NIGP 48528: Cleaner and Wax: Window, Mirror, and Glass

NIGP 48528 Cleaner and Wax: Window, Mirror, and Glass, Item code, encompasses window and glass cleaning services across municipal and institutional facilities—including routine interior and exterior window washing, building-skin cleaning, and related chemical treatments. State and local buyers under this code solicit both one-time and recurring services at government offices, fire stations, water treatment plants, parks, and specialized municipal structures; contracts typically run one to three years with optional renewals and specify green-cleaning standards, prevailing-wage compliance, and comprehensive insurance requirements. Issuing bodies include county transportation departments, municipal public works and facilities divisions, county boards of commissioners, and independent school districts. The work is performed on-site at client-designated facilities during standard business hours or outside regular operations windows, with contractors furnishing all labor, equipment such as mechanical lifts and water treatment systems, supplies, and permits.

Recent activity concentrates in California, Florida, Georgia, and Texas. California Department of Transportation District 11 issued an IFPQ (Certified SB/DVEBE only) for window and building washing at a Transportation Management Center in San Diego, due October 1, 2026, capped below $250,000 with an estimated start of May 1, 2027, and a three-year term through April 30, 2030; prevailing-wage requirements set minimum hourly rates at $18.53 for window cleaners plus blended benefits of $15.94. The City of Orlando issued IFB 26-0233 for interior and exterior window cleaning across 36 municipal facilities on April 24, 2026, with bids due May 4, 2026, specifying green-cleaning standards (EPA-approved, Green Seal Environmental), a living wage floor of $15.00 per hour, and a one-year initial term with four optional twelve-month renewals. Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners' ITB 26-00319 for janitorial and operational supplies to support 47 fire stations (estimated value $765,679.84, one year) and Northside Independent School District's RFP 2026-071 for custodial supplies in San Antonio (replacing an expiring contract effective July 31, 2026) represent the broader custodial-supply segment overlapping with window-cleaning code activity; these solicitations emphasize authorized-distributor status, new-condition products, and rapid fulfillment (standard delivery within ten days).