NIGP 97232: Participant Costs, Conf & Short Cs

NIGP 97232 Participant Costs, Conf & Short Cs is an Item code covering instructional resources, materials, equipment, and related services that state and local governments—particularly school districts—procure to support career technical education, advanced academics, and specialized student-enrichment programs. State and local buyers under this code are acquiring textbooks, supplies, software, specialized equipment, test-preparation materials, STEM resources, dual-credit course materials, and implementation and maintenance support across multiple instructional tracks including Advanced Placement, gifted and talented education, college readiness, and career technical program areas such as welding, health sciences, information technology, and manufacturing. School districts represent the primary issuing body for activity under the code, with procurement typically structured to permit awards across multiple categories and vendors.

Klein Independent School District (Klein ISD) in Harris County, Texas posted RFP #26-101 on April 17, 2026, seeking Career Technical Education and Advanced Academics instructional resources and services across 17 distinct CTE program areas and advanced-academics tracks. The district accepted electronic proposals through June 5, 2026, via its Bonfire purchasing system, with evaluation based on best value including purchase price, vendor reputation, quality, and total long-term cost; the contract structure permitted firm fixed-price awards by category to multiple vendors, with an initial one-year term and four optional one-year renewals beginning September 1, 2026. Klein ISD actively encourages HUB, MWBE, and SBE vendors and applies additional consideration for small businesses, minority-owned enterprises, women-owned businesses, veteran-owned businesses, and labor-surplus-area firms when federal funds are expended. All vendors must maintain general liability and workers' compensation insurance with minimum coverage of $1,000,000 and provide three references demonstrating similar work experience.