NIGP 90735: Designing Services

NIGP 90735 Designing Services is an Item code under which state and local governments procure professional architectural, engineering, and design services for capital projects, infrastructure improvements, facility renovations, and planning initiatives. Recent solicitations show a diverse mix of design services: site design for park improvements and new facilities, HVAC system replacements and building infrastructure upgrades, pedestrian and bridge structures, parking garages, wastewater treatment facility improvements, complete streets and multimodal planning, library renovations, airport facilities, and interpretive exhibits. State and local issuing bodies pursuing work under this code span school districts, city and county transportation departments, municipalities, state universities and community colleges, county parks departments, airport authorities, water districts, and regional transit authorities. School districts and university systems appear as repeat buyers, with Marion County Public Schools (Florida), Georgia Southern University, Georgia Gwinnett College, Clayton State University, and Dalton State College each issuing multiple solicitations for building and campus infrastructure design in recent months. Architectural and engineering firms dominate responses, frequently organized into multidisciplinary teams integrating structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, civil, and landscape design disciplines.

Design services solicitations cluster in Florida, Georgia, California, Colorado, Texas, and the Pacific Northwest, reflecting active capital improvement cycles and state grant funding cycles. Representative recent opportunities include Marion County Public Schools' RFQ for HVAC system design at Belleview Middle School due February 26, 2026 (with a Phase I construction budget of $6 million), Texas State University's RFQ for a 20,000-square-foot Student Health Center expansion due November 5, 2026, Glynn County (Georgia) Board of Commissioners' RFP for public safety building space needs assessment and renovations due November 12, 2026, and the City of Bend's RFP for drainage improvements design funded through the Clean Water State Revolving Fund due October 9, 2026 (with design budget of $1.5 million and total project construction budget of $17.4 million). Design-build delivery has emerged as a common procurement method alongside traditional qualification-based selection; fee proposals follow qualifications evaluation and are negotiated rather than sealed-bid competed. Liquidated damages for schedule delay and performance bonds are standard contract conditions. Prevailing wage compliance, LEED or energy-efficiency certification requirements, minority and women-owned business participation goals, and compliance with federal Buy America and DBE provisions appear in projects with public transit, airport, or federally funded components.