NIGP 63166: Paints, Traffic, Environmentally Certified Products

NIGP 63166, Paints, Traffic, Environmentally Certified Products (Item), covers traffic striping paints and related marking materials that state and local transportation departments purchase for road and intersection safety. The code captures the supply of waterborne and epoxy paints, glass beads, and associated materials used to apply line markings, stop bars, crosswalks, and directional arrows to pavement surfaces. State and local buyers under this code include county transportation departments, city streets divisions, and state highway agencies. Recent solicitations show counties and municipalities procuring striping paint both directly and through state cooperative-purchasing agreements, with volumes ranging from approximately $50,000 to $800,000 annually and project scopes spanning specialty markings on multiple highway segments.

Recent activity concentrates in the Upper Midwest and Southeast. Clackamas County Department of Transportation and Development (Oregon) posted a notice of intent to leverage a State of Oregon price agreement with Ennis-Flint, Inc. for $800,000 over two years (comment deadline July 23, 2026). Bannock County, Idaho solicited materials and labor for approximately 7,450 gallons of yellow waterborne paint and 1,670 gallons of white waterborne paint with glass beads for various county roads (Invitation to Bid due April 23, 2026). Thomas County Board of Commissioners (Georgia) issued an Invitation to Bid for traffic striping services with responses due May 22, 2026. The County of Portage, Wisconsin requested bids for specialty pavement markings including stop bars, crosswalks, and railroad crossings compliant with Wisconsin DOT Section 646 specifications (bids due March 24, 2026). Marion County, Florida solicited guardrail installation and maintenance services under ITB 26B-050, which includes pavement marking work as a secondary scope element (bids due March 19, 2026). Cooperative purchasing arrangements are prevalent; smaller jurisdictions often rely on state price agreements to expedite procurement and reduce administrative burden.