NIGP 68020: Billies and Night Sticks

NIGP 68020 Billies and Night Sticks, an Item code, encompasses law enforcement protective equipment and weapons systems that state and local police departments and public safety agencies actively procure through sealed bids, RFPs, and cooperative purchasing agreements. The scope of work includes used and confiscated firearms offered for trade or credit toward new tactical rifles, body armor meeting NIJ standards with sizing and fitting services, and law enforcement equipment supplied through regional cooperative frameworks. Issuing bodies soliciting under this code include municipal police departments (Columbus Consolidated Government Police Department, City of Charlotte), county governments (Thomas County Board of Commissioners in Georgia), and regional cooperative purchasing vehicles serving multiple jurisdictions and public entities across state lines (Sourcewell, the State of Minnesota local government unit).

Recent activity spans Georgia, North Carolina, and Washington state, with two significant cooperative procurement initiatives through Sourcewell establishing contracting solutions available to thousands of governmental and public entities nationwide. Representative recent opportunities include the Columbus Consolidated Government Police Department's sealed-bid trade of 306 used and confiscated firearms plus seven upper receivers for Heckler & Koch MR556 A4 SBR 11" rifles with a response deadline of October 14, 2026; the City of Charlotte's RFP for NIJ-compliant body armor with sizing and fitting services due July 29, 2026; and Sourcewell's RFP #061626 for Law Enforcement Equipment with a June 16, 2026 deadline, structured to serve participating entities in Franklin County, Grant County, Grays Harbor County, Chelan County, and Yakima County in Washington, along with jurisdictions throughout the United States and Canada.