NIGP 80360: Public Address Systems, Portable

NIGP 80360 Public Address Systems, Portable is an Item code under which state and local governments procure portable and semi-permanent PA systems for schools, municipal departments, colleges, and special-purpose districts. Recent solicitations show demand for complete system design, installation, integration with existing infrastructure, ongoing maintenance, and operator support. School districts dominate this code's activity, with equipment specifications including speakers, control panels, amplifiers, digital signal processors, mixing boards, microphones, and integration with IP phone systems or bell-scheduling platforms; municipal parks departments and utility commissions also solicit under this code for event support and conference-room audio-visual systems.

St. Mary's County Public Schools issued ITB BPM057008 (due June 10, 2026) for supply, installation, and five-year maintenance of Telecor e-Series PA systems with integration to AVAYA IP phones and master clock systems across multiple school buildings, requiring five years of continuous contractor experience and prior school work. Harlandale Independent School District in Texas released RFP 260017 (due May 11, 2026) for design and turnkey installation of IP-based PA, intercom, and bell systems at two high schools with approximately 460 cabling drops, a mandatory site walkthrough on April 23, 2026, and completion by August 3, 2026. The City of Pittsburgh Office of Management and Budget solicited rental of three PA system sizes (200–12,000 person capacity) with operators through IFB 2026-IFB-034 (due April 8, 2026) for parks events, requiring 18 percent minority business enterprise, 7 percent women-owned business enterprise, and 5 percent veteran-owned small business participation. Valencia College District in Florida posted RFP 2026-26 (due April 30, 2026) for comprehensive classroom and conference room technology services across nine campuses covering approximately 900 rooms, with historical annual spending of $1.6 million and a three-year contract term with two optional one-year renewals. Recent opportunities span Maryland, Texas, Pennsylvania, and Florida, with school districts and municipal departments the dominant issuing bodies.