NIGP 90775: Site Assessment and Site Field Observation

NIGP 90775 Site Assessment and Site Field Observation (Item) encompasses the fieldwork, testing, and evaluative services that state and local governments procure to characterize existing conditions across facilities, infrastructure systems, and environmental sites—grounded in recent solicitations for facility assessments, environmental sampling, pavement surveys, building inspections, and site characterization ahead of remediation or design work. Municipal water and wastewater authorities, counties, cities, school districts, state universities, and regional authorities are the primary issuing bodies, with repeat activity from Tampa Bay Water (three recent task-order solicitations for ecological, land management, and hydrogeological services), Pinellas County Florida (two drainage and resilience design-assessment procurements), and Georgia's university system (three campus facility commissioning assessments). Recent opportunities span a geographic range anchored in the Southeast (Florida, Georgia, South Carolina) and upper Midwest (Wisconsin, Oregon), with additional activity across Texas, California, and Utah; the code sees substantial activity in water-resource and stormwater assessments tied to climate resilience funding and green infrastructure mandates. Representative work includes Murray City's October 2026 RFQ for PFAS Evaluation and Source Development Study (due November 16, 2026; $100,000 Drinking Water State Revolving Fund emerging-contaminants scope); Clay County Florida's RFQ for Pavement Condition Survey and Management Program across 831 centerline miles (due October 15, 2026; $200,000 or less); and Glynn County Georgia's RFP for Public Safety Building Space Needs Assessment and Renovations (due November 12, 2026; scope details in eProcurement portal).

Work solicited under this code reflects a marked shift toward resilience planning and regulatory compliance: facility condition assessments (Bibb County Public Schools districtwide facility assessment; City of St. Cloud facility assessment; Liberty County jail building assessment) are yielding to water-quality and environmental-site characterization (Brazos River Authority hydrostatic pressure relief system assessment at Sterling C. Robertson Dam; New Jersey DEP remedial investigation and design services; Urban Flood Safety District environmental HTRW testing for Portland Metro Levee System). Payroll and insurance expectations are consistent across issuing bodies—Professional Liability insurance typically $1 million to $3 million per occurrence, general liability $1 million minimum, with select water-infrastructure work requiring $5 million to $10 million coverage. Selection processes emphasize qualifications-based selection (QBS) and firm experience with regulated environments (USACE dam standards, TCEQ requirements, Florida drinking-water regulations). Disadvantaged enterprise preferences and local-vendor credits appear in select southern and western jurisdictions (Pinellas County SBE bonus points; Liberty County 10% local preference; Gila River Indian Community 15-point Native American ownership preference). Contract structures range from one-time assessments ($75,000 to $200,000) to five-year as-needed task-order vehicles with no guaranteed volume, reflecting cautious public budgeting in face of infrastructure backlogs and climate uncertainty.