NIGP 85033: Cotton Linters, Bales and Batts

NIGP 85033 Cotton Linters, Bales and Batts, an Item code, covers cotton batting and related fiber components used in institutional and commercial manufacturing — specifically the cotton linter and picker-mote blends that state and local procurement offices source for mattress production, upholstery, and similar applications requiring fire-retardant, dimensionally precise fiber materials. State and local buyers under this code include corrections departments and other institutional agencies that operate in-house manufacturing or outsource to state-operated factories; the volume is driven by standing demand for replacement mattress components in prison and detention facilities. The scope of work involves supplying pre-cut or bulk batting meeting exacting fiber-content ratios, weight tolerances, burn-test certifications, and chemical treatment specifications — often including boric acid for fire retardancy and adhesion compounds — rather than raw cotton or finished mattress products.

The Michigan Department of Corrections issued an Invitation to Negotiate (ITN 4722600000000251) on June 8, 2026, for cotton mattress batting to support its MSI Factory institutional mattress production, with responses due June 15, 2026. The procurement specified 40-by-80-inch batts weighing 5 pounds each with 87% fiber content blended from equal parts picker motes, cotton linters, and willow gin motes, plus boric acid and naphthenic oil, and required California Technical Bulletin 117 Section B Vertical Burn Test and ASTM D5238-98 smolder certification with UL listing. This was a sole-source ITN with Jones Fiber Products, LLC identified as the intended source, though the department indicated it would consider equivalent alternative products at the June 15 deadline. No contract value was disclosed. Geographic activity under the code is narrow; the source shows only Michigan corrections procurement, with the intended supplier located in Tennessee.