NIGP 90646: Highways; Streets; Airport Pay-Parking Lots - Architectural

NIGP 90646 Highways; Streets; Airport Pay-Parking Lots - Architectural, an Item code, covers design, engineering, and architectural services for road and airport infrastructure projects that state and local governments are actively procuring across multiple delivery methods. Recent solicitations under this code reflect a mix of traditional design-bid-build, progressive design-build, and on-call task-order arrangements for runway rehabilitation, terminal expansion, parking facilities, roadway resurfacing, pedestrian infrastructure, and safety improvements at airports, municipalities, and regional transportation systems. Issuing bodies include city procurement offices, county governments, state departments of transportation, airport authorities, and consolidated governments across the Southeast, Southwest, and Mid-Atlantic regions. Scope spans preliminary architectural reports and feasibility studies, full design development and construction documents, permitting coordination, construction administration, and commissioning services, with architects and engineers often required to hold state professional licensure and relevant prequalification certifications, particularly for FAA-funded airport work.

Recent activity concentrates in Georgia, New Mexico, Florida, South Carolina, and Texas, driven by both routine capital improvement programs and post-disaster recovery efforts. The City of Hampton, Georgia issued RFP 2026-08 in mid-October 2026 for comprehensive municipal branding and identity design services due November 9, 2026, while the City of Santa Fe through its Regional Airport issued qualification-based RFPs for terminal expansion A/E services (FY26RFP035, due December 17, 2025) and rental car parking facility and east lot expansion design (FY26RFP037, due February 20, 2026). Forsyth County, Georgia established master agreements for transportation engineering and design services on an as-needed basis (RFP due October 29, 2026 with Georgia DOT prequalification in Area Classes 3.02 and 3.13 mandated); the Georgia Department of Transportation solicited construction manager/general contractor services for the US 19/SR 9 Bridge replacement over CSX Railroad in Fulton County (RFP due November 19, 2026). The Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County issued two master agreements for Athens-Ben Epps Airport—architectural and engineering services (RFQ #27008, due October 5, 2026, with an anticipated five-year portfolio of approximately $60.8 million) and planning and environmental services (RFQ #27009, due October 5, 2026, with 8.94% DBE goals on federally funded work exceeding $250,000). The Canaveral Port Authority in Florida solicited design-build services for Cruise Terminal 3 West Parking Garage with 2,200 spaces (RFP 26-13, due July 30, 2026, liquidated damages of $10,000 per day beyond November 5, 2027 substantial completion). Additional Georgia procurements include Beaufort County's design-build services for pedestrian walkway and bridge at Hilton Head Island Airport (due August 25, 2026), the City of Cedartown's RFQ for architectural services on federally assisted projects including downtown streetscape and performing arts center renovation (due June 3, 2026), and the City of Nicholls' RFQ for gymnasium architectural and engineering services following Hurricane Helene damage (due June 10, 2026, requiring $2 million professional liability limits and FEMA PA Program compliance).