NIGP 91427: Carpentry

NIGP 91427 Carpentry, an Item code, encompasses interior and exterior renovation work including framing, doors, windows, flooring, finishes, and associated structural repairs that state and local governments solicit regularly for facility upgrades, building remodels, and maintenance projects. Recent solicitations from Washington community colleges, Florida schools, Connecticut municipalities, Maryland facilities, and California counties show steady demand for carpentry services tied to building modernization, ADA compliance upgrades, and emergency facility improvements. The work ranges from straightforward door and window replacement to comprehensive multi-phase building renovations with specialized requirements such as asbestos abatement coordination, prevailing wage compliance, and seismic upgrades in healthcare settings.

Issuing bodies span community colleges (Highline College, South Seattle College, Everett Community College, Big Bend Community College, Wenatchee Valley College, Atlantic Cape Community College, Bristol Community College), state departments (Washington Department of Corrections, Department of Ecology, Department of Children Youth and Families, Department of Social and Health Services, Maryland Department of Juvenile Services, California Department of Transportation, California Department of Highway Patrol, Georgia Department of Defense), counties (Santa Clara County, Marion County, Broward County, Orange County), cities (Bridgeport Connecticut, Rome Georgia, DeBary Florida), special districts (Sanitation District No. 2-3), and educational institutions (Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind). Recent opportunities cluster in Washington State, California, Connecticut, and Florida. Representative solicitations include Big Bend Community College's Building 1800 ATEC remodel (IFB, due November 11, 2026), Broward County Transportation Department's ADA bus stop improvements featuring structural and landscape work (70% FTA-funded, due November 2, 2026), Bristol Community College's window replacement at Seigel Health Technologies Building in Fall River, Massachusetts (estimated value $1.9 million, due October 1, 2026), Santa Clara Valley Medical Center Building M operating room renovation comprising 21,000 square feet of phased work across cardiac, catheterization, and hybrid operating room buildouts (due December 3, 2026), and the City of Bridgeport's Community Resources for Justice bathroom renovations with Davis-Bacon prevailing wage and 25 percent MBE and small-contractor set-asides (due November 4, 2026). Solicitations regularly require state contractor licensing, prevailing wage compliance where federally funded, insurance minimums of $1 million to $5 million, bid security at 5 to 10 percent, performance and payment bonds, and pre-bid or mandatory site visits; many include set-asides for small business, minority-owned, women-owned, disabled veteran, and local vendors.