NIGP 36079: Tile, Cork

NIGP 36079 Tile, Cork Item code covers specialized flooring materials and installation services that state and local governments procure for facility maintenance and renovation across school districts, municipal buildings, and public infrastructure. Recent solicitations show school districts acquiring both branded tile and resilient flooring products — including non-slip specialty flooring and traditional ceramic, vinyl composite, rubber, and cork tiles — alongside comprehensive flooring installation labor. The mix of solicitations reflects dual procurement pathways: sole-source acquisitions of preferred manufacturer products and competitive bids for installation services bundled with material supply. Issuing bodies under this code are primarily school districts, which dominate recent activity; broader municipal and county facility-management departments also solicit tile and cork materials, though they represent a smaller portion of visible opportunities.

Recent activity concentrates in the Southeast, with Florida and Georgia showing the most recent solicitations. The School Board of Seminole County, Florida posted a notice of intent to sole-source $800,000 in annual Kinetex non-slip flooring (manufactured by J+J Flooring, Dalton, Georgia) for district-wide implementation through February 2026, with a response deadline of October 29, 2025. Atlanta Public Schools released a competitive IFB for carpet and flooring installation services on February 19, 2026, with a mandatory pre-bid conference on February 25, 2026, and a bid due date of March 18, 2026, requesting per-square-foot pricing for resilient tiles, ceramic tile, vinyl and rubber sheet flooring, removal, and preparation work across one-year terms with four optional renewals. Both solicitations require vendors to manage material sourcing and labor scheduling across multiple facility locations.