NIGP 36025: Linoleum

NIGP 36025 Linoleum, an Item code, describes flooring materials and installation services that state and local governments procure across multiple facility types—primarily the removal, replacement, and maintenance of resilient flooring including linoleum, vinyl composite tile (VCT), carpet, and luxury vinyl tile. Recent solicitations show cities, counties, state departments, and school districts buying flooring as both standalone materials-and-labor contracts and as part of broader facility renovation projects, with scopes ranging from single-location replacements to district-wide standardized flooring programs. The City of Fort Worth and the California Department of Industrial Relations have posted multi-flooring-type procurement requests that explicitly include linoleum and VCT alongside other resilient surfaces, while the Seminole County School Board in Florida pursued a sole-source procurement for specialized non-slip flooring across its district. Issuing bodies include municipal public works departments, state facilities management arms, and school district purchasing offices. Vendors must typically hold commercial contractor licenses (C-15 in California jurisdictions), demonstrate three or more years of commercial flooring experience, maintain insurance coverage including general liability at $1,000,000 or higher, and comply with material-supplier specifications from brands such as Armstrong, Mohawk, and Shaw Contract Group. Set-asides and preference programs appear across these procurements: the Fort Worth RFP includes a 30% Small Business participation goal, while California state solicitations apply Disadvantaged Veteran Business Enterprise (DVBE) requirements or incentives.

Recent activity concentrates in California and Texas, with secondary activity in Florida. The City of Fort Worth posted RFP 260223 on June 24, 2026, for non-exclusive flooring agreements covering multiple flooring types including linoleum, with responses due July 23, 2026, and evaluation weighted 25 points for Small Business Utilization, 25 for Method of Approach, and 20 for Cost. The California Department of Industrial Relations posted IFB S25BMO009 on February 18, 2026, for carpet and VCT removal and installation at its Oakland office (1515 Clay Street), with a mandatory pre-bid site inspection on March 5, 2026, electronic bid due March 27, 2026, and an $800,000 budget; the State of California also solicited bids for flooring removal and replacement at the Santa Barbara DMV Field Office (Contract 25-332, posted February 25, 2026, due March 31, 2026) at an estimated cost of $102,000. The Seminole County School Board posted a Notice of Intent to Sole Source for Kinetex non-slip flooring district-wide, with an estimated annual expenditure of $800,000. Response deadlines and pre-bid scheduling indicate active procurement cycles in early 2026 and mid-2026, with multiple jurisdictions executing facility modernization work.