NIGP 90669: Prisons and Jails, Architectural Design Service

NIGP 90669 Prisons and Jails, Architectural Design Service is an Item code under which state and local governments procure design and planning services for detention facilities, ranging from comprehensive new-facility programming and construction-phase oversight to specialized renovations, security-systems upgrades, and facility-condition assessments. Recent solicitations show state departments of corrections, county sheriffs, and jail authorities purchasing full-scope architectural and engineering design services, detention-specific programmatic consultation, construction administration, and specialized disciplines such as behavioral health and trauma-informed design integration, security-systems design, and kitchen renovation planning.

The issuing-body mix spans state corrections departments (Georgia Department of Corrections through the Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission), county detention authorities (Fulton County, Clay County, Orange County, Sarasota County, Collin County), and municipal jail operators (City of Hampton). Georgia appears as a repeat buyer with multiple concurrent design-professional procurements for transitional centers, locking-control replacements, and kitchen renovation at Walker State Prison. Representative recent opportunities include the Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission's RFQ for design services on a new 1,800-bed Special Purpose Detention Facility in Atlanta (Fulton County), due August 27, 2026, requiring a Joint Venture of at least two independent architectural and engineering firms and subject to a federal consent decree with behavioral-health design mandates; Clay County, Florida's IFB for jail recreation yard waterproofing and water-intrusion repairs, due November 12, 2026, with a $100-per-day liquidated-damages clause and 120-day substantial-completion requirement; and the Georgia Department of Corrections' RFQ for design services on a new transitional center in Warner Robins with a preliminary $25 million construction cost limitation, SOQs due November 6, 2026, using Construction Manager-at-Risk delivery. Activity concentrates in Georgia and Florida, with secondary activity in Texas and scattered opportunities in Wisconsin and California; Georgia's state corrections department is the most active buyer in the recent opportunity set.