NIGP 96231: Electrostatic Painting

NIGP 96231 Electrostatic Painting, an Item code, covers interior and exterior painting services and related surface preparation work that state and local governments procure for facility maintenance, infrastructure projects, and capital improvements. Recent solicitations show governments buying everything from specialized tank repainting and park irrigation system upgrades to broad on-call painting and pressure-washing services on municipal buildings. Issuing bodies span city governments, municipal utilities, county water districts, cooperative purchasing consortiums, and state agencies — Columbus Consolidated Government in Georgia, Eastern Municipal Water District in California, the City of DeBary in Florida, and the Community Development Authority of Madison, Wisconsin all posted opportunities in the past four months. The work ranges from single-project fixed-price contracts with specific completion timelines and liquidated damages schedules to multi-vendor cooperative catalog discounts and indefinite-quantity on-call arrangements with primary and secondary contractor slots.

Recent activity clusters in Florida, California, Georgia, Wisconsin, and Texas. The City of Columbus posted RFP No. 27-0004 on August 11, 2026, for on-call painting, pressure washing, and waterproofing services with proposals due September 30, 2026, seeking both Primary and Secondary contractors on a cost-plus basis for two years with renewal options. The Community Development Authority of Madison posted RFB #15051-0-2026-AH for the Karabis Apartments Painting and Siding Project on June 29, 2026, with bids due July 17, 2026, subject to Davis-Bacon Act wage requirements. Eastern Municipal Water District in Riverside County issued RFP HH3969 on August 25, 2026, for water tank painting services due October 2, 2026. The Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative in Kilgore, Texas, solicited paint and painting supplies catalog discount bids (Bid PAINT2628) due September 29, 2026, with an estimated two-year spend of $10,293,143 succeeding a 21-vendor award — representing significant volume opportunity for suppliers leveraging cooperative frameworks.