NIGP 20654: Geographic Information Systems (Gis)

NIGP 20654 Geographic Information Systems (GIS), an Item code, encompasses cloud-based data processing platforms, enterprise mapping applications, utility asset inventory systems, and specialized geospatial consulting services that state and local governments deploy to manage infrastructure, support emergency response, and enable data-driven planning across municipal, utility, county, and regional operations. Recent solicitations reveal state and local procurement activity dominated by GIS software subscriptions (particularly ESRI ArcGIS Enterprise and Online), data migration and hosting services, base map updates, LiDAR acquisition, and consulting support for GIS implementation, mobile field data collection, and system integration with legacy CAD and enterprise resource planning platforms.

Issuing bodies span state departments, county and city procurement offices, transit authorities, utilities, universities, and regional planning commissions. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Lee County Port Authority, and the Toho Water Authority in Florida are repeat single-source buyers of ESRI software; the City of Sarasota, City of St. Petersburg, and Town of Farragut in Florida, Western Carolina Power in North Carolina, and the Orange County Transportation Authority in California have issued RFPs and RFQs for ongoing GIS mapping, consulting, and enterprise management services. Cook County, Illinois (LiDAR acquisition), the Washington Military Department (CAD-to-CAD interoperability), the City of Phoenix (water resources planning), and Collier County, Florida (utility asset management consulting) represent larger geospatial infrastructure projects. The code sees sustained activity across Florida, California, North Carolina, Washington, Georgia, Illinois, Texas, Colorado, New Hampshire, and Maryland. Representative recent opportunities include the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's single-source $350,000 three-year subscription to BioBase LLC's EcoSound aquatic mapping platform (posted July 10, 2026, prospective-vendor deadline July 31, 2026); the Washington Military Department's $3 million to $4.8 million five-year CAD-to-CAD system RFP for five counties (posted June 15, 2026, proposals due July 30, 2026); the Orange County Transportation Authority's $380,000 three-and-a-half-year Microsoft Azure cloud migration and management of ArcGIS Enterprise (posted May 11, 2026, proposals due February 9, 2026—note outdated source date); and the City of St. Petersburg's multi-year RFQ for GIS projects encompassing mapping, BIM, web applications, and enterprise administration (posted April 14, 2026, proposals due May 28, 2026). Procurement notice types are predominantly RFP, RFQ, and single-source purchase determinations; competitive sealed proposals, as well as cooperative purchasing frameworks (Sourcewell) for multi-jurisdictional access, appear alongside project-specific task orders for established qualified vendor lists.