NIGP 85034: Cotton Staple, Bales and Batts

NIGP 85034 Cotton Staple, Bales and Batts is an Item code under which state and local governments procure raw and semi-finished cotton materials for institutional textile manufacturing and furnishings. State and local buyers under this code source cotton batting, fiberfill, cotton waste, and greige sheeting for use in institutional clothing, bedding, and facility furnishings. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) emerges as a significant repeat buyer, soliciting cotton batting and fiberfill materials to support offender and employee clothing programs and institutional furnishings across multiple facility locations. Recent activity reflects solicitations structured as IFBs and goods procurements with firm pricing, detailed ASTM and AATCC testing specifications, certified laboratory reporting requirements, and FOB Destination terms inclusive of all freight and handling costs. Bidders must typically carry commercial general liability insurance and comply with Texas procurement certifications including debarment status, E-Verify requirements, and statutory boycott and discrimination prohibitions.

Recent opportunities concentrate in Texas. The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Statewide Procurement Division posted IFB 304T-26-850A2 on June 18, 2026, with a response deadline of July 28, 2026, seeking textiles and fibers including cotton batting and fiberfill across 39 line items with expected quantities ranging from 3,000 to 16,000,000 units depending on product type and a 1.5% Texas SmartBuy administrative fee factored into pricing. TDCJ also issued solicitation IW252451 for fiberfill batting on May 19, 2026, with submission required by June 3, 2026 through the TDCJ Procurement Portal. Contract awards under these solicitations carry initial terms through May 31, 2027, with multiple renewal options extending through 2030, and price adjustments permitted only via Producer Price Index formulas tied to BLS indices.