NIGP 91016: Energy Conservation Services (Including Audits)

NIGP 91016 Energy Conservation Services (Including Audits), an Item code, encompasses investment-grade energy audits, energy performance contract development, feasibility assessments, commissioning services, measurement and verification, and comprehensive energy management program implementation across municipal, county, school district, and state agency facilities. State and local governments are actively procuring ESCO services under guaranteed energy savings performance contracts, energy audit and consulting services, and utility-scale renewable energy development studies to support decarbonization and resilience objectives.

The issuing-body mix spans state departments (Oregon, Michigan, California, Georgia, Washington), cities and counties (Cedartown Georgia, Orange County California, Winder Georgia, Tucson Arizona, Rockford Illinois, Boulder Colorado, Cincinnati Ohio), school districts (Plymouth Massachusetts, Atlanta Georgia, Clarke County Georgia, Manatee County Florida, Mt. San Antonio College California), and special-purpose authorities (Cape Light Compact Massachusetts, California High-Speed Rail Authority, Georgia World Congress Center Authority, Kissimmee Utility Authority Florida, Eastern Municipal Water District California). Recent opportunities show repeated ESCO procurement activity in Georgia (Cedartown, Winder, Charlton County, Terrell County) and across the West and Mid-Atlantic. Representative recent solicitations include the City of Cedartown's RFQ for an NAESCO-approved ESCO to deliver investment-grade audit and turn-key energy services under a guaranteed energy savings performance contract (due August 31, 2026); the Cape Light Compact's RFP for a lead vendor to manage residential energy efficiency programs for single- and multifamily buildings across its Massachusetts service territory (due September 8, 2026); the Oregon Department of Energy's prequalified-list RFQ for energy analysts to support school building decarbonization projects at 20 percent above code (due July 23, 2026); the California High-Speed Rail Authority's RFQ for a Cal CLEAN Partnership developer to identify utility-scale clean energy and asset commercialization projects within the high-speed rail corridor (due August 17, 2026); and the County of Orange California's RFP for preliminary design and feasibility of a renewable energy facility at a landfill (due July 1, 2026). Geographic activity centers in California, Georgia, Oregon, and Michigan, with additional procurement in Florida, Massachusetts, Colorado, Texas, Washington, and Ohio.