NIGP 79585: Tables, Cloth Cutting and Sewing

NIGP 79585 Tables, Cloth Cutting And Sewing is an Item code under which state and local governments procure specialized work tables and surfaces designed for fabric preparation, layout, and garment construction. The code captures demand from vocational education programs, corrections departments operating prison industries, apparel manufacturing support services, and textile training facilities that need cutting tables, sewing stations, and related work surfaces engineered to support high-volume or precision fabric work. Issuing bodies include state vocational rehabilitation agencies, state departments of corrections, community colleges with fashion or textile programs, and school districts operating career and technical education centers. The code also serves special-purpose districts and municipalities operating or subsidizing textile and apparel workforce development initiatives.

No recent state and local contract opportunities under NIGP 79585 appear in the source. This Item code represents a narrow and specialized procurement category with episodic rather than recurring demand, typically triggered by facility upgrades, program launches, or equipment replacements within vocational institutions or corrections industries. Buyers in this code tend to source through direct purchase orders, cooperative purchasing agreements with education consortia, or vendor relationships established during multi-year facility modernization cycles rather than through competitive solicitations. Monitor specialized education procurement channels and state corrections industry supplier networks for activity; when opportunities do emerge, lead times for custom or semi-custom cutting and sewing tables often extend eight to twelve weeks.