NIGP 91453: Insulation

NIGP 91453 Insulation, an Item code, spans interior and exterior thermal envelope work that state and local governments procure through capital facilities renovation, building envelope upgrades, equipment insulation, and routine maintenance projects. Recent state and local solicitations under this code reflect a mix of building-systems work—boiler and equipment insulation, pipe insulation replacement, HVAC duct and condensate-line insulation, and thermal-envelope retrofits in healthcare, educational, and correctional settings—alongside standalone insulation installation and removal projects. The County of Orange, California, Sheriff-Coroner Department posted an RFP for testing, insulation, and repair of boilers, steam generators, and process heaters across five Sheriff facilities with a firm fixed-fee model and 24/7/365 emergency response requirements; Massachusetts procurement solicitations for insulation removal, disposal, and installation in waste management vehicle storage buildings also appear in the recent posting stream. Issuing bodies include state corrections and social-services agencies (Washington Department of Corrections, Washington Department of Children, Youth and Families, Washington Department of Social & Health Services, Florida Department of Veterans' Affairs), state departments of ecology and environmental protection, community and technical colleges across Washington state, county and municipal health authorities, and special-purpose districts. Community colleges—Highline College, South Seattle College, Everett Community College, Big Bend Community College, Clover Park Technical College, Pierce College, Lake Washington Institute of Technology, Atlantic Cape Community College, and Wiregrass Georgia Technical College—dominate the active issuing-body list, with renovation and building-upgrade projects driving regular solicitation volume.

Activity concentrates in the Pacific Northwest (Washington state), California (particularly the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles County regions), and scattered single-state activity in Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, Texas, New Jersey, and Utah. Representative recent opportunities include Highline College's Building 3 renovation IFB (due November 18, 2026, Solicitation 2026763G11), South Seattle College's auto HVAC replacement IFB (due November 20, 2026), Everett Community College's veterans center remodel IFB (due November 18, 2026), and the County of Orange, California's boiler testing, insulation, and repair RFP (proposals due October 9, 2026, Solicitation 0603118801MB) offering a 5% cost-scoring preference adjustment for Orange County Local Small Business and 8% for dual OCLSB/DVBE certification. The Orange County RFP signals multi-year services opportunity—a three-calendar-year initial term effective January 14, 2027, with hourly labor rates for as-needed corrective work and firm fixed-fee preventative maintenance. Massachusetts and Florida posted parallel insulation-removal and waste-facility renovation work with shorter timelines. Cooperative purchasing vehicles and standing-vendor networks—such as the Orlando Utilities Commission's Preferred Contractor Network accepting applications for insulation discipline contractors—indicate demand for pre-qualified, on-call capacity in the low-volume, high-response-time service model.