NIGP 87025: Reflective Film (Solar Type Sun Screen)

NIGP 87025 Reflective Film (Solar Type Sun Screen), an Item code, encompasses window film products and installation services that state and local governments procure to reduce solar heat gain, control light transmission, and improve energy efficiency in municipal and county facilities. Recent solicitations show governments buying exterior solar control window film applied to building facades, interior window treatments including roller shades, and related installation labor on a project-by-project basis. The issuing bodies include county governments, cities, and their departments — specifically Hillsborough County, the City of Madison, and the City of South Fulton — pursuing these goods and services as energy efficiency upgrades to existing municipal buildings and facilities. The scope extends beyond film application alone; when governments solicit under this code, they typically bundle film supply, installation labor, site preparation, and performance specifications around thermal control and occupant comfort.

Recent activity concentrates in the Southeast and Midwest. The Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners issued an Invitation to Quote (ITQ-26-00166) on February 11, 2026, for exterior solar control window film and manual roller shades at a Social Services facility in Tampa, Florida, with a project estimate of $15,583.00 and a March 20, 2026 response deadline; mandatory site visits were scheduled for February 17 and 24, 2026. The City of Madison Engineering Department released a Request for Quotation (RFQ #5506-0-2026-AH) on February 20, 2026, for SolarEdge photovoltaic inverter and optimizer equipment to be delivered to Madison, Wisconsin, with a March 6, 2026 deadline and a local vendor preference advantage available. The City of South Fulton, Georgia, issued a broader Request for Proposal (RFP 26_09) on March 13, 2026, seeking licensed solar photovoltaic contractors for standby response and maintenance services on municipal solar systems, with a non-mandatory pre-proposal conference scheduled for March 20, 2026, and a response deadline of April 9, 2026. Awards in these procurements flow to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder, with evaluation weighted on cost, experience, qualifications, and performance factors.