NIGP 91016: Energy Conservation Services (Including Audits)

NIGP 91016 Energy Conservation Services (Including Audits), an Item code, encompasses energy audits, performance contracting, measurement and verification, and design-build services for energy efficiency improvements that state and local governments procure to reduce utility costs and meet sustainability goals. State and local bodies soliciting under this code include state energy departments, county governments, municipalities, school districts, and special districts—with recent activity showing prequalification vehicles (ESCO lists, energy analyst rosters) alongside direct project procurements. Oregon Department of Energy, Hancock County Schools in Mississippi, and the Town of Poolesville, Maryland represent the range of issuing bodies and project types currently active.

Geographic spread spans Oregon, Mississippi, Maryland, Washington, Maine, Florida, Massachusetts, Georgia, Arizona, New Jersey, California, and Texas, with particular concentration in the Southeast and mid-Atlantic corridors where energy performance contracting statutes are mature. Representative recent opportunities include the Oregon Department of Energy's RFQ #26-189 (RFQ due November 3, 2026) for prequalified Energy Service Companies to execute three-year prequalification agreements enabling state agencies to procure individual energy performance contracts; Hancock County School District's RFQ (due October 12, 2026) seeking Energy Service Providers to design, install, finance, and maintain energy conservation equipment under a two-year services contract with investment-grade audits and measurement and verification; the City of Austin's RFP 1100 DCM3050 (due October 15, 2026) for Strategic Energy Management Services targeting 100 institutional and commercial facilities with statistical and behavioral energy management, a results-based bonus structure, and maximum annual value of $250,000; and the Town of Poolesville's RFP (due October 15, 2026) for a municipal facilities decarbonization study funded through Maryland's EECBG program, not-to-exceed $106,000. Work scopes range from planning and audit-phase services (prequalification, feasibility studies, decarbonization roadmaps) to turnkey performance contracts with guaranteed savings guarantees, financing, and long-term M&V obligations under 20-year fixed-cost scenarios.