NIGP 95210: Barber/Beautician Services

NIGP 95210 Barber/Beautician Services, an Item code, covers on-site grooming and personal care services — haircuts, beard and mustache trims, scalp treatments, hair styling, chemical services such as relaxers and color treatments, and braiding — procured by state agencies, county health systems, public universities, and corrections and mental health facilities. State and local governments solicit these services across correctional facilities, state-supported living centers, forensic psychiatric hospitals, veterans' homes, mental health centers, and campus facilities, typically as as-needed or scheduled contracted services rather than guaranteed-volume arrangements. Vendors must hold current state barber or cosmetologist licenses, supply professional-grade tools and EPA-registered disinfectants, maintain general commercial liability insurance of $1 million per occurrence, and pass background clearance, tuberculosis screening, and health compliance verification before commencing work. Contract terms commonly run one to four years with optional renewals, and pricing is submitted on a firm fixed-price or unit-rate basis with per-head or per-service line items.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas and Illinois, with secondary opportunities in California. The Texas Juvenile Justice Department issued an IFB for barber services at Giddings State Juvenile Correctional Facility due August 14, 2026, requiring a Texas cosmetology license and per-head unit pricing for routine haircuts on a non-school-hours schedule. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission solicited cosmetology and barber services at Lufkin State Supported Living Center (IFB HHS0017598, due July 24, 2026) requiring Class A Barber and Class A Cosmetologist licenses with five years of industry experience and fixed-price line items for haircuts, permanent color, and starter dreads. The Illinois Department of Human Services posted two small-purchase RFQs for barber and beautician services — one at Chicago-Read Medical Health Center (due April 3, 2026) and two rebids at Packard Mental Health Center (due March 23 and March 30, 2026), each requiring state licensing and a minimum 15 hours weekly or scheduled service to up to 150 patients. The California Department of Veterans Affairs issued parallel SFQ solicitations for barber services at the Veterans Home of California at Redding (due March 30, 2026 and April 15, 2026), one designated Small Business only and one Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise only, each specifying approximately 400 haircuts and trim services annually over three years. The University of Texas at San Antonio issued an RFP for operation of a full-service barber and hair salon parlor on campus (due June 12, 2026).