NIGP 65265: Razors and Blades, Safety

NIGP 65265 Razors and Blades, Safety (Item) covers tactical personal protective equipment and cutting tools that state and local governments procure for law enforcement, public safety operations, and general municipal departments. Recent solicitations show demand for safety razor blades, hand cuffs, cuff cutters, tactical multi-tools, tactical flashlights, and broader personal protective equipment including safety boots, vests, eyewear, gloves, and hard hats. Issuing bodies include state attorneys general offices, municipal police and investigation divisions, and general city departments conducting procurement through both single-award invitation-for-bid (IFB) processes and open qualified vendor list (QVL) frameworks that award to multiple qualifying suppliers. Vendors must meet OSHA compliance requirements and UL listings where applicable, maintain firm pricing for the contract term, and deliver within specified timeframes, typically two business days or less for regularly stocked items.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas and Florida. The Texas Office of the Attorney General posted IFB 302-27-254855 on September 30, 2026, requesting tactical investigation equipment including 85 black tactical multi-tools, 10 black cuff cutters, 85 steel nickel-plated hand cuffs, and related tactical gear with responses due October 15, 2026, under a mandatory 10 percent service-disabled veteran-owned business subcontracting goal and Texas resident bidder preference. The City of Bartow, Florida issued ITB-CS on September 18, 2026, establishing an ongoing qualified vendor list for safety products and equipment across city departments, requiring a minimum 10 percent discount off current MSRP or retail list price, with contract term not to exceed five years expiring September 30, 2031. Vendors to the Bartow procurement must maintain two years in business, appropriate insurance (commercial general liability of $500,000 per occurrence minimum, commercial automobile liability of $500,000 per accident), and footwear suppliers specifically must operate a dispensing facility or approved mobile vehicle within 25 miles of Bartow.