NIGP 20969: Project Management

NIGP 20969 Project Management is an Item code that encompasses advisory, facilitation, construction oversight, and program management services state and local governments engage to support capital projects, organizational assessments, emergency preparedness, and specialized initiatives where external expertise supplements permanent staff capacity. Recent solicitations show counties, cities, universities, and special-purpose authorities buying project management across design-assist and construction phases; owner's representative and construction management services for water treatment, library retrofit, airport expansion, and pool replacement work; governance and stakeholder-facilitation services for health and permitting initiatives; and program management for multi-organization technology implementations. The work ranges from time-limited advisory engagements with deliverable-based compensation to multi-year fixed-price or task-order arrangements covering preconstruction planning, construction supervision, change order management, and close-out documentation.

Recent opportunities span California, Georgia, Florida, Oregon, Texas, Kentucky, and Washington, with particular activity among county public works and utilities departments, municipal capital planning offices, university system procurement, and regional authorities. Representative recent solicitations include San Mateo County Health's $85,000 RFP for CHIP and CHA implementation advisory and facilitation (response due October 9, 2026); the City of Phoenix's firm fixed-price RFP for emergency planning portfolio review, standardization, and maintenance across ten Water Services facilities (response due July 29, 2026); and the Orlando Aviation Authority's request for continuing program management and construction management services for vertical construction projects under $7.5 million (responses due June 24, 2026, with intent to select up to four firms for five-year task-order agreements). Washington State's OSPI procurement for statewide Individualized Education Program platform implementation and governance (RFP No. 2026-20, due June 30, 2026) represents a complex multi-district delivery model requiring phased rollout and long-term technical oversight across 300+ local education agencies serving 150,000 special education students.