NIGP 68035: Chemicals for Personal Defense (Mace, etc.)

NIGP 68035 Chemicals For Personal Defense (Mace, Etc.), an Item code, encompasses personal protective equipment and defensive chemical agents that state and local law enforcement and public health agencies are actively procuring — though recent solicitations show the code is being applied to a broader range of public safety supplies than the legacy title suggests. Seminole County, Florida is procuring naloxone and drug deactivation systems through competitive bidding, while Rockland County, New York is establishing contracts for live ammunition, less-lethal ammunition, and less-lethal gases and grenades available to law enforcement agencies statewide. The code attracts issuing bodies across multiple governance tiers: county procurement offices (Seminole, Rockland), municipal governments (Charlotte), state departments (New Jersey), and cooperative purchasing vehicles (Sourcewell, Minnesota). Most recent opportunities name law enforcement equipment more broadly, suggesting that personal defense chemicals and protective gear are bundled with ammunition, body armor, and detection systems under unified statewide or regional contracts rather than solicited in isolation.

Geographic activity concentrates in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic — Florida, North Carolina, New Jersey, and New York — with cooperative purchasing participation extending opportunities beyond individual jurisdictions. The Seminole County solicitation (IFB60459723LAS, due July 26, 2023) is the most narrowly focused toward the chemical code itself, requesting 1,900 units of naloxone and 800 safe drug deactivation systems annually with quarterly deliveries, while the Rockland County procurement (RFBRC2026035, due April 23, 2026) bundles less-lethal chemicals and grenades into a three-lot RFB alongside ammunition, establishing cooperative contracts available to other New York political subdivisions. The State of New Jersey's statewide bid (26DPP01263, due June 24, 2026) structures law enforcement equipment across nine product categories with hardware and service price lines, extending contracts to more than 2,800 cooperative purchasing participants through NJSTART, and includes Small Business Enterprise and Disabled Veterans-Owned Business set-aside preferences applied during mini-bid evaluation. The City of Charlotte's RFP (2692026221, due July 29, 2026) focuses on NIJ-compliant body armor for sworn officers, while Sourcewell's April 2026 solicitation (26RFP061626, due June 16, 2026) seeks law enforcement equipment proposals for its statewide network without disclosing specific scope details.