NIGP 91119: C.i.p., Cost Estimate Verification

NIGP 91119 C.i.p., Cost Estimate Verification is an Item code governing independent cost estimator (ICE) and cost verification services that state and local governments procure to validate construction budgets, manage risk, and support alternative delivery projects. The work encompasses bottom-up estimating, cost modeling, constructability reviews, scheduling analysis, value engineering studies, change-order evaluation, and cost reconciliation across preliminary design through construction phases. Issuing bodies include state transportation departments, university systems, county facilities and capital-projects offices, and municipal authorities. Recent activity shows Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT), the Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission (GSFIC) on behalf of the University System of Georgia, Montgomery County Pennsylvania, and county/municipal governments in the Southeast seeking these services for multi-million-dollar infrastructure and renovation projects. The mix spans state-level transportation and higher-education capital programs alongside county-level qualified-vendor rosters for ongoing project support.

Geographic concentration is strongest in Georgia and the Southeast, with supporting activity in Pennsylvania. Representative opportunities include GDOT's October 2026 RFQ for Independent Cost Estimator services supporting the I-285 East Express Lanes Project (Design-Build-Finance-Operate-Maintain delivery, statements of qualifications due November 16, 2026); GSFIC's August 2026 RFQs for CM/GC firms on two university renovation projects—One Arsenal Place at Columbus State University ($13.5 million preliminary Stated Cost Limitation, qualifications due August 10, 2026) and Student Success and Construction Management Programs at Kennesaw State University ($10.5 million preliminary Stated Cost Limitation, qualifications due August 20, 2026)—where cost estimating participation is embedded in the CM/GC scope; and Montgomery County Pennsylvania's June 2026 RFP establishing a three-year qualified-vendor list for on-demand cost estimating across the county's capital portfolio (proposals due July 16, 2026). GDOT's solicitation explicitly requires ten years of contractor-style, production-based estimating experience using HCSS or similar software and expertise in alternative delivery methods (Design-Build, CM/GC, P3, CDA).