NIGP 91515: Broadcasting Services, Television

NIGP 91515 Broadcasting Services, Television is an Item code capturing the full range of professional video, audio, transmission, and broadcast-distribution work that state and local governments procure to manage public-access cable and streaming channels, community engagement campaigns, and internal communications infrastructure. The scope of work spans live-meeting broadcast capture and archiving, television and radio public service announcements for voter outreach and emergency preparedness, closed captioning and real-time transcription, broadcast playout automation and video-on-demand publishing, transmission facility management and FCC compliance, and integrated creative production including graphic design, video editing, and multiplatform media planning and buying. Issuing bodies include municipal procurement offices (City of Phoenix, City of Peoria, City of Milpitas), county agencies (Hillsborough County), special districts (Valencia College District, Region One Education Service Center, Texas State Technical College, University of Georgia), and state departments and authorities (Washington State Office of the Secretary of State, New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority via the Department of the Treasury). Recent solicitations show steady volume across municipal, county, educational, and statewide agencies.

Geographic activity spans Washington, New Jersey, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Texas, and the District of Columbia. Representative recent opportunities include the City of Milpitas RFP 26-155 (Communications and Marketing Support Services, due July 28, 2026) seeking on-call video production, media planning, and multilingual outreach across broadcast and digital platforms for a five-year term; Hillsborough County's sole-source procurement of the Cablecast VIO2 OMNI System and Services (due June 22, 2026), a fully integrated broadcast automation, video-on-demand, and OTT streaming platform supporting 24/7 cable and web distribution; New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority's transmission facility management contract (due July 21, 2026) covering routine inspection, HVAC maintenance, FCC compliance documentation, and emergency response across thirteen television facilities in three geographic regions, with prevailing wage and Small Business subcontracting set-aside requirements; Washington State Office of the Secretary of State's Voter Information Multimedia Production & Distribution RFP 26-03 (due June 1, 2026) for election campaign video and radio production across multiple counties with a $160,000 not-to-exceed value and evaluation preferences for Washington Small Businesses and Registered Veteran-Owned Businesses; and the City of Peoria RFP P26-0038 (Closed Captioning Services, due March 12, 2026) for real-time captioning of approximately 59 annual municipal meetings over a two-year term. Set-asides and preferences vary by jurisdiction; recent solicitations include DBE/SBE participation requirements under 49 CFR Part 26 (Phoenix), prevailing wage and New Jersey Small Business subcontracting set-asides (New Jersey), and voluntary diverse business inclusion plans (Washington State).