NIGP 30580: Surveying Systems, Geo/Satellite Navigation Type

NIGP 30580 Surveying Systems, Geo/Satellite Navigation Type is an Item code under which state and local governments procure professional surveying services, GPS and GNSS hardware and software, and specialized positioning equipment for infrastructure design, asset management, and real-time field operations. Recent solicitations show government buyers acquiring boundary surveys, topographic analyses, stormwater asset assessments, and vehicle count stations using radar and GPS technology; purchasing Trimble surveying software, GNSS receivers, and data collectors; and retaining professional surveying firms on continuing-services task-order agreements. Collier County, Monroe County, and other Florida jurisdictions appear frequently as repeat buyers of design services incorporating surveying scope and specialized positioning equipment. The mix of issuing bodies spans county transportation and stormwater divisions, municipal engineering departments, state procurement offices, special districts like sewerage authorities, and state resource agencies. Purchasing approaches range from competitive RFPs and RFQs for professional design and surveying services to IFBs for GPS equipment bundles and sole-source acquisitions of Trimble hardware and software where existing infrastructure lock-in applies.

Recent activity concentrates in Florida (Collier County multiple vehicle count station and design solicitations, Monroe County continuing surveying services, Broward County landfill GPS grading system), with concurrent procurement in Georgia, Illinois, South Dakota, Texas, and Wisconsin. Representative opportunities include Collier County's RFP for Lake Park design services incorporating comprehensive surveying, subsurface utility investigation, and hydrologic modeling due November 10, 2026; Monroe County's RFQ for professional surveying continuing services (boundary surveys, topographic analysis, elevation certificates) with three or more firms retained on task-order basis, closed October 27, 2026; South Dakota's IFB for GPS equipment (receivers, radios, software, accessories) from Seco, Juniper, and Trimble vendors, closed September 1, 2026; and the City of Sandy Springs' RFP for stormwater asset assessment (8,540 assets across 59 miles using NASSCO methodology with GIS deliverables), due October 2, 2026. Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District's sealed bid for Trimble Access GNSS and TDC6 data collectors closed June 15, 2026. Illinois Department of Transportation's sole-source change order for Trimble CORS software and network expansion ($1.23 million) was published September 9, 2026 and represents continuation of statewide reference station infrastructure. Grant-funded vehicle count station procurements by Collier County (August 2026, ITB 26-8649R, 23 units; July 2026, ITB 268649, 22 units) reflect federal FHWA and FDOT infrastructure investment in real-time traffic monitoring.