NIGP 95210: Barber/Beautician Services

NIGP 95210 Barber/Beautician Services, an Item code, encompasses on-site haircut and grooming services—including regular blade cuts, edge-ups, fades, and ethnic haircare styling—delivered at correctional facilities, state-supported living centers, and higher-education campuses. State and local buyers soliciting under this code are primarily juvenile and adult correctional departments, health and human services agencies operating residential facilities, and universities. The Texas Juvenile Justice Department is the dominant repeat buyer, having issued multiple IFBs across its facility network since mid-2026. Service providers must hold active state barber or cosmetology licenses, pass criminal background and fingerprinting checks (including Prison Rape Elimination Act compliance at correctional facilities), and maintain workers' compensation and commercial general liability insurance. Contracts typically run one year with optional renewals and are structured on a per-haircut or flat-fee basis, with no volume guarantees. Vendors supply materials and equipment or receive them from the facility depending on contract terms; invoicing is supported by haircut logs or similar documentation.

The code shows concentrated recent activity in Texas, where the Texas Juvenile Justice Department has solicited barber services at Evins, Gainesville, Mart, and Giddings state juvenile correctional facilities across multiple IFBs posted between August and September 2026, all due in September 2026. The Oregon Youth Authority issued an RFQ for basic and ethnic haircare services at Oak Creek Youth Correctional Facility in Albany, Oregon in July 2026 under a two-year contract with a cumulative not-to-exceed of $250,000, with an OSBE preference. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission solicited cosmetology and barber services at Lufkin State Supported Living Center under IFB HHS0017598 in July 2026 for a four-year term beginning September 1, 2026, requiring a Class A Barber License and Class A Cosmetologist Operator License with a minimum of five years of relevant industry experience and $1 million in multiple insurance lines. The University of Texas at San Antonio issued RFP 743-2026-RFP-1419 in June 2026 for operation of a full-service barber and hair salon parlor on campus, with the deadline passed as of posting. Pricing across correctional and state-living-center contracts is per-haircut or per-service; all require firm fixed pricing quoted on provided bid forms.