NIGP 20836: Data Processing Software, Microcomputer

NIGP 20836 Data Processing Software, Microcomputer is an Item code encompassing specialized applications that state and local governments procure to automate specific operational functions — investigation and intelligence systems, health data platforms, financial analytics and investment management, revenue cycle automation, facility management software, HRIS accommodations tools, and secure access services. Recent solicitations show governments buying these tools to replace legacy systems, consolidate fragmented processes, and meet increasingly stringent compliance and security standards in regulated environments such as corrections, public health, higher education, utilities, and court systems.

Issuing bodies pursuing this code span state departments, county governments, cities, school districts, and independent authorities. Oregon Youth Authority, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, Texas A&M University, Illinois Department of Public Health, Florida counties, Broward County, Washington State Department of Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Santa Clara Valley Healthcare, Collier County, the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife, Orlando Utilities Commission, and Atlanta Public Schools have all posted solicitations under this code in recent weeks. State departments and large counties appear as the most active buyers, with multiple repeat jurisdictions (Florida counties, Washington State agencies) visible across recent opportunities. Geographic spread is national: Oregon, Texas, Illinois, Florida, Washington, Wisconsin, Georgia, and California all show recent activity. Representative current opportunities include the Oregon Youth Authority's sole-source award for Argus Investigative Reporting and Intelligence Solution (IRIS) for correctional investigation and PREA tracking (estimated $140,000 to $250,000, sole-source notice posted July 16, 2026, protest deadline July 23); the Texas Comptroller's RFI for an Investment Data Platform Solution to integrate capital markets and institutional investing data from SimCorp, Clearwater Analytics, Bloomberg, and RiskMetrics (RFI due June 29, 2026, no budget disclosed); Texas A&M University's RFP for a Health Data Analytics Platform (proposals due July 17, 2026, no budget disclosed); and the Washington Department of Health's RFQQ for Sentry-to-SDWIS data platform transition with a budgeted ceiling of $2,298,707 across seven years and proposals due July 23, 2026. Activity is steady and spans both sole-source and competitive routes.