NIGP 94872: Pharmaceutical Services

NIGP 94872 Pharmaceutical Services, an Item code, encompasses medication dispensing, pharmacy management, clinical consultation, and supply distribution services that state and local governments procure for correctional facilities, long-term care residences, developmental centers, public health clinics, fire and EMS departments, and veterans' homes. Recent activity shows state departments, counties, and cities soliciting specialized pharmaceutical services including WIC nutrition product fulfillment, parenteral and intravenous solution preparation and delivery, specialty pharmacy program development, EMS drug box restocking and controlled-substance management, pharmacy regimen consultation, and compounding pharmacy services. The scope varies sharply by customer: Utah's Department of Health and Human Services requires WIC-designated infant formulas and pediatric supplements with individualized labeling and five-business-day delivery; Washington's Department of Corrections demands total parenteral nutrition bags within 24 hours and other parenteral products within 8 hours to eight facilities across three regions; Dane County's long-term care facility needs daily medication deliveries with one-hour stat order fulfillment and barcode scanning; and the City of South Fulton Fire Department seeks EMS pharmaceutical supplies with drug box inspection, expiration tracking, and inventory management. Issuers span state health and human services departments, correctional agencies, county health systems, municipal fire and EMS departments, long-term care facilities, and public health authorities.

Recent solicitations cluster in the West and Southeast, with standout activity in Utah (two RFPs for developmental center and WIC pharmacy services), California (Department of State Hospitals IM clozapine RFI, Department of Veterans Affairs pharmacy regimen IFB, Ventura County specialty pharmacy RFP), Georgia (DeKalb Public Health Ryan White dispensing RFQ, Hall County on-site pharmacy and Medicare Advantage RFQ/Ps), Washington (Department of Corrections parenteral products RFQQ), Illinois (Department of Veterans Affairs emergency pharmacy procurements), and Nevada (Health Authority single pharmacy benefit manager RFI and Nevada Average Acquisition Cost program RFP). Representative recent opportunities include the State of Utah Department of Health and Human Services RFP MK27-105 for WIC Pharmacy Services (responses due November 12, 2026, single-award five-year contract with fixed one-year pricing, 30-item weighted market basket of specialized nutritional products, five-business-day standard delivery with tiered late-delivery penalties); Washington State Department of Corrections RFQQ for parenteral products and services to eight facilities (bids due October 7, 2026, pre-bid conference September 23, multiple awards anticipated up to three per region, set-asides for small business 25 percent, minority-owned 10 percent, women-owned 6 percent, veteran-owned 5 percent); and the California Department of Veterans Affairs IFB 25FS0040 for pharmacy regimen services to the Fresno Veterans Home (bids due May 18, 2026, 36-month term, minimum three percent Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise participation with bidder incentive program offering one to five percent reductions).