NIGP 90606: Airports (Lighting, Fueling, Navaids) - Architectural Services

NIGP 90606 Airports (Lighting, Fueling, Navaids) - Architectural Services, an Item code, encompasses design, planning, engineering, and construction administration services that state and local airport authorities procure to support capital improvement programs, terminal and facility expansions, airfield infrastructure upgrades, and operations at regional and municipal airports. Recent activity shows city and county airport authorities issuing RFQs and RFPs for master agreements covering architectural and engineering design (A/E Services), planning and environmental consulting, construction administration, and on-call professional services spanning runway pavement, taxiway reconstruction, airfield lighting and NAVAIDs, hangar development, terminal renovation, administrative office remodeling, water and sewer infrastructure, and airport layout planning. Issuing bodies include city departments and county boards of commissioners managing regional and general aviation airports, as well as specialized authorities such as municipal airport authorities and port commissions. Many procurements structure work under multi-year master agreements with task orders issued on an assignment-by-assignment basis as capital projects are initiated. Georgia dominates recent solicitation activity, with at least a dozen posted opportunities from Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County, Early County Board of Commissioners, City of Swainsboro, Jekyll Island Authority, Ware County Board of Commissioners, and other county and municipal airport sponsors, supplemented by activity in Florida, Wisconsin, New Mexico, and Mississippi. Qualification-based selection is standard; many solicitations require current pre-qualification with state departments of transportation in specified Area Classes (such as Georgia DOT's Area Class 1.08 Airport Master Planning, 2.09 Airport Design, 2.09b Airport Electrical, and 8.02 Airport Construction Administration), and DBE participation goals apply to federally funded projects exceeding $250,000.

Representative recent opportunities include the City of Santa Fe through its Central Purchasing Division and Santa Fe Regional Airport soliciting principal consultant A/E Services for rental car parking facilities and east parking lot expansion (RFP FY26RFP037, due February 20, 2026, under qualification-based selection across organizational experience, references, mandatory specifications, and oral presentations); Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County issuing concurrent RFQs for architectural and engineering services (RFQ #27008, estimated portfolio $60.8 million across 2027–2031) and planning and environmental services (RFQ #27009, due October 5, 2026) for Athens-Ben Epps Airport both requiring GDOT pre-qualification; Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission procuring on behalf of Technical College System of Georgia for Design Professional Services for Savannah Technical College Aviation Campus Building Expansion (TCSG-440-DP STC, approximately 26,500 square feet, preliminary construction cost $14.017 million, due September 21, 2026); and Dane County requesting architectural and engineering services for hangar building design and construction (SOQ 326019, anticipated federal funding $20 million through AIP or IIJA, due July 16, 2026, with pre-proposal site tour June 24, 2026). Evaluation commonly emphasizes relevant airport project experience, key personnel qualifications, project approach and schedule capability, references from current airport clients, and in some cases cost performance and geographic familiarity with the airport region.