NIGP 90629: Environmental - Architectural

NIGP 90629 Environmental - Architectural, an Item code, covers professional environmental and architectural services that state and local governments procure to support site assessment, remediation planning, facility commissioning, building decarbonization strategy, stormwater management, and adaptive-use evaluation of historic structures. The work ranges from Phase I and II environmental site assessments and brownfield inventories to building commissioning authority services on new construction and existing facilities, stormwater and lakes management engineering, and pre-development studies for adaptive reuse of heritage buildings. Recent solicitations show demand from mid-size cities and counties across Florida, Georgia, Colorado, New Mexico, California, Arizona, Tennessee, and South Dakota for design-build and design services tied to climate resilience, flood mitigation, energy optimization, and infrastructure recovery following hurricanes and natural disasters. Issuing bodies include city engineering departments, county transportation and parks agencies, water districts, convention center authorities, and airport operators. Representative recent work includes the City of Casselberry, Florida's RFP for stormwater and lakes management consulting under Florida's Consultants' Competitive Negotiation Act (SOQ20190424, awarded March 2019 to four firms including CPH, Inc. and Wood Environment & Infrastructure Solutions), Broward County Aviation Department's RFP for environmental planning and noise compatibility services at two commercial airports (PNC2131299P1, proposals due October 30, 2026), the City of Orlando's multiple requests for design services supporting flood mitigation through drainwell replacement funded by CDBG-DR (RQS260612, due October 14, 2026), and Seminole County's RFP for building commissioning across a major facilities portfolio including an indoor sports complex (PS736826NBM, due October 7, 2026).

Geographic activity concentrates in Florida (Orlando, Casselberry, Broward County, Seminole County), Georgia (Atlanta, Cedartown, Union City), and the Southwest (New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona), with secondary activity in California water districts and state transportation departments. Evaluation criteria typically emphasize relevant project experience on comparable work, qualifications of key personnel holding appropriate professional licenses, past performance on budget and schedule, and technical approach to environmental assessment, engineering design, or commissioning methodology. Contract structures vary: some use continuing-services master agreements with individual task orders not to exceed $200,000 to $500,000 per project; others are qualification-based selections under state Consultants' Competitive Negotiation Acts with three-year or five-year terms and optional renewals. Insurance requirements are standard—professional liability in the $1 million to $2 million range, workers' compensation, and general liability. Set-asides and preferences appear in select procurements: Seminole County applies a five-county regional preference; Broward County notes DBE compliance under 49 CFR Part 26; Florida-funded work often requires compliance with federal CDBG-DR or FEMA provisions. Compensation is typically negotiated after selection on either fixed-fee, lump-sum, or cost-plus-multiplier bases with not-to-exceed caps. The code sees consistent month-to-month activity; no material gaps in recent posting frequency suggest stable demand for environmental planning and architectural support services among mid-market state and local buyers.