NIGP 80510: Athletic Benches

NIGP 80510 Athletic Benches is an Item code under which state and local governments procure athletic facility equipment, seating, and related infrastructure for K–12 schools and recreational programs. Recent opportunities under this code show school districts purchasing weight room equipment packages, competitive track and field facilities, and athletic supplies spanning baseball, softball, cross country, soccer, track, strength and conditioning, and powerlifting programs. Issuing bodies include independent school districts (Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District in Texas, Trion City Schools in Georgia, Randolph County School System in Georgia, and Mona Shores Public Schools in Michigan) and cooperative purchasing vehicles serving multiple state agencies. The work ranges from individual equipment procurement through competitive sealed bids or RFPs to design-build projects for entire athletic facilities. Most activity involves K–12 school districts as primary buyers, with some activity flowing through regional and state cooperative purchasing agreements that aggregate demand across multiple jurisdictions.

Recent opportunities concentrate in Georgia and Texas, with secondary activity in Michigan. Representative current solicitations include Trion City Schools' Invitation for Bid for comprehensive weight room equipment (Rogers Athletic racks, Docking FTS benches, dumbbells, kettlebells, medicine balls, and TRX suspension trainers, with responses due May 26, 2026); Randolph County School System's RFP to design and construct a GHSA-compliant eight-lane competitive track facility at Randolph-Clay High School, with proposals due July 7, 2026; Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District's RFP for athletic supplies and equipment across baseball, softball, cross country, soccer, track, and strength and conditioning categories, all due May 4, 2026; and the Association of Educational Purchasing Agencies' sealed-bid cooperative purchasing solicitation for athletic supplies and equipment available to 31 state member agencies, with responses due August 13, 2026. School districts typically issue these procurements as RFPs or sealed ITBs with response windows of 30 to 90 days, often requiring vendor registration through online bidding portals and notarized compliance affidavits.