NIGP 80586: Tubes, Sports Type, Snow and Water

NIGP 80586 Tubes, Sports Type, Snow and Water is an Item code under which state and local governments procure recreational sports equipment — specifically inflatable or tubular water and snow sports gear such as rafts, kayaks, snow tubes, and related accessories for parks, recreation departments, schools, and public facilities. Recent solicitations show that this code also captures broader recreational infrastructure and equipment procurement, though the posted opportunities reflect only tangential alignment with the traditional scope: a charter school's RFP for an outdoor basketball court installation in Georgia and a Sourcewell cooperative purchasing vehicle for law enforcement equipment serving multiple states. The basketball court solicitation represents sports facility construction rather than tube-type sports equipment, and the law enforcement equipment contract spans a broader category than the Item code's traditional definition.

State and local issuing bodies posting under or near this code include charter schools, county governments, and cooperative purchasing intermediaries serving multiple jurisdictions across the United States and Canada. The geographic spread of recent activity includes Georgia (Cirrus Academy Charter School's basketball court RFP, due July 20, 2026) and a multi-state cooperative arrangement anchored by Sourcewell in Minnesota with participation from Franklin County, Grant County, Grays Harbor County, Chelan County, and Yakima County in Washington, along with numerous other public entities nationally and in Canada (law enforcement equipment RFP #061626, due June 16, 2026). Activity under the traditional tube-sports scope of this Item code is not evident in the recent posted opportunities; the basketball court and law enforcement equipment solicitations suggest procurement activity may be concentrated in adjacent categories or that this specific code sees limited recent state and local volume.