NIGP 77088: Tar, Roofing (Coal Tar Pitch)

NIGP 77088 Tar, Roofing (Coal Tar Pitch), Item code, encompasses roofing supplies, materials, and comprehensive repair and replacement services that state and local governments procure for facility maintenance across diverse property portfolios. Recent solicitations show municipalities, counties, school districts, and special-purpose authorities buying roofing supplies catalogs, emergency and routine repair services, complete roof replacements, and restoration work across built-up, asphalt shingle, TPO, modified bitumen, metal, EPDM, and standing seam systems. Issuing bodies include cities (Tucson, Madison, Tallahassee, College Park, Tybee Island), counties (Santa Clara, Jackson, DeKalb), school districts (DeKalb County School District), and special-purpose authorities (Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County). Contractors are typically required to hold state roofing licenses (Georgia, California, Florida), maintain five or more years of commercial roofing experience, provide commercial general liability insurance ranging from $1,000,000 to $2,000,000 per occurrence, and deliver performance and payment bonds equal to 100 percent of contract value for projects exceeding defined thresholds. Work is solicited as both indefinite-quantity as-needed contracts with 4-hour emergency response requirements and fixed-scope replacements with 90-to-180-day completion windows.

Recent activity spans Arizona, Wisconsin, California, Missouri, Minnesota (through Sourcewell cooperative purchasing), Georgia, and Florida, with the heaviest concentration in Georgia and Florida. Representative solicitations include the City of Tucson's comprehensive roofing supplies catalog (ITB, due July 29, 2026); the City of Madison's Normal Hall roof replacement covering 3,600 square feet of asphalt shingle removal and reinstallation (IFB, due August 6, 2026, with mandatory pre-bid July 22); County of Santa Clara's as-needed roofing repair services at multiple facilities (ITB-PRC-FY26-0588, due July 7, 2026, requiring C-39 licensing); Jackson County, Missouri's 24-month countywide roofing services contract covering all system types with an estimated $330,000 annual spend (ITB 26-037, due June 16, 2026); and DeKalb County School District's district-wide emergency and routine roofing repairs across 139 schools (ITB 26-707, due May 7, 2026). Prevailing wage requirements apply to public works in California and other jurisdictions, Section 3 business preferences are active in federally funded work, and local vendor preferences of 3 to 5 points are common in municipal procurement.