NIGP 82539: Grooming Equipment and Supplies: Brushes, Clippers, Currycombs, Docking Supplies, Nippers, Trimmers, etc.

NIGP 82539 Grooming Equipment And Supplies, an Item code, encompasses specialized veterinary grooming, care, and ancillary equipment and supplies procured by state and local jurisdictions. Recent state and local solicitation activity under this code reflects procurement of comprehensive veterinary and boarding services for K-9 units and specialized animal-care facilities rather than standalone grooming implements. Issuing bodies soliciting under the code include county sheriffs' departments and county boards of county commissioners. The scope includes boarding, preventive care, emergency and surgical services, diagnostic imaging, dental care, and facility operations — services that integrate grooming and boarding with full-spectrum veterinary support. Contractors must maintain board-certified specialists across multiple disciplines and advanced diagnostic equipment such as MRI and CT imaging, with facility operations and staffing fully under the vendor's responsibility.

Activity appears geographically dispersed across multiple states. The County of Orange, California, Sheriff-Coroner posted IFB #0603113519MB on July 30, 2026, with bids due September 3, 2026, seeking specialized veterinarian and boarding services for the K-9 unit under a firm fixed-fee three-year contract with two one-year renewal options, requiring vendors to locate within Orange County no more than 40 miles from the Sheriff's Department's Patrol K-9 Unit in Santa Ana; the solicitation applied a 5% local small business and disabled veteran business enterprise preference. Clay County Board of County Commissioners, in a separate jurisdiction, posted RFB 2526089 in June 2026 for marina and boat-ramp repairs, which falls outside the grooming-equipment scope but demonstrates county procurement activity during the same window. Procurement activity under the code appears limited and episodic, driven by specialized K-9 and animal-care operational needs rather than recurring supply procurement cycles.