NIGP 79595: Recycled Sewing Room and Textile Equipment and Accessories

NIGP 79595 Recycled Sewing Room and Textile Equipment and Accessories, an Item code, covers refurbished or secondhand sewing machines, sergers, cutting tools, pressing equipment, thread storage systems, and related textile production hardware acquired through surplus or recycling channels by state and local procurement offices. State and local governments buy under this code when seeking cost-effective alternatives to new equipment for vocational programs, community colleges, workforce development initiatives, and institutional textile or apparel operations. The issuing bodies typically include state departments of education, community college systems, county workforce agencies, and school districts with culinary arts, fashion design, or vocational training programs.

No recent state or local contract opportunities appear in current records for NIGP 79595. The code represents a narrow, specialized purchasing category—recycled textile equipment—that sees limited solicitation activity compared to mainstream educational equipment or workforce-training procurement. Buyers in this space may source through cooperative purchasing vehicles, direct negotiation with equipment surplus dealers, or informal reverse-auction mechanisms rather than formal RFP or IFB processes, which would account for low visibility in public notice archives. Organizations pursuing this code should monitor state education and workforce agency procurement channels and establish relationships with textile equipment refurbishers and institutional surplus resellers to surface opportunities before formal notice publication.