NIGP 90738: Drafting Services

NIGP 90738 Drafting Services, an Item code, encompasses architectural, engineering, and site-planning drawing production, design documentation, and construction administration support that state and local governments buy to advance capital projects from concept through construction. Recent solicitations show municipalities and special-purpose districts sourcing preliminary and final design documents, feasibility studies, construction permit packages, building-systems specifications, site plans, utility coordination drawings, and CAD/BIM deliverables for infrastructure renewal, facility renovations, transit system development, and housing projects. The issuing bodies span city engineering departments, county transportation authorities, regional water agencies, state facility commissions, and specialized housing authorities—primarily capital-project-driven procurement offices in mid-sized and larger jurisdictions.

Recent activity is geographically dispersed across the Mountain West, Southeast, and California, with multiple concurrent solicitations. Salt Lake City Department of Public Utilities posted two separate RFPs in September–October 2026 for water infrastructure design services (FY 26/27 Water Line Replacements, RFQ 513302182, due October 28, 2026, and Cogen Integration to New WRF, RFP 524905444, due November 12, 2026); American Fork City (Utah) sought design and construction management for the Main Street Waterline Replacement Project (RFP WA2026005, due September 1, 2026); Glynn County, Georgia issued RFP27-009 for public safety building space-needs assessment and renovations planning (due November 12, 2026); the Texas Facilities Commission requested A/E services for the $14 million William P. Clements State Office Building restroom and breakroom renovation (RFQ 0009660, July 23, 2026 closing, with mandatory HUB subcontracting requirements); California Department of Water Resources posted a five-million-to-fifteen-million-dollar civil engineering RFQ for water infrastructure design (SOQ due June 12, 2026); and Tampa Bay Water (Florida regional authority) solicited PFAS treatment design and permitting services (RFP 2027001, due June 24, 2026). The City of Benson, Arizona issued a competitive one-step RFQ for on-call miscellaneous engineering design and review services (RFQ 2026-RFQ-002, with SOQ deadline March 11, 2027 and annual assignments estimated at $300,000). Broward County Transportation Department (Florida) is awarding contracts to up to three consulting firms for six-corridor Bus Rapid Transit program support spanning 2030–2036, with a five-year estimated budget of $30 million (RFP TRN2131774P1, due July 17, 2026). Time-and-materials and fixed-fee structures predominate; professional liability insurance of $1 million to $2 million per occurrence is standard across nearly all solicitations, and CAD/BIM deliverables become the sole property of the issuing body upon completion.