NIGP 91125: C.i.p., Energy Management System

NIGP 91125 Energy Management System, Item, encompasses energy optimization, utility data management, and facility-level performance contracting work that state and local governments are actively procuring. Recent solicitations show a mix of guaranteed energy savings performance contracts (GESPCs) with energy conservation consultants, utility data management software systems with on-premises deployment and real-time consumption monitoring, energy optimization and cost-reduction advisory services, utility-rate optimization studies, and renewable-energy and microgrid engineering projects. School districts, county governments, municipal utilities, state universities, and special-purpose authorities such as convention centers and water districts are the primary issuing bodies. The work ranges from strategic energy-generation feasibility studies and equipment commissioning services to hands-on facility retrofits with solar photovoltaic systems and renewable natural gas upgrading equipment.

Activity is concentrated in the Southeast and Southwest, with recent solicitations from Atlanta Public Schools and Fulton County (Georgia), the Georgia World Congress Center Authority (Atlanta), the University of Georgia, Eastern Municipal Water District (Riverside County, California), Boulder County (Colorado), Dane County (Wisconsin), and the City of St. Petersburg (Florida). Representative opportunities include Atlanta Public Schools' RFP for an Energy Conservation Consultant under a GESPC with proposals due November 24, 2026; the University of Georgia's eRFP for an on-premises Utility Data Management System replacing legacy utility database infrastructure, with proposals due September 21, 2026; Texas State University's RFQ 754 for Energy Optimization and Cost Reduction Services, due October 14, 2026; Boulder County's RFP 30626 for design, installation, and two-year operation and maintenance of a 100 kW rooftop solar photovoltaic system at the 28th Street Community Hub, with responses due September 15, 2026 and on-site work anticipated to begin in the fourth quarter of 2026; and the City of St. Petersburg's RFP 26261 for advanced Energy Management Software with an estimated first-year cost of $50,000 and annual maintenance of $50,000, proposals due August 25, 2026.