NIGP 80169: Signs, Fabric

NIGP 80169 Signs, Fabric (Item) covers the design, fabrication, delivery, installation, repair, and removal of fabric-based signage and banners — including pole banners, vinyl banners, mesh banners, marquee signs, wayfinding signs, and specialty signage that state and local governments deploy across parks, recreation facilities, schools, municipal districts, and public events. County parks and recreation departments, school districts, and municipal procurement offices solicit this work regularly, typically through RFP, RFQ, IFB, and ITB notices, with contract awards to single or multiple vendors on either as-needed or fixed-term bases.

Recent activity concentrates in Florida, where Collier County, Hillsborough County Public Schools, the City of Altamonte Springs, and Sarasota County have posted solicitations within the past three months. Collier County's Parks & Recreation Division issued an Invitation for Qualifications (IFQ) for a two-year county signage services contract with three optional one-year renewal periods (due November 6, 2026), seeking pre-qualified contractors for interior and exterior identification signs, directional signage, LED and electronic message signs, ADA-compliant signage, and monument signs — with evaluation weighted toward firm experience and capacity (45 points), specialized team expertise (35 points), and local contractor preference (10 points). Hillsborough County Public Schools released overlapping RFP notices for marquee sign installation with a September 11, 2026 deadline, evaluating on qualifications and experience (30 percent), scope compliance (25 percent), cost and best value (35 percent), and utilization of HCPS-registered small business enterprises (10 percent), with Addendum 1 (August 19, 2026) deleting a pixel-pitch specification requirement. The City of Altamonte Springs posted an ITB for customized banners and signs on an as-needed basis (due June 12, 2026), with historical spending of approximately $110,000 over five years; Sarasota County solicited bids for wayfinding sign repair and installation in the Englewood Main Street District under disaster-grant funding (due September 7, 2026). Gwinnett County, Georgia also posted an RFP for digital signage, scoreboards, video walls, and LED displays (due August 10, 2026), indicating activity outside Florida. Vendors pursuing this code face mandatory insurance, business licensing, E-Verify enrollment, and often Jessica Lunsford Act compliance and foreign-country-of-concern affidavits in school-district solicitations.