NIGP 64050: Paper Products: Cups, Doilies, Napkins, Plates, Straws, Facial Tissues (Other Than Hospital)

NIGP 64050 Paper Products: Cups, Doilies, Napkins, Plates, Straws, Facial Tissues (Other Than Hospital), Item code, encompasses disposable food service paper goods and related supplies that state and local governments procure primarily for school nutrition programs, correctional facilities, state-supported living centers, and municipal operations. State and local purchasing offices are actively soliciting napkins, cups, food containers with lids, straws, paper plates, paper towels, toilet tissue, and facial tissues under this code—items typically ordered in bulk for warehouse stock or as-needed distribution to multiple service locations. School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, with recent activity from Polk County Schools and Lake County Schools in Florida, Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia, Clarke County School District in Georgia, the Georgia Educational Cooperative (serving 14 independent districts), and Northside Independent School District in San Antonio. State agencies procuring under the code include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (for state-supported living centers), the Illinois Department of Human Services, and the New Jersey Department of the Treasury. County and municipal buyers include Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (correctional facility), Hillsborough County, Florida (fire rescue), Reeves County, Texas, and the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut (school food services). The City of Fort Worth recently issued an RFP for seasonal and event supplies on an as-needed basis to multiple departments, with a 30% small-business participation goal and a five-year experience requirement.

Geographic activity clusters in Texas (HHS consumables for state-supported living centers, Northside ISD, Fort Worth RFP, and Reeves County), Florida (Lake County Schools ITB for $540,250 projected annual spend, Polk County Schools ITB for $1.465 million, and Hillsborough County fire rescue ITB for $765,679.84), Georgia (Hancock County and Clarke County school districts, and the multi-district Georgia Educational Cooperative), and a scattered secondary tier in Pennsylvania, Illinois, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Lake County Schools District issued ITB 26-0803-B-TF969 (due August 24, 2026, samples by August 20) for five paper product categories totaling approximately 13,700 cases annually, with local vendor preference eligibility and brand preferences specified (Cascades Pro Select, Victoria Bay, Pristine Clean) but alternate brands permitted with samples. Polk County Schools issued ITB 002RW0727 (due July 21, 2026) for 47 line items of school nutrition consumables with anticipated total bid value of $1.465 million and award by composite item groupings to the lowest responsive bidder. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission issued two recent solicitations for the Lufkin State Supported Living Center: IFB HHS0018082 (due October 23, 2026) covering 22 line items including napkins, straws, containers, and lids with seven-day delivery required, and IFB HHS0017872 (due August 25, 2026) for 20 line items with similar scope and renewal options through August 31, 2027. The New Jersey Department of the Treasury issued Bid Solicitation 26DPP01297 (due August 25, 2026) for 26 price lines of disposable food service items including paper coffee cups, soup bowls, trays, plates, and related supplies, consolidating prior contracts T0012 and T0012S with 15 items new to this solicitation.