NIGP 65216: Bath Powder, Oils, and Soaps (Including Talc)

NIGP 65216 Bath Powder, Oils, and Soaps (Including Talc), an Item code, encompasses personal hygiene and grooming products that state and local governments procure for institutional use and resale through inmate commissaries, including antifungal powders, bar soaps, shaving creams, and related grooming supplies. State departments and criminal-justice agencies are the primary issuing bodies under this code, sourcing these commodities through cooperative purchasing vehicles and competitive bidding to supply correctional facilities and related state operations.

The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Statewide Procurement Division issued Invitation for Bids No. 304T-26-652A1.3 on June 2, 2026, soliciting personal hygiene and grooming products for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's Prison Commissaries Division. The IFB covered seven line items—antifungal powder, shaving cream, hairbrushes, antibacterial bar soap, panty liners, sanitary napkins, and tampons with cardboard applicators—quoted on a per-case basis with statewide delivery to five locations including Beeville, Huntsville, Rosharon, and Snyder, Texas. Respondents were required to submit firm, all-inclusive fixed pricing inclusive of shipping, handling, fuel surcharges, and a 1.5% Texas SmartBuy administrative fee, maintain commercial general liability insurance of $500,000 per occurrence, and provide mandatory sample submissions for each line item. The initial contract term ran through August 31, 2027, with two renewal options extending through August 31, 2029. The solicitation permitted respondents to identify Texas-manufactured goods, agricultural products, service-disabled veteran-owned business, and environmentally sensitive materials preferences, though no mandatory set-asides applied. Price adjustments were permitted only after the initial term based on documented manufacturer price changes.