NIGP 99027: Crossing Guard Services

NIGP 99027 Crossing Guard Services, an Item code, covers the provision of trained, uniformed personnel stationed at designated school intersections to manage student pedestrian traffic, direct vehicles, and enhance safety during school arrival and dismissal periods. State and local governments—primarily cities and municipalities—solicit crossing guard services through ITBs and RFPs to fulfill statutory safety obligations at elementary, middle, and high schools. Contractors supply personnel who meet background-check, first-aid, CPR, and jurisdiction-specific training requirements (such as Florida Department of Transportation Certified Crossing Guard Trainer or California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices compliance); furnish uniforms, safety vests, stop signs, and equipment; manage scheduling and supervision; and maintain reserve staffing for absences. Municipalities typically contract for coverage during 180–210 school-year days plus summer sessions, with morning shifts of 30 minutes to 90 minutes and afternoon shifts of 45 minutes to 90 minutes. Living-wage floors (ranging from $17.94 to $21.91 hourly in Miami-Dade County and Wisconsin minimums in other jurisdictions) and Workers' Compensation and general liability insurance ($1–5 million limits depending on jurisdiction) are standard contractor obligations. Contracts typically span three years with two one-year renewal options, priced on fixed hourly rates with annual adjustments capped at 3 percent.

Recent procurement activity concentrates in Florida and California, with emerging activity in Connecticut and Wisconsin. The City of North Miami Beach issued ITB2025035 on October 7, 2026, for twelve crossing guards and one field supervisor across elementary schools (response deadline June 30, 2025, at 3:00 p.m.); the City of Sarasota posted ITB 26-32MC on July 1, 2026, for eighteen intersection locations (bid due June 30, 2026, at 2:30 p.m.); and the City of Cooper City solicited IFB2025-1 on June 22, 2026, for twenty crossing guard locations (bid due June 11, 2025, at 5:30 p.m.). The City of Milpitas, California, issued RFP 251195 on July 7, 2026, for approximately 36 crossing guards across 37 designated locations (question deadline April 7, 2026, at 12:00 p.m. Pacific Time; proposal due April 22, 2026, at 12:00 p.m. Pacific Time). The City of New London, Connecticut, posted RFP 202701CONL on July 24, 2026, offering a 15-percent local-vendor preference to New London-based businesses within 15 percent of the low bid (proposals due July 24, 2026). The City of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, issued RFP 26PD05 on May 20, 2026, for approximately 14 crossing locations with DBE, WBE, and DVB evaluation points (5 local-preference points; questions due May 27, 2026; proposals due June 17, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. CST).