NIGP 55029: Markers, Survey and Right-of-Way

NIGP 55029 Markers, Survey and Right-of-Way, an Item code, covers physical survey markers and stakes used to identify property boundaries, utilities, and infrastructure corridors, alongside professional surveying and right-of-way services that support boundary determination, topographic analysis, and utility coordination. State and local governments procure survey markers (high-impact plastic reflective markers with custom imprinting for utility notification), survey stakes, paddles, and wedges as consumable commodities, while also retaining professional land surveyors on continuing-service and task-order bases to execute boundary surveys, right-of-way determinations, elevation certificates, and metes-and-bounds interpretation. Issuing bodies include counties (Monroe County, Florida; Orange County, Florida), municipalities (City of Long Beach, California; City of Wichita, Kansas; City of Sandy Springs, Georgia), state governments (State of Texas), and special districts (Eastern Municipal Water District, California).

Recent solicitation activity spans Florida, California, Texas, Georgia, and Kansas. Monroe County, Florida posted an RFQ on September 24, 2026 (response due October 27, 2026) to retain at least three professional surveying firms under four-year continuing contracts for boundary surveys, right-of-way work, and elevation certificates, with individual task orders capped at construction costs not exceeding $250,000 or professional services fees of $25,000. Eastern Municipal Water District in Riverside County, California solicited as-needed land surveying services via RFQ (due August 5, 2026) in support of its Capital Improvement Program and annexation projects. The State of Texas issued an IFB in July 2026 for high-impact plastic traffic markers, 2.5-inch reflective circles with UV-resistant coatings and "CALL BEFORE YOU DIG" and "VALVE" imprinting on blue backgrounds. The City of Wichita posted an IFB in May 2026 for stakes, paddles, and wedges for its Public Works & Utilities Department. Larger infrastructure projects incorporating survey and right-of-way components include Orange County's $6.2 million emergency bridge replacement (Y26742, bid deadline July 7, 2026) and the City of Sandy Springs' design RFP for intersection improvements requiring topographic survey and utility coordination (due June 18, 2026).