NIGP 91081: Window Washing Services

NIGP 91081 Window Washing Services, an Item code, covers interior and exterior window and glass surface cleaning at state and local government facilities, spanning single buildings to multi-site portfolios across municipal, county, state, university, and specialized facilities. Recent solicitations show state and local governments contracting for comprehensive window washing at offices, airports, courthouses, libraries, parking structures, water treatment plants, and transit facilities, with scope ranging from routine quarterly or semi-annual cleaning to specialized high-rise work using powered platforms and rope descent systems. The work typically includes frame, sill, ledge, and related glass cleaning, often bundled with pressure washing, gutter cleaning, or solar panel maintenance. Issuing bodies include city procurement offices (Austin, Fort Worth, San Antonio, Orlando, Santa Fe, Long Beach, Salem, Green Bay), county governments (Pinellas, Volusia, Gwinnett County Schools, DeKalb County Schools, Palm Beach County), state facility departments (Illinois Department of Transportation, Kentucky Finance Cabinet, Oregon Department of Administrative Services), and public universities (Georgia State University, University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire and Madison). No single jurisdiction dominates; activity is distributed across multiple states with recent high-profile solicitations in Texas, Florida, Georgia, California, Oregon, and the Midwest.

The most active recent opportunities include the City of Austin's five-year IFB for 260,000 square feet of window cleaning at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (bids due June 2, 2026), the City of Fort Worth's RFP for non-exclusive as-needed window washing at multiple city facilities including City Hall and airports with a 30 percent small business participation goal (proposals due July 2, 2026), the Long Beach Public Utilities Department's RFQ for monthly, quarterly, and semi-annual window washing at three operations facilities with a 10 percent local business preference capped at $50,000 (quotes due July 22, 2026), the City of San Antonio's RFP for citywide commercial window cleaning with mandatory site visits at four facilities (proposals due July 13, 2026), Pinellas County's ITB for exterior window cleaning across 75 county facilities countywide with an incumbent (Milclean USA LLC) and estimated annual value of $110,467 (bids due April 14, 2026), and the State of Oregon Department of Administrative Services' ITB for interior and exterior window washing at over 67 state buildings with ASTM solar panel certification required and a mandatory pre-bid conference February 4, 2026 (bids due February 17, 2026). Award criteria vary: lowest responsive and responsible bidder for most ITBs and IFBs; best-value scoring (cost, qualifications, small business participation, staffing) for RFPs; and unit pricing with annual adjustment caps tied to CPI or documented cost increases. Contract terms typically run one to five years with one to four optional renewal periods. Set-asides and preferences are common—small business goals (30 percent in Fort Worth; 5 percent in Illinois School for the Deaf), local business preferences (10 percent in Long Beach; 6 percent in Santa Fe; 3 percent in Volusia County), and SBE price preferences (10 percent in Palm Beach County). Insurance requirements are standard (general liability $1 million to $5 million per occurrence, workers' compensation, auto liability). Prevailing wage or living wage requirements appear in several solicitations (Austin, San Antonio, Kentucky, Illinois, Santa Fe).