NIGP 91465: Plastics

NIGP 91465 Plastics, an Item code, encompasses building materials and infrastructure components—windows, doors, pipes, signage, and utility systems—that state and local governments procure as part of facility renovation, repair, and capital improvement projects. The recent opportunities under this code reflect the embedded use of plastics across campus buildings, correctional facilities, hospitals, and municipal infrastructure rather than plastics as a standalone commodity purchase. Washington community colleges dominate the issuing bodies in the current pipeline, with solicitations from Highline College, South Seattle College, Everett Community College, Big Bend Community College, Clark College, Edmonds College, Shoreline Community College, Tacoma Community College, Skagit Valley College, and Columbia Basin College competing alongside state agencies—the Washington Department of Corrections, Department of Children, Youth and Families, Department of Social and Health Services, Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Enterprise Services, and Department of Labor and Industries—and Santa Clara County, California healthcare and municipal districts. The work being solicited spans building renovations (parking lot asphalt re-striping, window repairs, elevator modernizations, roof repairs, HVAC system replacement), utility infrastructure (domestic water line replacement, sewer and storm line replacement, irrigation system conversion), facility systems (fire alarm panel replacement, security revisions, shower upgrades and repairs), and seismic compliance upgrades at hospitals. Representative current solicitations include Everett Community College's Parks Window Repairs (Solicitation 2026529G21, IFB, due November 20, 2026), South Seattle College's Auto HVAC Replacement (Solicitation 2026256G11, IFB, due November 20, 2026), Highline College's Building 3 Renovation (Solicitation 2026763G11, IFB, due November 18, 2026), and Washington Department of Corrections' shower and electrical repair work at correctional facilities.

The code sees heaviest recent activity in Washington state, particularly in the community college system and state institutional facilities, with secondary activity in California's Santa Clara County healthcare and municipal infrastructure programs. Most Washington opportunities cluster in short bid windows of three to four weeks, while Santa Clara County's design-build and seismic compliance solicitations (including Santa Clara Valley Medical Center and Saint Louise Regional Hospital projects) operate on longer timelines with mandatory prequalification gates and electronic submission through Biddingo. Geographic spread reflects Washington's public higher education and corrections capital renewal cycles and California's hospital seismic retrofit mandate under Senate Bill 1953. The City of DeBary, Florida's Rob Sullivan Park irrigation system conversion from a Baseline to Hunter system (Solicitation 0315, IFB, due April 10, 2015—a historical entry outside the current window) and Santa Clara County's comprehensive hospital and medical center seismic projects represent the larger, more complex end of the market; most Washington community college and agency bids are discrete facility repairs under $100,000 with standard IFB terms and 20–30-day response windows.