NIGP 89572: Welding Gloves, Protective Aprons, Capes, and Sleeves

NIGP 89572 Welding Gloves, Protective Aprons, Capes, And Sleeves is an Item code that, in recent state and local solicitations, encompasses a broader range of welding lab support and equipment than its title alone suggests — including welding materials, supplies, equipment procurement, and related fabrication work. State and local governments are using this code to solicit consumable welding materials (rods, electrodes, sheets, tubes, pipes in steel and aluminum), finished equipment (plasma cutters, saws, welder/generators, MIG units), and labor-intensive installation services for welding extraction and ventilation systems. Issuing bodies include community college districts managing educational welding programs, public school systems outfitting training labs, and municipal water districts sourcing equipment for maintenance operations. Collin College and Collin County Community College District appear as repeat buyers, each procuring multi-vendor three-year supply contracts for welding materials and supplies with estimated annual volumes around $400,000.

Recent activity spans California, Texas, and Georgia. Mt. San Antonio Community College District posted an IFB in September 2026 for purchase and installation of 47 flexible vent extraction arms in an existing welding lab (response due July 16, 2026, with an Engineer's Base Bid Estimate of $150,000 and a 3% Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise goal). Dalton Public Schools (Georgia) released a bid in September 2026 for four pieces of welding lab equipment — a Flex Cut 45 Plasma cutter, MBS-1018-11x18 Saw, and nine Powermig 262MP Edu OnePak units — due September 25, 2026. The North Texas Municipal Water District Maintenance Department solicited bids in July 2026 for two Lincoln Frontier 400X diesel-driven welder/generators. Collin College posted two overlapping multi-vendor solicitations (FY2024-ITB-020 and FY2024-ITB-024) in July 2026 for three-year welding materials and supplies contracts, with bid deadlines in March and April 2024 respectively and evaluation criteria weighting purchase price at 35 percent, quality and references at 15 percent each, and Texas vendor status at 5 percent.