewell, a State of Minnesota local government unit and service cooperative, issued RFP #061626 on May 12, 2026 for Law Enforcement Equipment, with proposals due June 16, 2026. The solicitation was structured as a cooperative procurement framework serving Franklin County, Grant County, Grays Harbor County, Chelan County, Yakima County, and numerous other jurisdictions and public entities throughout the United States and Canada, with the resulting contract(s) available for potential future utilization through participating addenda. No specific dollar values, set-aside designations, or award information was disclosed in available documentation. The narrow volume of recent opportunities and the generalized scope of cooperative equipment procurements suggest that lens cutting and grinding machines are not a frequent or independently targeted procurement line — activity under this code likely depends on incident-driven equipment replacement or specialized optical service expansion within local government operations.