NIGP 30559: Maps, Engineer and Topographical

NIGP 30559 Maps, Engineer And Topographical, Item code, covers professional surveying, mapping, and geospatial data services that state and local governments procure to support infrastructure planning, design, and capital improvement projects. Recent solicitations show demand for boundary surveys, topographic surveys, LiDAR and aerial surveying, GIS mapping and database management, ALTA/ACMS surveys, as-built documentation, and condition assessments of utility infrastructure. The issuing-body mix includes municipalities (City of New London, City of Sarasota, Union City, City of Arlington, Fort Worth, City of Palm Bay, Town of Farragut, Escambia County), counties (Ventura County Public Works Agency, San Bernardino County Flood Control District, Alameda County Water District), state higher-education systems (Texas State University System), and special-purpose water districts. State and local procurement offices are selecting firms through RFP, RFQ, and RFI formats, typically requiring Florida or Texas professional engineer registration, California land surveyor licensure where applicable, professional liability insurance (commonly $1 million per claim), and past experience with similar projects and government references.

Geographic activity concentrates in Florida (Sarasota, Palm Bay, Orange County, Escambia County), Texas (Arlington, Fort Worth, statewide via Texas State University System), California (San Bernardino County, Alameda County), and Tennessee (Farragut), with scattered activity in Connecticut and Georgia. Representative recent opportunities include the City of New London's RFP for Atlantic Street Park landscape architectural and civil engineering design services with a planning-phase budget of $250,000 and proposals due July 31, 2026; the Texas State University System's RFQ for indefinite-delivery land surveying services statewide under an IDIQ structure with a $500,000 contract ceiling and qualifications due July 14, 2026; Union City, Georgia's RFP for GIS mapping and surveying services with proposals due July 1, 2026; the San Bernardino County Flood Control District's RFP for aerial surveying on the Birch Creek project with proposals due May 7, 2026; the Ventura County Public Works Agency's RFQ for on-call professional consultant services including Survey and Mapping across five primary service groups with qualifications due April 18, 2026; and the Alameda County Water District's RFP for reservoir ground monitoring survey and on-call surveying services with proposals due April 24, 2026. Multiple jurisdictions are establishing on-call and continuing-services contracts rather than awarding single-vendor procurements, suggesting steady demand for qualified consultant pools.