NIGP 91151: C.i.p., Project Management/Administration

NIGP 91151 C.I.P., Project Management/Administration, an Item code, encompasses engineering project management, construction inspection, program-level oversight, owner's representation, and construction manager at risk services that state and local governments procure to augment internal capacity during periods of elevated capital project delivery or to provide specialized owner-side oversight across multiple concurrent facility improvements. State and local authorities—including water districts, transportation authorities, universities, county governments, school districts, and municipal departments—solicit this work through RFPs and RFQs when their internal project management staff cannot absorb peak workload demands or when projects require independent third-party oversight tied to federal funding or complex governance structures. Representative recent solicitations include the Great Lakes Water Authority's engineering project management and inspection staff augmentation RFP (due August 10, 2026) seeking five full-time equivalent project managers and two to four full-time equivalent construction inspectors to manage concurrent water infrastructure projects, and the Board of Public Education for Savannah-Chatham's program management RFP (due March 26, 2026) for oversight of a $601.19 million, 14-project ESPLOST-funded capital portfolio spanning eight years.

Geographic activity is dispersed across the South, Midwest, and Southwest, with recent solicitations posted from Texas A&M University System (multiple CMAR RFPs), Georgia (Columbus State University, Savannah-Chatham schools, DeKalb County), Florida (Jacksonville Transportation Authority, Palm Bay, Bradenton), Arizona (Kingman), and Michigan (Great Lakes Water Authority). Issuing bodies mix heavily toward universities (especially Texas A&M components), K–12 school districts, county governments, and special-purpose districts serving water, wastewater, and transit functions. Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR) procurement dominates the Texas university sector, with multiple concurrent RFPs for classroom buildings, residence halls, athletic complexes, and renovation projects ranging from $16 million to $130 million in planning amounts. Outside that cluster, municipalities and counties favor owner's representative services, program management for capital portfolios, and augmentation-staffing models on fixed or hourly-rate bases. No evidence of widespread small-business set-asides or DBE participation goals appears in this code's recent activity, though federal funding (WIFIA, TWDB, FTA) introduces compliance requirements where applicable.