NIGP 80056: Shoes, Dress, Women's and Girls

NIGP 80056 Shoes, Dress, Women's And Girls is an Item code covering dress and casual footwear for women and girls procured by state and local agencies, correctional facilities, and universities. State and local governments buy under this code primarily for institutional populations—correctional facilities, military installations, and educational institutions—where standardized footwear procurement supports uniform or standardized-dress requirements. The scope includes low-quarter dress shoes, athletic footwear designated for specific populations (such as inmate honor-dorm programs), and related apparel bundles where shoes are a line item within a broader institutional-clothing contract. Issuing bodies include state departments (Missouri Department of Corrections), county correctional agencies (Orange County Sheriff-Coroner), and public universities (Texas A&M University Division of Finance Procurement Services). The work is typically structured as master orders or one-time purchase contracts with firm fixed pricing, sample-matching requirements, and delivery commitments tied to institutional receiving procedures.

Recent activity shows Texas A&M University posting an ITB for low quarter dress shoes due July 27, 2026, on the AggieBid platform; the Missouri Department of Corrections soliciting an IFB for approximately 5,000 pairs of athletic shoes (men's Adidas and women's Puma) as part of a broader honor-dorm supply contract due July 9, 2026, with a 10% preference for American-made products and three-point bonuses for Service-Disabled Veteran Business Enterprises; and Orange County Sheriff-Coroner requesting competitive bids for institutional underclothing and related items, including shoelaces and bootlaces, on a three-year renewable term with electronic submission through the County's eProcurement Portal. Geographic spread spans Texas, Missouri, and California in the recent record. Institutional and correctional-procurement cycles drive the activity, with cooperative purchasing provisions (as in the Orange County opportunity allowing subordinate governmental entities to use the contract on identical terms) extending reach beyond the primary issuing body.