NIGP 63167: Paint Sticks, Annealing, Environmentally Certified Products

NIGP 63167 Paint Sticks, Annealing, Environmentally Certified Products (Item code) encompasses interior and exterior painting materials and supplies that state and local governments procure for facility maintenance, capital projects, and instructional use. Recent solicitations show state and local buyers purchasing comprehensive paint products including primers, coatings, wood stains, sealers, commercial high-performance paints, concrete and masonry treatments, aerosols, and ancillary supplies such as brushes, rollers, tape, sandpaper, drop cloths, caulks, patching compounds, and painters' tools. Issuing bodies across the code span independent school districts, county facilities management departments, municipal housing authorities, and city development agencies. School districts and county governments appear as repeat buyers; Donna Independent School District in Texas and Orange County, Florida both posted multiple painting-services and materials solicitations in the first half of 2026. The scope of work ranges from vendor catalog-bid arrangements for as-needed supply provision to comprehensive five-year painting-services contracts requiring lead- and mercury-free materials, with Sherwin Williams frequently specified as the preferred manufacturer.

Recent activity concentrates in Florida and Texas. Orange County, Florida posted three painting solicitations between March and June 2026—two for commercial interior and exterior painting services across county facilities and a five-year IFB (Y26-155) covering approximately 9.6 million square feet estimated over the contract term. Donna Independent School District (Cameron County, Texas) issued RFP 011326-891 for Paint & Supplies as a catalog-bid arrangement with responses due April 8, 2026, establishing multiple awarded vendors for the 2026-2027 school year. The City of Madison, Wisconsin's Community Development Authority solicited the Karabis Apartments Painting and Siding Project (RFB #15051-0-2026) with bids due July 17, 2026, encompassing exterior surface preparation, gutter and soffit replacement, and painting under Davis-Bacon prevailing-wage requirements. Contracts typically require commercial general liability insurance ($1,000,000 per occurrence standard), compliance with local Affirmative Action Plan filing thresholds or federal E-Verify and drug-free workplace attestations, and warranties covering paint failure, application defects, and workmanship—excluding weather and vandalism.