NIGP 90604: Agricultural Development - Architectural Services

NIGP 90604 Agricultural Development - Architectural Services, Item, covers state and local procurement of architectural and engineering design services for public facilities, infrastructure projects, and adaptive reuse of historic properties. Recent solicitations show municipalities and counties purchasing master planning, site design, construction documents, permitting assistance, construction administration, and owner's representative services spanning renovation, new construction, and redevelopment initiatives.

Issuing bodies span city procurement offices, county boards of commissioners, transportation authorities, and school districts. The City of Bridgeport, Connecticut appears twice in recent activity—once for architectural services redesigning the Seaside Park Bathhouse as a restaurant and catering hall (RFQ MNX050266, due June 2, 2026), and again for a development-and-operations solicitation for the same property (RFP MNX006277, due July 23, 2026). Other repeat geographies include Georgia (City of McDonough for Geranium Park, City of Nicholls gymnasium retrofit following Hurricane Helene, and Dade County for infrastructure and public improvement design), Connecticut (City of Meriden for owner's project management on a $101.2 million elementary school construction), Florida (City of Bradenton for continuing architectural services on task order basis, and Jacksonville Transportation Authority for a Connected Automated Vehicle corridor feasibility and 30% design study), and California (County of Santa Clara for construction project management services). Recent opportunities reflect mixed procurement vehicles—RFQs dominate, with RFPs for larger or more complex work such as the $101.2 million Meriden school project and the Pasadena Central Library seismic retrofit ($123.354 million estimated direct cost, RFP 2025RFP0203). Geographic distribution concentrates in the Southeast (Georgia, Florida, South Carolina) with secondary activity in the Northeast (Connecticut) and scattered West Coast procurement (California). Representative recent opportunities include the City of Bridgeport's architectural services RFQ for restaurant and catering hall design at the Seaside Park Bathhouse (due June 2, 2026, evaluated on specialized experience at 40 percent, staff qualifications at 35 percent, firm capacity at 15 percent, and local knowledge at 10 percent); Collier County's Invitation to Negotiate for disposition and redevelopment of three CRA-owned parcels totaling 6.29 acres in Naples, Florida valued at approximately $8.555 million (due August 31, 2026, with pre-proposal conference July 21, 2026); and the City of Meriden's RFQ for owner's project manager services on the new Casimir Pulaski Elementary School with a $101.2 million project budget and mandatory pre-proposal meeting July 8, 2026 (proposals due July 29, 2026). Evaluation criteria across opportunities typically weight experience and team qualifications (20–40 percent), technical approach and methodology (15–30 percent), past performance and references (10–40 percent), and cost (10–30 percent). Insurance requirements vary by project complexity, ranging from $1 million general liability for smaller design services to $30 million for major construction management roles. No statewide or national set-asides appear in the recent block; local vendor preferences are available in selected jurisdictions such as Collier County (Lee or Collier County Business Tax Receipt), and some solicitations encourage HUB and MWBE participation.