NIGP 71585: Textbooks: Pre-Kindergarten Thru 5th Grade (Includes Student and Teacher Editions)

NIGP 71585 Textbooks: Pre-Kindergarten Thru 5th Grade (Includes Student And Teacher Editions), an Item code, covers print and digital instructional materials for elementary grades, with state and local governments currently buying core curriculum adoptions (ELA, science, social studies, music, visual arts), specialized formats (braille transcriptions, reprints with customized specifications), open educational resources (OER) licensing and development, and catalog-discount-model bulk purchases of instructional materials and supplies. Recent solicitations span state education agencies, county and district school systems, and regional purchasing cooperatives, with buyers ranging from single districts to multi-state cooperative purchasing vehicles. Texas Education Agency, multiple Georgia school districts (Houston County, Newton County, Gwinnett County), Florida school systems including the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind, Buffalo Public Schools in New York, Tempe Elementary School District in Arizona, Cherokee County School District, and Hillsborough County Public Schools in Florida all solicited under this code between May and October 2026. Procurement vehicles include traditional RFPs for curriculum adoption, ITQs for reprints and specialized materials, RFIs for pre-adoption information gathering, and catalog discount bids (ICAT and TRAN model) that establish multi-vendor frameworks for ongoing purchase of instructional products at negotiated discount rates.

Geographic activity concentrates in Texas, Florida, Georgia, New York, and Arizona, with additional solicitations from Missouri, Utah, and Virginia. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Education Agency's RFP 701-26-027 (posted October 14, 2026, due November 13, 2026) seeking vendors to source, license, customize, and continuously improve PreK-12 OER social studies materials with a five-year initial contract term commencing May 2027 and potential two-year renewal; Tempe Elementary School District's RFP 270532 (posted September 30, 2026, due October 27, 2026) for comprehensive K-5 and 6-8 ELA core curriculum with digital resources and supplemental materials, requiring vendors' K-5 programs to appear on Arizona's Move On When Reading Vetted Core Program List and hold top-three-tier ESSA evidence-based ratings, with a five-year contract term through June 30, 2031; Houston County School District's RFP 27-012 (posted September 4, 2026, due September 25, 2026) for K-12 science curricular materials across elementary, middle, and high school spanning twelve high school course areas with a six-year adoption term (FY28 through FY34); and Hillsborough County Public Schools' ITQ 26109-EST (posted March 13, 2026, due April 3, 2026) for 1,500 units of a reprinted Grade 4 Exploring Civics text with text corrections and adjusted paper specifications. Texas also issued Invitation for Catalog Discount Bid ICAT2628 (posted October 19, 2026, due November 19, 2026) for percentage discounts on published instructional-materials catalog prices. Adoption RFPs typically evaluate on curriculum alignment, cultural responsiveness, differentiated instruction, technology integration, professional development support, and cost, with contract terms ranging from five to six years with renewal options. Regional cooperatives and state purchasing frameworks enable multi-district leverage and volume discounts on both standard curriculum products and specialized materials.