NIGP 89574: Welding Goggles, Helmets, Chin Straps, and Face Shields

NIGP 89574 Welding Goggles, Helmets, Chin Straps, and Face Shields is an Item code representing personal protective equipment and ventilation infrastructure for welding instruction and operations in educational settings. Recent state and local solicitations reveal that the code encompasses not only PPE but also welding lab equipment, materials, supplies, and extraction systems — reflecting how purchasing offices classify integrated welding program procurement. Issuing bodies are predominantly community colleges and school districts: Mt. San Antonio Community College District, Collin College, Collin County Community College District, and Dalton Public Schools have all posted welding-related bids in the past several months. These institutions are buying welding lab infrastructure (flexible vent extraction arms), consumable materials (welding rods, electrodes, flat stock, tubes, pipes), and equipment (plasma cutters, saws, welding units). The scope spans equipment purchase-and-installation contracts with prevailing wage and bond requirements through simpler materials supply agreements on multi-vendor bases.

Recent procurement activity clusters in California and Texas. Mt. San Antonio Community College District (Walnut, California) issued an IFB in September 2026 for purchase and installation of forty-seven flexible vent extraction arms with a $150,000 Engineer's Base Bid Estimate, due July 16, 2026, requiring California Contractor's License classification C-20 and a 3% DVBE participation goal. Dalton Public Schools (Georgia) posted an RFB in September 2026 due September 25, 2026, for four specific welding lab equipment items including a Flex Cut 45 Plasma cutter and nine Powermig 262MP Edu OnePak units. Collin College and Collin County Community College District, both in Texas, each issued three-year ITBs (bid deadlines March 19, 2024, and April 19, 2024, respectively) for welding materials, supplies, and equipment with estimated annual volumes of approximately $400,000 per contract on a multi-vendor basis, using a weighted evaluation model emphasizing price (35%), references (15%), and quality (15%), with preferences for small, minority, veteran, and female-owned businesses and Texas vendors.