NIGP 14545: Paint and Varnish

NIGP 14545 Paint and Varnish, an Item code, covers interior and exterior architectural paints, industrial coatings, specialty finishes, and related supplies that state and local governments procure for facilities maintenance, fleet operations, and capital projects. Recent solicitations show state and local buyers acquiring latex and acrylic paints, primers, sealers, traffic marking paints, direct-to-metal coatings, elastomeric wall coatings, painting sundries, spray equipment, and caulks—typically through non-exclusive supply agreements or catalog-discount contracts structured as as-needed purchases with annual or multi-year terms. School districts, counties, cities, transit authorities, and special-purpose districts dominate the issuing-body mix; San Antonio Independent School District appears in multiple continuous, open-ended general maintenance RFPs that bundle painting with broader trades, while the City of Fort Worth, Orange County Florida, City of Gainesville, and City of Charlotte have posted standalone paint and paint-supplies solicitations in the past six weeks. A secondary stream of activity covers exterior painting services (surface preparation, paint application, coatings) for specific facilities—campus buildings, water tanks, charter schools—typically through competitive bidding with prevailing wage, bond, and insurance requirements.

Geographic activity concentrates in Texas (San Antonio ISD, Fort Worth, Austin, Donna ISD), Florida (Orange County, City of Gainesville RTS, Pembroke Pines, Broward County), and secondary presence in Wisconsin (Madison), California (Mt. San Antonio Community College District), Ohio (Cuyahoga County), and Illinois (Secretary of State). Representative recent opportunities include the City of Fort Worth's RFP 26-0224 for non-exclusive paint and paint supplies agreements (responses due August 6, 2026, with 30% small business participation goal), the City of Charlotte's indefinite-quantity unit-price contract for bus paint and coatings for its transit fleet covering 112 line items with responses due June 8, 2026, Mt. San Antonio Community College District's prequalification solicitation for the Building 26 Exterior Paint Project (prequalification deadline passed July 1, 2026; prevailing wage and 30% local construction labor goal apply), and the City of Austin's RFP 5000 RBB3004 for citywide painting services with labor stratified by trade and hours (responses due June 18, 2026, with anticipated $1.125 million annual material spend). Catalog-discount and supply agreements dominate the pipeline; competitive bidding for discrete painting projects remains active but typically requires prevailing wage compliance, performance bonds, and insurance minimums of $500,000 to $2 million depending on scope.