NIGP 87090: Window Shades

NIGP 87090 Window Shades, an Item code, encompasses manual and motorized roller shades, vertical blinds, and related window treatment installation and removal services that state and local governments procure for facility upgrades, new construction, and routine maintenance across their real estate portfolios. Recent activity shows schools, parks departments, cities, counties, and youth detention facilities soliciting supply, installation, and removal of window treatments—typically roller shades with specified fabrics (Phifer Sheerweave and similar light-filtering or blackout materials), vertical blinds, and ADA-compliant motorized systems—often bundled with removal of existing treatments and minor surface repairs. Issuing bodies span school districts (Pinellas County Schools in Florida), state park systems (Kentucky Department of Parks), city departments (Detroit Police Department operations, City of Tucson), counties (Broward, Santa Clara, Montgomery, Boulder), and charter schools (Drew Charter School in Atlanta), with no dominant repeat buyer across the recent solicitation sample. Geographic spread includes Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Colorado, California, Arizona, Michigan, and Pennsylvania; Florida and Kentucky show particular recent concentration with multiple school-district and parks-system procurements active in the last four months.

Representative opportunities include Pinellas County Schools (ITB 25-HO-073, sealed electronic bids for supply and installation of mini blinds, vertical blinds, and roller shades across multiple school facilities countywide, response due November 5, 2025, approximately $700,000 annually), City of Detroit Office of Contracting and Procurement (RFQ 548013 for UV-protected vinyl vertical blinds at a police precinct with Detroit resident and MBE worker-hour set-asides, due October 30, 2026), Kentucky Department of Parks (multiple re-solicitations for Blue Licks State Resort Park lodge room window treatments with motorized shades for ADA compliance, bids due August through September 2026), Drew Charter School in Atlanta (RFP FY27-003 for interior and exterior roller shades across classrooms and offices, proposals due September 11, 2026), and Broward County Parks and Recreation (fixed-price contract for 32 manual roller window shades at Anne Kolb Nature Center, proposals due July 29, 2026). Prevailing wage and licensing requirements (California D-52 Contractor's License under Santa Clara procurement, Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage Act under Montgomery County security upgrades) apply in some jurisdictions; insurance minimums typically range from $1 million to $5 million general liability and workers' compensation per occurrence. Most awards go to responsive and responsible bidders ranked on price and delivery timeline using best-value scoring; local vendor preferences and resident-worker set-asides appear in several jurisdictions.