NIGP 62588: Telescopes, Surgical

NIGP 62588 Telescopes, Surgical is an Item code under which state and local governments procure optical magnification equipment for law enforcement and investigative applications. The recent solicitation activity shows that surgical telescopes and related optical equipment are being acquired as components of broader law enforcement equipment packages rather than as standalone medical instrumentation. Issuing bodies include county governments, state cooperative purchasing vehicles, and multi-jurisdictional public entities leveraging cooperative procurement frameworks to aggregate demand across police, investigation, and tactical units.

Sourcewell, a Minnesota local government unit and service cooperative, issued RFP #061626 on May 12, 2026 with a response deadline of June 16, 2026 to establish a law enforcement equipment contracting solution for its Participating Entities, including Franklin County, Grant County, Grays Harbor County, Chelan County, and Yakima County in Washington state, along with numerous other jurisdictions throughout the United States and Canada. The resulting contracts are structured to serve thousands of governmental agencies, higher education institutions, K-12 school districts, nonprofit organizations, tribal governments, and other public entities through a participating addendum framework that allows flexibility in contract deployment. Proposals were submitted exclusively through the Sourcewell Procurement Portal with no set-aside designations, disadvantaged enterprise restrictions, or specific award values disclosed in the available documentation.