NIGP 91515: Broadcasting Services, Television

NIGP 91515 Broadcasting Services, Television, an Item code, encompasses live event production, broadcast infrastructure, and related audio-visual equipment and services that state and local governments procure to support public communications, emergency management, community engagement, and civic programming. Recent solicitations show state and local buyers purchasing televisions with specialized enclosures and maintenance support for detention facilities; broadcast live streaming and emcee services for municipal holiday events; integrated media advertising and production services for educational campaigns; video production and digital content creation for city communications; transmission facility management across regional public broadcasting networks; and sophisticated broadcast automation and content-delivery systems for continuous government and educational programming. The issuing bodies span sheriff departments, municipal governments, independent school districts, regional education service centers, state universities, and public broadcasting authorities. County of Orange, California; City of Midland, Texas; Dallas Independent School District; Texas A&M International University; Region One Education Service Center; New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority; and Hillsborough County, Florida appear in recent postings.

Geographic activity concentrates in Texas, California, Florida, and New Jersey, with additional postings from the District of Columbia and other states. Representative recent opportunities include County of Orange, California's IFB for television sets, vandal-resistant enclosures, installation and maintenance labor (mandatory pre-bid site visit in August 2026, due October 9, 2026); City of Midland, Texas's RFP for live broadcasting of Christmas Tree Lighting and Parade with pre-event advertising and emcee services (due October 8, 2026); Dallas ISD's RFP for on-call event rentals, digital multimedia services, virtual event platform services, and audio-visual equipment rentals (due October 22, 2026, with SBE compliance scoring up to 20 percentage points); New Jersey Department of Treasury's bid solicitation on behalf of the New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority for transmission facility management across thirteen facilities across three geographic regions under prevailing wage and Public Works Contractor Registration requirements (mandatory site visit June 2, 2026, due June 12, 2026); and Hillsborough County's sole-source procurement of the Cablecast VIO2 OMNI system for broadcast automation, live streaming, video-on-demand, and government meeting archiving (due June 22, 2026).