NIGP 89570: Welding Accessories: Cutting Tips, Hammers, Hose, Inspection Shields, Lighters, Lighter Flints, Soapstone, Tip Cleaner, Tip Dip, etc.

NIGP 89570 Welding Accessories: Cutting Tips, Hammers, Hose, Inspection Shields, Lighters, Lighter Flints, Soapstone, Tip Cleaner, Tip Dip, Etc. is an Item code under which state and local governments procure welding support equipment and consumables for educational, maintenance, and infrastructure programs. Recent solicitations show that purchasing bodies acquire flexible vent extraction arms for welding labs, welding lab equipment bundles (plasma cutters, saws, welder/generator units), diesel-driven welder/generator units for maintenance departments, and multi-year contracts for ongoing welding materials and supplies. Issuing bodies span community college districts (Mt. San Antonio Community College District, Collin College), school districts (Dalton Public Schools), municipal corporations (Park City Municipal Corporation), water utilities (North Texas Municipal Water District), and transit authorities (Charlotte Area Transit System). The code captures both one-time equipment installations and recurring consumables procurement, with contract values ranging from approximately $150,000 for single equipment installations to three-year estimated volumes of $400,000 for standing materials and supplies agreements.

Activity under this code clusters in California, Texas, Utah, North Carolina, and Georgia. Representative recent solicitations include Mt. San Antonio Community College District's IFB for purchase and installation of forty-seven flexible vent extraction arms (response due July 16, 2026; Engineer's Base Bid Estimate $150,000), Dalton Public Schools' RFB for welding lab equipment including plasma cutters and welder units (response due September 25, 2026), Collin College's three-year ITB for welding materials and supplies with approximately $400,000 annual anticipated volume (response due March 19, 2024), and Charlotte Area Transit System's RFP for Blue Line track welding services (Rebid #3, proposals due August 20, 2026). Prevailing wage requirements, contractor licensing mandates (California C-20, Utah S320/H100/S350 classifications), performance and payment bonds at 100% of contract price, and set-asides such as Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise participation goals appear consistently across these solicitations.