NIGP 65264: Razors and Blades, Electric

NIGP 65264 Razors and Blades, Electric is an Item code under which state and local governments procure personal grooming equipment for educational and correctional institutional use. Recent solicitations show school districts and state correctional departments buying electric razors, trimmers, and related grooming tools as part of broader cosmetology curriculum supplies and offender canteen inventories. The work spans catalog discount bids for vocational training programs and blanket purchase agreements for institutional resale operations, with vendors supplying either complete product lines or specific categories of grooming equipment.

Issuing bodies include independent school districts in Texas and state correctional departments in Missouri. Donna Independent School District (Cameron County, Texas) posted RFP 011326894 on March 21, 2026, seeking cosmetology equipment and supplies on a catalog discount basis with an April 8, 2026 due date, intent to award multiple vendors, and a contract term of September 1, 2026 through August 31, 2027 with optional two-year extensions. The Missouri Department of Corrections issued IFB DOC-0000000035-SL in January 2026 for electronic items including razors and trimmers for canteen resale across nineteen facilities, with a February 24, 2026 due date, an estimated annual volume of $441,538, and evaluation criteria favoring Buy American compliance and service-disabled veteran business enterprises. Both opportunities require firm, fixed pricing with freight prepaid and delivered FOB Destination, compliance with state compliance documentation, and warranty coverage for manufacturer defects.