NIGP 95120: Items for Resale, Books

NIGP 95120 Items For Resale, Books, an Item code, covers the collection, transportation, and resale of withdrawn materials from public libraries—a niche but active segment in which state and local governments contract with vendors to recover value from items removed from circulation and generate revenue through remarketing. The City of Dallas Public Library, a repeat buyer in this space, solicited a five-year contract with two one-year renewal options (RFP BYZ2600029907, due May 15, 2026) for monthly collection and transportation of between 10,000 and 20,000 withdrawn items including books, DVDs, CDs, and other media formats from the Dallas Public Library Central Library and branch locations. The contractor manages logistics, storage, and resale operations using vehicles up to 26 feet in length with 13.5-foot height clearance and Gaylord boxes for transport; compensation is entirely revenue-based, derived from a negotiated percentage of gross sales remitted monthly to the library, with all vendor costs—fees, labor, fuel, storage—deducted from the vendor's share. Qualified proposers must demonstrate a minimum of three years of documented experience collecting and transporting withdrawn library materials and provide at least two references from similar clients, preferably libraries.

Dallas's solicitation emphasizes Small Business Enterprise (SBE) participation targets under its DRIVE Policy, local workforce participation, and supply-chain utilization, with evaluation points awarded for meeting or exceeding SBE goals and engaging new SBE partners. The vendor must comply with Dallas's living wage requirement ($23.06 per hour for contracts exceeding $50,000), maintain comprehensive insurance coverage including workers' compensation, business automobile liability, commercial general liability, and commercial crime insurance with the City named as certificate holder and additional insured, and submit monthly reports by the fifth business day following each collection period. Geographic activity under this code appears concentrated in municipalities with active public library systems; the Dallas opportunity represents a typical entry point for vendors seeking to establish a foothold in the withdrawn-materials resale market.