NIGP 91172: Design / Bid Contingency

NIGP 91172 Design / Bid Contingency is an Item code that captures state and local procurement of design-build project delivery, design professional services, owner's representatives, and third-party design review and oversight for capital infrastructure and facility projects. State and local governments use this code when they acquire architectural, engineering, and construction management services bundled with or immediately preceding construction work—design-build transit facilities, airport hangars and pedestrian infrastructure, water treatment systems, park facilities, demolition projects, traffic signal systems, courthouse renovations, school auditoriums, and civic event centers. Issuing bodies span state departments (Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission, University System of Georgia), county governments (Beaufort County, DeKalb County, Douglas County, Pasco County, Wayne County), municipal procurement offices (City of Orlando, City of Cincinnati, Jacksonville Transportation Authority), special-purpose authorities (Great Lakes Water Authority, Beaufort-Jasper Water and Sewer Authority, Atlanta BeltLine), and school districts (Atlanta Public Schools, Georgia School for the Deaf).

Recent activity concentrates in Florida, Georgia, Ohio, and South Carolina, with scattered opportunities in Michigan and South Carolina. Representative recent procurements include the County of Sacramento Department of Airports seeking a Construction Manager at Risk for a $105 million pedestrian walkway project (RFQ, response date May 26, 2023); the City of Stonecrest, Georgia soliciting civil engineering design services for sidewalk construction across five locations (RFP, due August 19, 2026); Beaufort County seeking design-build services for a 120-foot-by-60-foot transient aircraft hangar (RFP with mandatory pre-proposal meeting April 22, 2026, proposals due May 8, 2026); the City of Orlando procuring design-build services for a 140,000-square-foot Event Center with a $61 million total project budget (RFP, due May 27, 2026); and Atlanta Public Schools issuing a design-build demolition contract across five school sites in Fulton County (design-build solicitation, due March 11, 2026). Qualifications-based procurements and design-bid-build services coexist; evaluation frameworks typically weight experience and team qualifications heavily alongside technical approach and cost, with local preference provisions appearing in Florida and Georgia solicitations. Federal funding (ARPA, transit authority) and state set-asides (MBE, WBE, SBE, DBE in Georgia and South Carolina) appear in many notices.