NIGP 36076: Tile, Carpet

NIGP 36076 Tile, Carpet is an Item code covering the purchase and installation of carpet and carpet-related flooring products across state and local facilities. State and local governments soliciting under this code buy roll carpet, tile carpet, carpet base materials, commercial carpet tile in various specifications, luxury vinyl tile (LVT) used alongside carpet installations, and related installation labor. Recent solicitations reflect a mix of single-location projects (library renovations, courthouse updates, airport terminal work) and district-wide or multi-facility framework agreements. Issuing bodies include city and county governments, public schools and school districts, university facilities offices, state departments, transit authorities, and special-purpose districts. Repeat buyers in the recent record include Sarasota County (multiple interior facility projects), Montgomery County entities in Maryland and Pennsylvania, and state capital improvement programs. Local-vendor preferences appear in multiple jurisdictions—Columbus Consolidated Government applies a preference within two percent of the low bid for contracts under $50,000 and one percent for contracts over $50,000; Melbourne Airport Authority gives preference to drug-free workplace certification, local city residency, and then county residency in tie situations; and California's Butte County Superior Court applies a three percent Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise incentive. Contractor qualification thresholds vary but commonly require five to ten years of documented commercial flooring installation experience, relevant certifications (FCICA, CFI, or similar), active general contractor licensing, and commercial general liability insurance typically ranging from $1 million to $2 million per occurrence.

Recent activity concentrates in the Southeast (Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, South Carolina), Midwest (Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio), and California, with distributed activity across other regions. Representative recent opportunities include Columbus Consolidated Government's RFB No. 27-0015 for roll carpet, tile carpet, and carpet base materials with installation across city and county facilities, due November 18, 2026; University of Southern Mississippi Facilities' sealed-bid project for complete third-floor carpet replacement at Cook Memorial Library with mandatory FCICA/CFI certification and December 2026–January 2027 execution, due November 17, 2026; Hillsborough County Public Schools' ITB 26190-MST for flooring materials and installation services (carpet tile, vinyl, epoxy, tile, and labor) across seven material categories for a seventh-largest school system with 235 schools, due August 6, 2026; Georgia World Congress Center Authority's IFB for approximately 41,913 square feet of Shaw carpet tile replacement across fourteen Building C meeting rooms with mandatory pre-bid site visit and December 2026 phased execution, due August 3, 2026; and Melbourne Airport Authority's sealed-bid carpet and flooring replacement in terminal concourse areas with mandatory October 2026 site visit and Obex Grid Millikin commercial carpet tile specification, due November 5, 2026. Work execution typically occurs during off-hours or phased operations to minimize facility disruption, with contract terms ranging from one-time lump-sum agreements to multi-year framework arrangements with optional renewal periods and fixed pricing for initial terms, escalation caps thereafter.