NIGP 91461: Painting and Wallpapering

NIGP 91461 Painting and Wallpapering is an Item code under which state and local governments solicit exterior and interior painting services—ranging from institutional building repainting to specialized industrial tank coating and water-storage-tank restoration. The work spans general maintenance painting at schools and colleges, courthouse and civic building interior repainting, and industrial protective coatings requiring abrasive blasting and specialized epoxy or urethane systems. Issuing bodies include state departments, community colleges and four-year universities, counties, cities, housing authorities, water and transit authorities, and special-purpose districts. Community colleges appear as frequent repeat buyers—Skagit Valley College, Yakima Valley College, Spokane Falls Community College, Bellingham Technical College, and others have posted multiple painting and related-trades solicitations in the past month. State departments of enterprise services, labor and industries, corrections, and social and health services also solicit under this code. Geographic spread covers Washington (state colleges, state departments), Florida (school districts, water authorities), California (community colleges, transportation authorities, county special districts), Georgia (technical colleges, state financing commission), Massachusetts (municipal schools, state universities), Pennsylvania (water authorities), Wisconsin (counties), Texas (cities), and additional states. Representative recent opportunities include Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind (FSDB) exterior painting of Settles Gymnasium under ITB-27-010, bids due August 11, 2026, a mandatory pre-response meeting and site visit July 30, 2026, with scope including power washing, surface preparation, two-coat paint application, and one-year warranty—a Category Two procurement exceeding the $35,000 threshold, Florida-licensed contractor required; the Weaverland Valley Authority in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, soliciting bids for Blue Ball Water Storage Tank Painting Project with exterior surface preparation and painting of a steel elevated water storage tank, bids due August 4, 2026, mandatory pre-bid conference July 16, 2026, through the PennBid Program; and San Bernardino County Department of Public Works soliciting sealed bids for CSA 70 J Recoating of Tanks & Pump Stations Project in Oak Hills, California, bids due July 16, 2026, with mandatory pre-bid meeting June 30, 2026, covering abrasive blast cleaning to SSPC-SP10 standards, epoxy primer and urethane finish coats on ten water storage tanks and seven booster pump station buildings, 180-calendar-day completion window, California Class A or C-33 painting license required, and prevailing wage compliance.