NIGP 91389: Maintenance and Repair, Utility/Underground Projects

NIGP 91389 Maintenance And Repair, Utility/Underground Projects, Item, covers the installation, rehabilitation, and repair of buried utility infrastructure—water mains, wastewater lines, force mains, stormwater systems, and associated appurtenances—procured by cities, counties, water authorities, and special districts across the United States. State and local governments are actively soliciting underground utility work including water main extensions with service connections and gate valves; sanitary and storm sewer rehabilitation using cured-in-place pipe technology; force main replacements via open cut and horizontal directional drilling; fiber and 5G network deployment in conduit; utility line locating and inventory services; and pump station and treatment facility improvements tied to broader infrastructure programs. Issuing bodies span the full range of state and local jurisdictions: municipalities (Midland, Brownsville, Reynolds, Lawrenceville, New London, Bartow, Cooper City, Plant City, Waco, Santa Cruz, Thomasville, and Americus), counties (Dorchester, San Mateo, Greenville, Cobb, Marion, Orange, Broward, DeKalb, Santa Clara, Pasco, Volusia, and Carroll Water Authority), special districts (Collin College, University of Texas at Austin and Tyler, Georgia College & State University), and state agencies (Georgia Department of Transportation). Work is concentrated in the Southeast and Texas, with significant activity in Georgia, South Carolina, Florida, and Texas, plus California and scattered procurement across the Midwest and Northeast.

Recent representative solicitations include the City of Midland's Utility Extension Program 07 (IFB, sealed bids due August 6, 2026) covering 6- to 20-inch water mains, wastewater mains, fire hydrants, and pavement repair across a 2029 contract term capped at $2,000,000; the City of Reynolds's 200,000-gallon elevated water storage tank construction (sealed bids due August 14, 2026); Dorchester County's Pump Station 10 Force Main Replacement (IFB, bids due May 15, 2026) for 9,900 linear feet of 10-inch force main using open cut and horizontal directional drilling; and the City of Bartow's underground electric utility locating services (ITB, bids due May 6, 2026) supporting routine and emergency Sunshine 811 tickets. Collin College is seeking chilled and heating water loop extension design and installation (CSP, proposals due July 28, 2026), and the Great Lakes Water Authority is soliciting on-call emergency water transmission main repair services (task order-based, proposals due June 18, 2026) with a not-to-exceed value of $22,000,000. All major procurements require performance and payment bonds, comprehensive liability insurance, prevailing wage compliance where federally or state-funded, and adherence to utility system design standards (AWWA, ASTM, FDOT); many involve CDBG, state revolving fund, or infrastructure grant funding with associated Davis-Bacon, Section 3, Build America Buy America, and E-Verify mandates.