NIGP 26520: Curtains, Draperies, and Scarves

NIGP 26520 Curtains, Draperies, and Scarves, an Item code, covers the procurement of stage curtains, drapery systems, window treatments, and related furnishings for institutional and facility use. State and local governments soliciting under this code are acquiring replacement curtains for auditoriums and performance spaces, stage curtains for schools, and comprehensive drapery maintenance and cleaning services for multi-building hospital and state facility systems. Issuing bodies include K–12 school districts, state departments (state hospitals), and higher-education institutions. The scope includes both product procurement (curtain replacement, stage curtains) and labor-intensive service delivery (cleaning, repair, alteration, hemming, re-pleating, rod and track repair and installation). Subcontractors may be prohibited in institutional service contracts; contractors are often required to provide equipment, insurance, security clearances, and on-site staffing at minimum hours per week.

Recent activity spans multiple states. Utica Community Schools (Michigan) issued an RFP for stage curtains with a response deadline of July 8, 2026. The California Department of State Hospitals – Metropolitan posted an IFB (#26-20040-000) on May 20, 2026, seeking drapery and blinds cleaning and maintenance services across six locations (Atascadero, Coalinga, Norwalk, Patton, Sacramento, Napa), with cleaning of approximately 9,500 widths of drapery annually and a $20,000 annual materials allotment, response deadline June 8, 2026, with a non-mandatory bidder's conference on June 1. The University of Southern Mississippi issued separate sealed-bid solicitations in January (deadline February 20, 2026) and March (deadline April 10, 2026) for Bennett Auditorium curtain replacement. A five percent small business preference applies in California; a disabled veteran business enterprise incentive is available based on participation percentages. Opportunities reflect routine institutional facility maintenance and upgrade cycles rather than concentrated procurement demand.