NIGP 906: Architectural Services, Professional

NIGP 906 Architectural Services, Professional is a Class code encompassing design, planning, and construction-phase services that state and local governments solicit to support capital projects, facility renovations, infrastructure improvements, and institutional expansions. Recent procurement activity reflects a diverse portfolio of work: program management for federal flood risk initiatives, system-wide infrastructure inspection and condition assessment, hospital expansion coordination, historic building stabilization and rehabilitation, cemetery beautification design, security upgrades, complete streets design and safety planning, fire alarm modernization, heat plant controls upgrades, athletic complex design, wastewater treatment facility improvements, library renovations, and multi-use indoor sports facilities. The issuing bodies span state departments (Colorado Department of Human Services, Texas Facilities Commission, Oregon Department of Administrative Services), regional authorities (Harris County Flood Control District, Harris County Toll Road Authority, Palm Beach County Water Utilities Department), cities (Bridgeport, Bend, Orlando, Sarasota, Pasadena, Tolleson), counties (Harris County, Rockland County, Seminole County, Monroe County, Pasco County), school districts (Hemlock Public School District, Meriden Public Schools, Texas Woman's University, Red Rocks Community College), and special-purpose districts (DHA Housing Solutions for North Texas). Geographic concentration appears strongest in Texas and Colorado, with recent activity also in Florida, Michigan, Connecticut, New York, Oregon, and Arizona.

Representative recent opportunities include Harris County Flood Control District's RFSQ for program management of the Clear Creek Federal Flood Risk Management Program due August 17, 2026; Harris County Toll Road Authority's RFSQ for system-wide inspection and condition assessments of roadway, bridge, and facility infrastructure, also due August 17, 2026, with multiple awards anticipated and a pre-submittal Microsoft Teams conference; Colorado Department of Human Services' RFQ 2027-031M26 for building stabilization and historic restoration work at Colorado Mental Health Hospital in Pueblo due August 4, 2026, with a mandatory pre-submittal conference and site tour July 21, estimated project cost of $1.227 million, mandatory 80 percent Colorado labor requirement, and Buy Clean Colorado Act compliance; City of Bridgeport's RFP for Citywide Complete Streets Program engineering services due July 15, 2026, funded through USDOT Safe Streets and Roads for All grant; and Texas Woman's University's RFQ for an Athletic Complex architect/engineer due July 2, 2026, for a $30 million base-scope facility with two alternates totaling $8 million. Qualifications-based selection remains the dominant procurement method, with mandatory pre-submittal conferences and site visits appearing frequently in Colorado, Texas, and Florida solicitations. Many opportunities require compliance with state prevailing wage, Buy Clean Colorado Act, or federal sustainability standards, and higher-education and municipal jurisdictions frequently impose HUB or disadvantaged-business subcontracting plan requirements.