NIGP 82511: Branding Crayons, Paints, Paint Pellets, Pistols, etc.

NIGP 82511 Branding Crayons, Paints, Paint Pellets, Pistols, Etc., an Item code, encompasses paint, painting supplies, and exterior painting and finishing services that state and local governments procure through both cooperative catalog-discount arrangements and project-specific work orders. The actual buying under this code spans two distinct workflows: bulk paint and supply procurement via cooperative purchasing vehicles where vendors establish tiered discounts for multiple participating jurisdictions, and direct hiring of contractors to perform exterior painting, surface preparation, siding repair, gutter installation, and related finishing work on public facilities and affordable housing. Issuing bodies include regional purchasing cooperatives serving broad multi-jurisdiction memberships, municipal development authorities, and city procurement offices.

The Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative, based in Kilgore, Texas, posted a high-volume catalog discount bid (Bid Number PAINT2628, due September 29, 2026) for paint and painting supplies with estimated two-year expenditures of $10,293,143 across a membership base large enough to support 21 prior vendors; this is the dominant recent activity in the code and signals sustained cooperative procurement across multiple states in the region. The Community Development Authority of the City of Madison, Wisconsin, issued an RFB for the Karabis Apartments Painting and Siding Project (RFB #15051-0-2026-AH, due July 17, 2026) covering exterior surface preparation, seamless gutter and downspout installation, soffit and fascia replacement, painting, and caulking under Davis-Bacon wage compliance. Cooperative purchasing dominates the recent opportunities; geographic activity centers on the Texas region served by Region 7 and Wisconsin.